IT was the announcement Oasis fans had waited more than a decade to hear – and has fuelled hopes of a long-awaited reunion.
But what can we really tell from Noel Gallagher’s shock reveal that the band will release a new track for the first time since their acrimonious split in 2009?
Wednesday’s news sparked hysteria among the group’s legion of die-hard followers, who have been desperate for any hint of a reunion despite the ongoing rift between Noel, 52, and younger brother Liam.
Earlier in the day, Liam, 47, dropped a hint something was coming with a cryptic 5am tweet: “Watch out, there’s an asteroid about.”
Later guitarist Noel broke the news in detail, releasing a statement unveiling the existence of a previously lost demo recording of a track titled Don’t Stop, thought to date from around 2005.
He wrote: “I’ve had infinite time to kill lately so I thought I’d finally look and find out what was actually on the hundreds of faceless unmarked CDs I’ve got lying around at home.
“As fate would have it, I have stumbled across an old demo which I thought had been lost for ever.
“As far as I’m aware there is only one version of this tune ‘out there’, from an Oasis soundcheck in Hong Kong about 15 years ago.
“I’m not sure whether the soundcheck version pre-dates the demo as there’s no date on the CD.
“I know some of you love this tune so we thought we’d put it ‘out there’ for you to enjoy/argue over.
“It’ll be up on the internet from midnight.”
He added: “Hope everyone is staying safe and trying to ride out the lockdown with a minimum of fuss.
“You’re welcome, by the way.”
‘PUTTING TWO FINGERS UP AT LIAM’
Thousands of excited comments followed predicting a thawing of the dispute between the Mancunian brothers and suggesting a reunion could now be just around the corner.
After all, Liam has been waging a relentless campaign on social media to try to force Noel to agree to get the band back together.
Singer Liam has even gone as far as announcing the reunion to his 3.3million Twitter followers — in between jibes at Noel and footage of himself dressing as a wizard and with a wild beard during lockdown.
In January he raised eyebrows by telling fans that Noel had “begged” him to arrange a comeback together in 2022.
Noel said it was “nonsense”.
And last month he made a fresh appeal, urging Noel to agree to a one-off concert in support of NHS health workers, before turning vicious and raging: “Right, sick of pleading begging etc — no more olive branches.
“I demand an Oasis reunion after this is all over, all money going to NHS.”
After Noel refused, he vowed to go ahead without the guitarist.
But while today’s release may seem to hint at a positive step toward rebuilding their relationship, sources say that behind the scenes a reunion is further away than ever.
Far from this being an olive branch or the first stage of a reunion, this is actually anything but
In fact, Liam’s vitriolic abuse of Noel’s wife Sara, 46 — who he frequently refers to publicly as Noel’s “witch” — has seen their relationship plummet to new depths.
Alongside jibes about her age, there have been accusations Sara was responsible for Oasis’s break-up and even an intimidating text message where he appeared to threaten her.
As one source put it on Wednesday night, Noel’s decision to release the track under the Oasis name, despite it not featuring Liam, is in fact, “Putting two fingers up at Liam”.
The insider said: “Far from this being an olive branch or the first stage of a reunion, this is actually anything but.
“Noel could have just released this under his own name.
“He wrote the song and performs the vocal on it.
“So what this really shows is who was the real driving force behind Oasis.
REVIEW: OASIS Don’t Stop
THIS track may have been hidden on an unlabelled CD in Noel’s attic, but from the first few chord changes it is unmistakably an Oasis ballad.
Reminiscent of Going Nowhere, from 1997’s Be Here Now, the track hinges on a rhythmic, acoustic guitar progression laced with the group’s trademark melodic electric licks and a tambourine-infused beat.
Noel takes the lead vocal, as he does with many of their lighter offerings.
Lyrically, the song swings from melancholy verses bidding farewell to an old friend, time and place, to the more upbeat and anthemic chorus urging us: “Don’t stop being happy, don’t stop your clapping, don’t stop your laughing”.
It’s a poignant message for our times, perhaps.
Fans may have hoped for a heavier blast from the band’s early catalogue – complete with snarling Liam front and centre – but Don’t Stop will do enough to evoke memories of the old magic and leave many salivating for more.
Keep digging through those old boxes please, Noel.
