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Noel Gallagher looks stony-faced as he makes lonely Tube journey to Oasis rehearsals – but Liam’s entrance is chaotic
It was another Gallagher who was pivotal in bringing the feuding brothers back together
OASIS's famously grouchy songwriter Noel Gallagher proved he's still a man of the people as he took the Tube to his band's rehearsals in London.
The Britpop legends got together for their first full reunion practice session today and Noel, 58, looked relaxed as he rode the District Line.
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Dressed in all black, the bomber jacket wearing musician, who is worth an estimated £25m, was pictured sitting alone at Paddington Station before hopping aboard a train.
It was a far cry from his rock 'n' roll star brother Liam's arrival as cameras clamoured to get a shot of him through the window of a car.
The 52-year-old frontman looked to have loaded up on cough syrup and Lockets, presumably a bid to protect his trademark raspy vocals.
However, the sight of a box load of throat medicine is likely to leave ticketholders, particularly those at dates later in the run, feeling a little nervous about Liam's stamina.
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It was Liam who yesterday revealed the brothers Gallagher would be blowing off the cobwebs and belting out their classic tunes today ahead of their hotly-anticipated summer stadium shows.
The group's last gig was at V Festival in 2009, before they split following a huge row backstage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.
The former feuding brothers have now put their differences aside as they get ready for the tour of the decade which kicks off next month.
Noel and the rest of the Oasis - bassist Andy Bell, guitarists Gem Archer and Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, and drummer Joey Waronker - have already kicked off rehearsals, but now it's time for Liam to join them.
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The singer revealed the news in a post on social media platform X.
One fan asked: "Happy Sunday man! Are you ready for rehearsals
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"There are only a few days left and you're joining the others?'
Liam replied: "Yes Rasta D I’m in Tuesday to blow there minds [sic]."
Another fan asked whether the Wonderwall singer was "excited" to begin rehearsals, to which Liam replied: "Can't wait."
This latest exciting news comes just days after The Sun revealed the real reason Oasis are getting back together.
According to our sources, Noel's eldest daughter Anais Gallagher was instrumental in helping her famous father and his brother Liam get talking again.
The model, who is from Noel’s first marriage to Meg Mathews, got to work on healing the rift, following her dad's split from second wife Sara MacDonald.
The 25-year-old figured the breakdown of her dad’s marriage could be an opportunity for her dad to focus on getting Oasis back together, and also reconcile with his younger sibling.
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An insider said: “Anais was one of the biggest sources of comfort and support for Noel following his divorce.
"She was the one that was helping him get back on his feet and return to doing things he loved that had fallen by the wayside.
“Over the years, Noel had offered an olive branch to Liam, but he’d never taken it up.
“Anais could tell her dad really wanted both his brothers, Liam and Paul, by his side after the split so was determined to get them back in touch.
“She gets on great with Liam’s sons Gene and Lennon so she asked them if their dad would be willing to hear her out.
Oasis - The Gallagher Feud Timeline
Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have a long history of ongoing fights - both physical and verbal - here's the full history of the band and what they've said to each other.
1991 - Liam Gallagher forms Oasis with Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll, later asking Noel to join.
1993 - The band sign to Creation Records and start work on their debut album.
August 1994 - Oasis shoot to fame with their debut album, Definitely Maybe, with tracks including Rock n Roll Star, Live Forever and Supersonic. It's one of the fastest selling debuts ever for a British band.
September 1994 - Noel temporarily leaves the band's tour after Liam smacks him in the face with a tambourine on stage in Los Angeles.
1995 - The band release their second album, (What's The Story) Morning Glory? which features Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger, and Champagne Supernova.
1996 - Liam is forced to sit out a leg of tour shows due to laryngitis, but causes chaos when he was filmed heckling his brother from a balcony while a taping of MTV Unplugged.
2000 - Noel quits the band temporarily for a second time when, while partying in Barcelona, Liam riles Noel by questioning if his daughter, Anais, is actually his. The pair get into a fist fight.
2005 - Noel tells Q Magazine that he's 'never forgiven' Liam for his comments about Anais and he's 'never apologised. He tells the mag: "He's my brother. I hope he's reading this and realises that. He's my brother but he's at arm's length until he apologises for what he's done."
2009 - Noel admits in an interview with Q that he 'doesn't like Liam', branding him "rude, arrogant, intimidating, and lazy". "He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet," he added. "He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”
Liam later retaliates and tells NME: “It takes more than blood to be my brother. He doesn’t like me and I don’t like him.”
August 23, 2009 - Oasis pull out of a headline slot at V Festival in the UK due to Liam having laryngitis.
August 28, 2009 - Ahead of the Rock en Seine festival, Noel and Liam get into another fight, during which time Liam breaks one of Noel's guitars after "waving it like an axe" according to Noel.
August 28, 2009 - Noel quits the band for the third and final time, saying in a statement: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."
2010 - Oasis win 'best album of the last 30 years' at the Brit Awards for (What's the Story) Morning Glory. Liam picks up the gong, and thanks everyone except Noel. He later says this was misinterpreted as a dig.
2011 - Liam tries to sue Noel after he claims in the interview they cancelled their V Festival performance due to Liam being hungover. Liam disputed it said the comment "questioned my professionalism". He later apologised and the lawsuit was dropped.
2011 - Noel admits regrets at quitting before the Paris gig, telling Absolute Radio and admits if he did "we may never have split up."
2011 - 2014 - Liam and the other bandmates continue under new name, Beady Eye, while Noel forms new band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
2015 - After years of jabs online, especially through media and Twitter, Liam teases he's buried the hatchet with Noel by sharing an All Areas pass from a High Flying Birds gig. However, the fight would recommence two months later after Noel publicly dismissed suggestion Oasis would reunite for Glastonbury 2016.
2017 - Liam performs at Manchester's One Love concert after the bombing at Ariana Grande's show, with Don't Look Back In Anger becoming a unifying anthem for the incident. He then slams Noel for not attending. Noel later tells Sunday Times: "Young music fan were slaughtered, and he, twice, takes it somewhere to be about him. He needs to see somebody.”
2018 - Liam suggests a reunion for the 2018 World Cup on Twitter, writing: “let’s get the big O back together and stop f***ing about the drinks are on me”. When it fell on deaf ears, he added: "I’ll take that as a NO then."
2019 - Noel speaks out after Liam sends 'threatening messages' to Anais after a comment made about then wife Sara McDonald. Liam later apologises publicly to Anais.
2020 - Liam urges Noel to reunite for a one-off charity gig.
“They said they thought he would be receptive, so she then asked Liam to reach out to his brother to lend support.
“Liam’s always wanted Oasis back together so he got in touch.”
The source said: “It was all very slow-going behind the scenes to get the brothers talking again.
“Anais spending so much time with her dad allowed her to realise how much he missed his brother, despite the jibes they both made.
“It enabled her to plant the idea of a reconciliation on both sides. Thanks to her close relationship with Liam, she was able to call him.
“She worked hard to make sure they didn’t look back in anger, if you like.
“Once Liam called Noel, the rest was left up to them.”
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The Gallagher brothers announced the big Oasis reunion in August last year, which sent fans into meltdown trying to get a tickets.
The band are expected will make millions from their world tour, which kicks off in July.
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