Noel Gallagher gushes over Liam: 'I love the geezer, and I don't just say that because he's my brother'
Noel Gallagher has opened up about the deep affection he holds for his brother Liam.
Noel Gallagher has expressed his “love” for his formerly estranged brother Liam, while cheekily conceding that he’s still “totally f***in’ mental.”
The brothers were at loggerheads for 15 years after Oasis split following a backstage bust-up between the pair at their final concert at Paris' Rock en Seine Festival in 2009.
This summer, the Britpop icons reunited for their first tour in 16 years, and each night their brotherly love has been on display - with the Noel, 58, and Liam, 53, making their entrance arm-in-arm to roaring crowds.
In the forthcoming tome, Oasis: Trying to Find A Way Out of Nowhere, Noel said: "Liam's become more mad. He's totally f**kin' mental. He lives in this weird bizarre, bizarre concept."
He gushed: "I love the geezer, and I don't say that just because he's my brother. He makes me laugh. He's so surreal."
Oasis are rumoured to be in talks to return to Knebworth in 2026 for four shows marking the 30th anniversary of their seminal concerts at the Hertfordshire venue in 1996, though nothing has been finalised yet.
A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "They've seen the speculation, they've heard about the offers and they know what the fans want.
"It's ultimately up for them to decide. The Oasis reunion hasn't just been concerts. You can see that it's been a cultural movement. Nothing comes close in recent history to Oasis' shows.
"It's a question of whether Noel and Liam want to draw a line in the sand and close the door on this chapter, knowing they capture the zeitgeist. Or do they strike it up again and keep the magic going? It's a difficult decision to make."
Reflecting on the 1996 gigs - which drew in a staggering 250,000 fans over two nights - Noel says in the book: "Before we went on for one of the biggest gigs of all time, there was no kind of band huddle. I had a cig. Liam had a beer.
"Someone came in and said 'Right, that's it.' We just walked on stage and did it and then came off stage. There was no 'Right, everybody out. We need to pray.'"
The book boasts never-before-seen images of Oasis captured by legendary music photographer Jill Furmanovsky.
Oasis: Trying to Find A Way Out of Nowhere is released on September 23.
