1. William John Paul Gallagher was born on 21 September 1972 and is an English singer and songwriter.
82 Facts About Liam Gallagher
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Liam Gallagher is the lead singer of the rock band Oasis, which he co-founded in 1991.
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Liam Gallagher fronted the rock band Beady Eye from 2010 to 2014, before starting a successful solo career in 2017.
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One of the most recognisable figures in British rock music, Gallagher is noted for his distinctive vocal style and outspoken personality.
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Liam Gallagher was interested in joining a band called the Rain.
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Liam Gallagher was extended an invitation to join the band as their lead guitarist, which he accepted.
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In 2017, Liam Gallagher began his solo career with the release of his debut solo album, As You Were, which proved to be a critical and commercial success.
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Oasis's time was marked by turbulence, especially during the peak of Britpop, during which Liam Gallagher was involved in several disputes with Noel.
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Liam Gallagher was born in the Longsight area of Manchester on 21 September 1972, to Irish immigrant parents Peggy and Thomas "Tommy" Liam Gallagher from Charlestown, County Mayo and Duleek, County Meath, respectively.
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Liam Gallagher was educated at St Bernard's RC Primary School and the Barlow Roman Catholic High School in Didsbury.
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Liam Gallagher then returned to school, where he completed his last term and gained four GCSEs in 1990.
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Liam Gallagher preferred sports at a young age, having no interest in music.
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Liam Gallagher became confident in his ability to sing and began listening to bands like the Beatles, the Stone Roses, the La's, the Who, the Kinks, the Jam, and T Rex.
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When school friend Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan invited Liam Gallagher to join his band The Rain as a vocalist, he agreed.
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Liam Gallagher was the band's co-songwriter, along with guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs.
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Noel has since openly mocked this writing partnership, describing them as being "just awful", and Liam Gallagher admitted that they were "shit".
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Liam Gallagher was praised for his vocal contributions to the album, and his presence made Oasis a popular live act.
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Liam Gallagher's attitude garnered attention from the British tabloid press, which often ran stories concerning his alleged drug use and behaviour.
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The album was denounced by Noel in later years, but Liam Gallagher has defended it.
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Creation Records shut down in 1999, after which the Liam Gallagher brothers set up their own label, Big Brother Recordings, for all future Oasis releases.
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Later that year, Liam Gallagher broke several teeth and sustained injuries to his face after a fight broke out at a Munich bar.
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Liam Gallagher joined the rest of Oasis to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the BRIT Awards in 2007.
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In November 2009, Liam Gallagher announced that he and former Oasis band members had written new material as part of a new project, and could be gigging as early as a couple of months, and stated that "Oasis are done, this is something new".
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In March 2010, Liam Gallagher was voted the greatest frontman of all time in a reader poll by Q magazine.
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Liam Gallagher organised the star-studded event as a fundraiser for the devastating event that happened on 11 March 2011.
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Liam Gallagher announced that Beady Eye's version of the Beatles' "Across the Universe", which they performed on the night, would be released as a charity single, to benefit the fundraising.
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In March 2012, Liam Gallagher stated that Beady Eye would play Oasis songs.
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Liam Gallagher revealed that he would launch his first solo tour of the United States and Canada to support the album's release.
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Liam Gallagher performed at the Rock am Ring festival and the Pinkpop Festival in June 2017.
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Liam Gallagher later apologised on Twitter and said he had vocal problems.
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The album proved to be a successful comeback for Liam Gallagher, debuting at No 1 in the UK with first-week sales of 103,000.
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On 23 October, Liam Gallagher announced that he would be doing a one-off concert in Finsbury Park on 29 June 2018.
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In February 2018, Liam Gallagher performed "Live Forever" at the Brit Awards as a tribute to the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena attack, after Ariana Grande could not perform due to illness.
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Liam Gallagher performed several Oasis songs, including "Stand by Me" for the first time since 2001, and "Sad Song" which he had never performed live before.
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Many positive reviews complimented the album for expanding on the sound of As You Were, with Liam Gallagher's vocals being singled out for praise.
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On 31 January 2020, Liam Gallagher surprise released a live EP entitled Acoustic Sessions, which contained 7 live acoustic performances of both his solo and Oasis songs, as well as the original demo version of "Once".
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Later that year, Liam Gallagher released his MTV Unplugged performance as his first live album, MTV Unplugged, containing 10 of the 17 songs played.
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On 27 November 2020, Liam Gallagher released a stand-alone single titled "All You're Dreaming Of".
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In October 2021, Liam Gallagher collaborated with Richard Ashcroft on a reworked version of "C'mon People " for Ashcroft's album Acoustic Hymns Vol.
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On 1 October 2021, Liam Gallagher announced that he would be releasing a third solo album, titled C'mon You Know, on 27 May 2022.
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Liam Gallagher performed at Knebworth Park on 3 and 4 June 2022, nearly 26 years after he performed there with Oasis.
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On 11 October, Liam Gallagher announced that he would perform at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on 1 June and Hampden Park in Glasgow on 26 June 2022.
