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Noel Gallagher reveals mum’s hilariously understated reaction to Oasis reunion

Peggy Gallagher isn’t too fussed by her sons’ plans for a stadium tour in 2025

Katie Rosseinsky
Monday 02 December 2024 03:15 GMT
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When Noel and Liam Gallagher announced this summer that they would end their 15 year feud to embark on an Oasis reunion tour, the news delighted fans around the world.

But their mother Peggy’s response was rather more muted, according to the elder Gallagher brother.

“My mum couldn’t give a s***,” Noel revealed during an event at the National Portrait Gallery, according to The Sun.

“My mum never gave a s***, never,” he added. “You know what Irish mums are like?”

“When we told her we were getting back together, she said, ‘Sure, that will be nice’. That was it.”

Despite her limited enthusiasm, Noel, 57, said that he and Liam, 52, are hoping that she will attend one of the band’s stadium gigs.

Noel, left, is hoping that his mum Peggy will attend one of Oasis’ reunion gigs
Noel, left, is hoping that his mum Peggy will attend one of Oasis’ reunion gigs (PA)

“We’ll try and get her to Dublin,” he said, referencing Oasis’s planned concerts at Croke Park.

The band are also set to perform gigs in London, Edinburgh and their home city of Manchester before embarking on a string of dates around the world.

They have shut down rumours that they will be performing at Glastonbury festival, after intense speculation.

The band announced their intention to reunite back in August, with the news coinciding with the 30th anniversary of their debut album Definitely Maybe.

The band has not performed together since 2009
The band has not performed together since 2009 (PA)

The outspoken Gallagher brothers are famed for their fractious relationship, and the band previously split up following an epic row that broke out between them backstage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009.

In a statement confirming the reunion tour, they said: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”

The Gallaghers are yet to confirm which previous band members might join them during the live dates, but have revealed that Richard Ashcroft, former frontman of fellow Britpop act The Verve, will be supporting Oasis on tour.

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