The famously feuding Gallagher brothers are appreciating each other as much as the Oasis fans during the band’s ongoing comeback tour.
In his first comments since the tour began in July, Noel Gallagher, 58, told the British radio show talkSPORT that his brother, Liam Gallagher, 52, has been “amazing” and “smashing it.”
The band has reunited after splitting 16 years ago due to differences between the brothers, who often sparred on social media and in interviews over the years.
The siblings squashed the feud and got the band back together for a 41-date tour that will make its next stop in Toronto on Aug. 24-25 before beginning the U.S. leg in Chicago on Aug. 28. Oasis has played 17 shows together after kicking off the tour in Cardiff, Wales.
“I guess when it’s all said and done, we’ll sit and reflect on it, but it’s great being back in a band with Liam,” Gallagher said. “I forgot how funny he was.”
“Liam’s smashing it, and I’m proud of him,” he continued.
The two brothers share lead vocals in the beloved band known for hits like “Wonderwall,” “Champagne Supernova” and “Live Forever.”
“Having been fronting a band for 16 years, I know how difficult that is and I couldn’t do the stadium thing like he does it, it’s not in my nature,” Gallagher, who had been working as a solo artist alongside his band the High Flying Birds following Oasis’ breakup, said about Liam. “I’ve got to say, I kind of look at him and think, ‘Good for you, mate.’ He’s been amazing.”
The brothers also have been overwhelmed by the packed crowds of diehard Oasis fans rejoicing over their reunion.
“It’s difficult to put it into words, every night is the crowd’s first night, so every one has that same energy to it,” Gallagher said. “It’s been truly amazing, I’m not usually short for words, but I can’t really articulate it at the moment.”
Gallagher admittedly wasn’t ready for the outpouring from fans in the U.K. when the tour kicked off.
“For me personally, I grossly underestimated what I was getting into,” he said. “After about five minutes, I was like, ‘All right, can I just go back to the dressing room and start this again?’
“This is … I’ve done stadiums before and all that, but I don’t mind telling you my legs turned to jelly after about halfway through the second song, and I could have done with going back and taking a minute,” he added.