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Liam Gallagher performed "Everything's Electric" at the 42nd Brit Awards on 8 February 2022.
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On 10 October 2022, Liam Gallagher released a fifth single from the album titled "Too Good For Giving Up" in partnership with mental health organisation Talk Club UK.
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On 16 October 2023, Liam Gallagher announced that he would do a tour to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Definitely Maybe in June 2024 where he would perform the album in its entirety alongside some of B-sides from the album's singles.
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On 21 November 2023, Liam Gallagher announced that he would headline TRNSMT on 12 July 2024.
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Squire and Liam Gallagher announced a tour on 26 January 2024.
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Criminal charges were later dropped, although a civil case was pursued that led to Liam Gallagher reportedly settling out of court.
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In 2006, Liam Gallagher allegedly had a drunken brawl with footballer Paul Gascoigne at the Groucho Club in London, which ended with him setting off a fire extinguisher in Gascoigne's face.
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On receiving an award at the 2010 Brit Awards for the best album of the past 30 years, Liam Gallagher swore while he thanked all the former members of Oasis except for his brother.
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Liam Gallagher then dropped the microphone and gave the award to a member of the crowd.
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Liam Gallagher's behaviour prompted that year's host, Peter Kay, to brand him a "knobhead", much to the applause of the audience.
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Liam Gallagher's voice has been compared to a blend of John Lennon, Johnny Rotten and Ian Brown.
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Liam Gallagher has stated he has no clear influence other than Lennon and "music" itself, though he has been known to incorporate many different forms such as punk, indie, new wave, and jazz.
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Liam Gallagher's singing pose sees him leaning forward, arching his head up towards the microphone on the stand.
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Liam Gallagher stated that his first record purchase was the debut album of the Stone Roses.
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In 2017, Liam Gallagher admitted that had it not been for pop singer Madonna, he would have never entered the music industry.
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Liam Gallagher was previously the owner of the clothing range Pretty Green, named after a song by The Jam.
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In 2014, Liam Gallagher designed a Parka-wearing Paddington Bear statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film Paddington, which was auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
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In March 2015, Liam Gallagher appeared alongside Stephen Fry in a short film for Comic Relief titled National Treasures.
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In October 2017, Liam Gallagher appeared in the George Michael documentary Freedom, in which he referred to the recently deceased Michael as a "modern-day Elvis", particularly praising his 1990 single "Praying for Time".
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Liam Gallagher released a documentary in 2019 called As It Was, following his life after Beady Eye and his life leading up to his solo debut album As You Were.
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Liam Gallagher is among the people interviewed for the documentary film If These Walls Could Sing directed by Mary McCartney about the recording studios at Abbey Road.
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On 7 April 1997, Liam Gallagher married actress Patsy Kensit at Marylebone Town Hall.
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Liam Gallagher did not meet Molly until May 2018, after which he expressed hope that he would have a continued presence in her life.
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Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit's son, Lennon Francis Gallagher, was born on 13 September 1999.
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Liam Gallagher's second son, Gene Liam Gallagher, was born to Canadian singer Nicole Appleton of the girl group All Saints on 2 July 2001.
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From 2011 to 2012, Liam Gallagher had an affair with journalist Liza Ghorbani, who gave birth to a daughter named Gemma in January 2013.
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Liam Gallagher endorsed the Labour Party in the 2017 UK general election.
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Liam Gallagher has discussed his concerns on climate change, having publicly praised Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, and voted for the Green Party in the 2019 UK general election.
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Liam Gallagher has cited Quadrophenia, Scarface, Seven and Trainspotting as his favourite films.
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Liam Gallagher revealed that his favourite Oasis song is "Live Forever".
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Liam Gallagher often goes jogging, but revealed in 2019 that he had begun to suffer from arthritis of the hips and that doctors had advised him to jog less.
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Liam Gallagher suffers from psoriasis, which has forced him to sometimes wear protective gloves, as well as Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hay fever.
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Liam Gallagher fell out of a helicopter following his headline set at the 2021 Isle of Wight Festival, sustaining cuts and bruises to his face.
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Liam Gallagher said that he had been struck down with a "sore throat" and that he does not like performing acoustically, though Noel has claimed he was hungover.
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Noel was further angered when Liam Gallagher heckled him from the balcony while the band performed.
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Liam Gallagher was back on stage with Oasis for their next show three days later in Detroit.
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Liam Gallagher later claimed he "messed the first one up" when questioned about his 2019 MTV Unplugged performance and has since claimed he missed the show because he "accidentally got drunk again".
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Liam Gallagher has stated he does not speak much with Noel and that they "don't really have a relationship".
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Since the band's split, the only direct contact they have had with each other has consisted of exchanging text messages at Christmas; Liam Gallagher invited Noel to his wedding, which was scheduled to take place in 2021, but did not believe Noel would attend.
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Weeks prior to this, Noel said Liam Gallagher was "obsessed with him", leading Liam Gallagher to allege the same thing about Noel.