Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have remained very busy since Oasis‘ final live performance in 2009.

The breakup was inevitable but sudden. Oasis was within the midst of European tour dates when Noel reportedly reached his boiling level and stormed out of the group. A scheduled live performance in Paris on Aug. 28 wouldn’t occur, leaving a efficiency on the V Pageant six days earlier because the band’s final gig.

Although Liam and Noel have spent loads of time since then unhealthy mouthing one another within the press, each rockers have additionally launched an intensive quantity of fabric. And whereas American music followers might imagine the musicians’ recognition has light, that couldn’t be farther from the reality – not less than, not within the U.Okay. Each Gallaghers stay an enormous draw of their homeland and round Europe, having fun with bought out live shows, No. 1 albums and multi-platinum gross sales.

Right here’s a take a look at what Liam and Noel have achieved within the years since Oasis’ demise.

Liam Gallagher Opens His Beady Eye

Liam was the primary Gallagher to announce his post-Oasis plans, revealing three months later that he’d began a brand new group known as Beady Eye. Gem Archer (guitar), Andy Bell (guitar) and Chris Sharrock (drums) who had all beforehand been in Oasis joined Liam within the preliminary lineup.

“We’ll do it in a unique form of means now. I will attempt to reconnect with a brand new band, new songs, and I am feeling assured concerning the songs,” Liam declared previous to recording the band’s first album. “I am feeling one million p.c assured that they might be higher than Oasis.”

Watch Beady Eye’s Video for ‘The Curler’

Whereas Beady Eye didn’t match Oasis’ business heights, it definitely had its share of success. The band’s critically-hailed debut album Completely different Gear, Nonetheless Dashing, was launched in February 2011. Roughly 18 months later, Beady Eye carried out on the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, enjoying the Oasis basic “Wonderwall.”

The band’s second studio album, BE, got here out in June 2013. The LP was much less enthusiastically acquired, particularly in America. Liam scrapped plans for Beady Eye to tour the U.S. and in October 2014 he introduced the group had disbanded.

Liam Gallagher Finds Solo Success

The singer’s subsequent transfer was sudden, contemplating he’d rejected the concept of a solo profession for years. Nonetheless, that’s precisely what he launched into in 2017. Liam’s debut solo single, “Wall of Glass” was launched that June, and he rapidly started performing a future of solo gigs. He additionally turned a vocal supporter of his hometown of Manchester, following a tragic terrorist assault that yr. Liam appeared at a number of notable profit occasions for the victims, together with the One Love Manchester live performance the place he carried out Oasis classics alongside members of Coldplay.

Liam’s debut solo album, As You Have been, arrived in October 2017 to overwhelmingly constructive critiques. The LP hit No. 1 on the U.Okay. chart and loved bigger business recognition than his earlier efforts with Beady Eye. So started a streak of solo success for the singer, as his subsequent two albums Why Me? Why Not (2019) and C’mon You Know (2022) additionally debuted at No. 1 within the U.Okay.

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In November 2019, Liam acquired the primary Rock Icon award on the MTV Europe Music Awards. His acceptance speech was brief – roughly 20 seconds in size – however he was positive to characteristic a few of his trademark swagger. “I need to congratulate MTV for recognizing my brilliance,” the singer declared. “Thanks for the award, I will put on it nicely.”

In September 2022 Liam – who turned shut with Dave Grohl when the 2 co-wrote the track “The whole lot’s Electrical” for Gallagher’s C’mon You Know LP – appeared on the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Live performance in London. The singer was the occasion’s first performer, delivering the Oasis songs “Rock ’n’ Roll Star” and “Dwell Ceaselessly,” backed by the Foo Fighters.

Watch Liam Gallagher Carry out ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’ With Foo Fighters

In 2024, Liam collaborated with ex-Stone Roses guitarist John Squire on the appropriately-titled album Liam Gallagher & John Squire. The LP was launched in March to vital acclaim and continued Liam’s streak of hitting No. 1 within the U.Okay.

Most just lately, the singer spent a lot of 2024 celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Oasis’ debut album, Positively Possibly. Liam launched into an expansive tour which noticed him performing the album in its entirety, together with different Oasis classics.

Noel Gallagher Flies Excessive After Oasis

In comparison with his brother, Noel Gallagher was a bit slower in transferring on from Oasis. He didn’t play his first post-break up gig till February 2010 an it wasn’t till July 2011 that he unveiled his new venture, Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds. The title was a moniker for Noel’s solo work with a daily rotation of musicians, just like how Paul McCartney created with Wings.

Debut album Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds was launched in October 2011 to vital and business success. The LP reached triple-platinum standing within the U.Okay., solidifying Noel’s place among the many nation’s most revered rockers.

Watch Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds’ Video for ‘If I Had a Gun’

Like Liam, Noel’s recognition within the U.Okay has by no means waned. Three of his 4 albums – Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds (2011), Chasing Yesterday (2015) and Who Constructed the Moon? (2017) – all debuted at No. 1 within the U.Okay., as did his biggest hits compilation Again the Approach We Got here: Vol. 1. In the meantime, Noel’s most up-to-date LP, 2023’s Council Skies, fell jus wanting persevering with the streak, debuting at No. 2.

Noel Gallagher’s Collaborations

Moreover, Noel has actively collaborated with different artists since Oasis broke up. In 2016, he co-wrote the track “Beginning of an Unintentional Hipster” with Paul Weller, a tune they gave to the Monkees for the group’s Good Occasions! album.

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In 2017, Noel joined forces with an unlikely companion: Damon Albarn. The 2 had been rivals within the ‘90s, with the press usually pitting Oasis in opposition to Albarn’s band Blur within the battle for Britpop supremacy. Nonetheless, any lingering tensions have lengthy since dissipated, as Noel’s contribution to the track “We Acquired the Energy” for Albarn’s animated group Gorillaz proved.

Most just lately, Noel co-wrote three songs for the Black Keys’ 2024 album Ohio Gamers. The Oasis rocker additionally performed guitar and offered backing vocals on all three tracks: “Solely Lover Issues,” “You’ll Pay” and “On the Sport.”