- Rating: 4 / 5 stars
“Noel was the creative genius who made the band what they were, and this just emphasises that.”
The record, an acoustic guitar ballad, is unmistakably a Noel track, with no sign of Liam’s trademark snarling vocal.
It is understood that Liam was not consulted about the release.
And if Noel, who has enjoyed huge success since the band’s break-up with his High Flying Birds, had intended to take a swipe at his brother, few could blame him.
Liam’s rantings have turned increasingly dark over the past year.
They eventually led to Sara breaking her silence in an interview with Vogue magazine earlier this month.
In it, she expressed her horror at Liam’s behaviour and revealed her and Noel’s sons, Donovan, 12, and Sonny, nine, have never even met their unruly uncle.
She said: “Donovan’s new school friends can’t understand why he’s never met his uncle and he has started Googling things.
Noel will probably never forgive Liam for the way he has treated his family — especially Sara
“I’ve said, ‘You have to stop. You are going to read horrible things about us’.
“I don’t want my boys to think that’s a normal relationship between brothers.”
She last hit out at Liam in 2018, after he referred to Noel’s daughter from his first marriage, Anais, 20, as “his f***ing kid” in a magazine interview, adding that he “didn’t care” if she was targeted by online abuse.
In a menacing text message to Anais later, Liam even warned Sara “to be very careful”.
HE’S DESPERATE TO CLING TO FORMER GLORY
Shocked Sara snapped back, blasting: “His f***ing kid”? You mean your gorgeous niece, you deplorable w***er.
“Please God you have dropped dead by the time my kids are on social media.”
A band source said: “It’s clear to everyone that Liam is absolutely desperate to win Noel over and agree to a reunion, but his behaviour has gone far too far and Noel will probably never forgive him for the way he has treated his family, especially Sara.
“Noel feels stronger than ever about not wanting to work with Liam again.
“Far from time healing the rift, they have been driven further and further apart by Liam’s continued abusive behaviour.”
What is clear is Liam remains desperate to cling on to his former glory as the frontman of the world’s biggest rock band.
And he remains intensely bitter about events that led to its demise.
As recently as last weekend, Liam was disputing claims in a new book about the band’s infamous feud with rival Britpop band Blur and frontman Damon Albarn.
Record numbers
BIGGEST SELLING SINGLES
1. Wonderwall, 1995 (1.34m)
2. Don’t Look Back In Anger, 1996 (948,000)
3. D’You Know What I Mean, 1997 (745,000)
4. Whatever, 1994 (553,000)
5. Roll With It, 1995 (520,000)
BIGGEST SELLING ALBUMS
1. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, 1995 (22.4m)
2. Definitely Maybe, 1994 (15m)
3. Be Here Now, 1997 (8m)
4. Don’t Believe the Truth, 2005 (7m)
5. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, 2000 (3m)
BIGGEST CONCERT
1996, Knebworth, Herts, 125,000 (x two nights).
MUSIC GONGS
17 NME Awards, nine Q Awards, four MTV EMAs, six Brit Awards.
Oasis’s former manager Alan McGee is understood to have suggested a love triangle involving Liam, Damon and Liam’s ex-girlfriend was the true cause of the bitter dispute between the groups.
Liam immediately took to Twitter in a rage.
In a series of almost indecipherable posts, he threatened to “slap” McGee if he did not “keep your f***ing mouth shut”.
And he alleged that Noel’s comments in the mid-Nineties suggesting he hoped Damon and bandmate Alex James would “catch Aids and die” were the true root of the dispute.
With little hint of self-awareness, Liam described the remarks as “not our kid’s finest moment”.
This prompted many people to point to his own catalogue of poor behaviour, most damningly when he grabbed his girlfriend by the throat during a drunken row at a central London restaurant in 2018.
In footage obtained by The Sun, Liam was seen appearing to throttle Debbie Gwyther at celebrity haunt The Chiltern Firehouse.
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ITV2's Plebs to finish after series five & end with feature-length specialDespite both attempting to downplay the incident on social media, the shocking footage shows the Oasis star viciously stretch out his arm and push his partner backwards down a corridor while clutching a bottle of beer in his other hand.
An onlooker claimed he referred to his lover as “a witch” during the altercation.
But Liam later posted online: “There is only one witch and we all know who that is.”
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