Liam Gallagher Talks Solo Return, Oasis Split

"I'll be back doing that [playing live] within a couple of months," says the Brit singer.
LIAM GALLAGHER / PHOTO BY ALEX CRICK

Since Oasis' acrimonious split in August, guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher has been busy readying a solo album, while his brother, singer Liam Gallagher, focuses on his new clothing line, Pretty Green. But that's all set to change: The cocky Brit singer is preparing to return to the stage!

Oasis Split -- But Their Antipathy Will Live Forever

With the Gallagher brothers finally imploding, rock history's most entertainingly obnoxious chapter comes to its foregone conclusion.
Noel and Liam Gallagher

When news broke Friday evening that Oasis' show in France was cancelled suddenly, not simply due to the "altercation" that the promoters, hilariously, cited to the 40,000 disappointed fans in attendance, but because Noel Gallagher up and quit the band, initial reaction was somewhat muted: Hadn't we seen this movie before?

Nope, oddly enough.

Oasis: Magnificent Bastards

SPIN's David Marchese on arrogant lads, gorgeous melodies, and a sing-along nation 20,000 strong.
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher / Photo by Jackie Roman

Before Wednesday night's show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Liam Gallagher's contemptibility had just about slipped my mind. After all, it had been seven years since I last saw Oasis live.

The SPIN Interview: Noel Gallagher

He may not be Oasis' frontman -- that'd be his little brother Liam -- but Noel Gallagher has never been afraid to shoot off his mouth. "Ten years ago we told everyone with a mic we were the greatest thing ever," he says. "Now we just quietly believe it."
Photographed for SPIN by Alan Clarke

A beaming Noel Gallagher strolls across the floor of a North London photo studio enthusing about a new and exciting phase of his life, looking lean and reasonably healthy in every­bloke casualwear: blue checked shirt, jeans, and desert boots.

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