Oasis will start their reunion tour at Principality Stadium in Cardiff tonight. Thousands of people are expected to descend on the Welsh capital ahead of two sold-out shows. When the tour was announced last year, the Britpop legends said: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”
Although the Oasis line-up is still yet to be officially confirmed, Liam Gallagher is set to return on lead vocals alongside brother, Noel Gallagher. It has been nearly 16 years since the band appeared on stage for the final time.
However, both Liam and Noel have gone on to have successful solo careers since the band’s split, although it has not been easy.
Liam Gallagher has previously credited partner and manager Debbie Gwyther for turning his life around after going through Oasis’s split in 2009, followed by the split of his band Beady Eye in 2014, reports The Mirror.
Speaking about Debbie in his documentary As It Was, Liam said: “Debbie was the one. She’s the one like ‘Come on you’ve not killed anyone, let’s get back in the music’.”
In the 2019 documentary, Debbie added: “Liam just wanted to move abroad somewhere and live a quiet life. I knew that if he did that it would just be temporary anyway, because I knew that he would never be happy unless he was back singing and performing.
“Whenever he was off-guard, he would pick up a guitar or he’d be singing. He just starts playing a few chords and then sees what comes out and then works on it from there, record it on his phone. Then most people get to hear it when he’s had a drink basically.”
Music manager Debbie started working as Liam’s personal assistant in 2013, after working as an artist manager at London firm Quest. The couple started dating following his divorce from All Saints singer, Nicole Appleton, in 2014.
Liam proposed to Debbie in 2019 on the Amalfi Coast while on holiday with his mum, Peggy.
Speaking to the Mirror about his fiancée, the singer said: “She was a breath of fresh air, man. She sorted me right out. Me and her like to do the same things, like having a drink.
“We like having a laugh. I’ve met my match, I’ve met my soulmate. It’s good because the kids love her, the lads love her.”
Paying tribute to his partner, who Liam said “saved” him from a downward spiral during Oasis’ 15 year break, the singer told Q magazine: “Debbie saved me. No bulls**t. Debbie swooped me up as I was falling, she just said: ‘Stop being a d***head.'”
He explained: “She got me out of the house, introduced me to all kinds of people outside my world, got me doing new things. I’ve lived in London a long time, but I only really knew Hampstead.”