Monday 16 December 2013

“Noel Gallagher turns down £20 million for Oasis reunion world tour” says the Sunday People

“Noel Gallagher has turned down £20million to reunite with brother Liam for an Oasis world tour.

The singer-songwriter has put the kibosh on plans for the reunion which, would mark 20 years since the band’s 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe.

The Sunday People can also reveal that Paul Weller and the Happy Mondays had been lined up as special guests.

Noel, 46, right, has been asked to make up with frontman Liam for the tour, which ­included two gigs at Knebworth.

But the simmering feud between the ­brothers, which boiled over in a backstage row in 2009, won’t be cooling off any time soon.

A source close to Noel revealed: “There were hopes he would do it but frankly, he just doesn’t want to. The Oasis reunion is well and truly off.

“He has refused all offers, it got to £20million but even the lure of money like that just didn’t work.

“Liam is very keen to get back together, if only for the money but Noel is having none of it.

“There have been several intermediaries from their respective camps working very hard indeed to reach some form of agreement but Noel isn’t budging and a working solution between the brothers simply can’t be found.

“It’s a real shame and Noel knows how much his fans would love to see the band reform but he doesn’t want to commit to the time, he is quite happy as he is.”

The money could come in handy for Liam, 41. He is currently facing an expensive divorce from Nicole Appleton, 39, after he fathered a love child with US journalist Liza Ghorbani, 39. He is now living with new girlfriend, former personal assistant Debbie Gwyther.

Oasis were formed in Manchester in 1991 and split in 2009.

And Liam, now in Beady Eye, was clearly a little bit peed off about it.

In June he branded Noel a “conniving b*****d” and said: “There was just bulls**t going around. He’d been trying to get his little solo thing for ages. He’s just a sneaky little... I was hard work to work with, ‘cos, whatever...”

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