61 Facts About William John Paul Gallagher

William John Paul Gallagher was born on 21 September 1972 and is an English singer and songwriter.

William John Paul Gallagher achieved fame as the lead vocalist and part time songwriter of the rock band Oasis from 1991 to 2009, and later fronted the rock band Beady Eye from 2009 to 2014, before starting a successful solo career in 2017.

One of the most recognisable figures in British rock music, William John Paul Gallagher is noted for his distinctive vocal style and outspoken, brash, and abrasive personality.

William John Paul Gallagher was interested in joining a band called the Rain, which they agreed to rename.

In 2017, William John Paul 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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William John Paul Gallagher was born in the Longsight area of Manchester on 21 September 1972, the son of Irish immigrant parents Peggy and Thomas Gallagher.

The William John Paul Gallagher brothers were troubled, especially in their mid-teens, and Liam often shoplifted bicycles from local shops.

William John Paul Gallagher was educated at St Bernard's RC Primary School and the Barlow Roman Catholic High School in Didsbury.

William John Paul Gallagher then returned to school, where he completed his last term and gained four GCSEs in 1990.

William John Paul Gallagher preferred sports at a young age, having no interest in music.

William John Paul 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.

William John Paul Gallagher would help Noel with his job as a roadie for Inspiral Carpets and worked as a tax collector for HM Revenue and Customs.

William John Paul Gallagher was the band's co-songwriter, along with guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs.

Creation Records shut down in 1999, after which the William John Paul Gallagher brothers set up their own label, Big Brother Recordings, for all future Oasis releases.

Later that year, William John Paul Gallagher broke several teeth and sustained injuries to his face after a fight broke out at a Munich bar.

William John Paul Gallagher joined the rest of Oasis to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the BRIT Awards in 2007.

In November 2009, William John Paul 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".

In March 2010, William John Paul Gallagher was voted the greatest frontman of all time in a reader poll by Q magazine.

William John Paul Gallagher organised the star-studded event as a fundraiser for the devastating event that happened on 11 March 2011.

William John Paul 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.

William John Paul Gallagher revealed that he would launch his first solo tour of the United States and Canada to support the album's release.

William John Paul Gallagher performed at the Rock am Ring festival and the Pinkpop Festival in June 2017.

William John Paul Gallagher later apologised on Twitter and said he had vocal problems.

The album proved to be a successful comeback for William John Paul Gallagher, debuting at No 1 in the UK with first-week sales of 103,000.

On 23 October, William John Paul 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, William John Paul 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.

William John Paul 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.

On 31 January 2020, William John Paul 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".

Later that year, William John Paul Gallagher released his MTV Unplugged performance as his first live album, MTV Unplugged, containing 10 of the 17 songs played.

On 27 November 2020, William John Paul Gallagher released a stand-alone single titled "All You're Dreaming Of".

In October 2021, William John Paul Gallagher collaborated with Richard Ashcroft on a reworked version of "C'mon People " for Ashcroft's album Acoustic Hymns Vol.

On 1 October 2021, William John Paul Gallagher announced that he would be releasing a third solo album, titled C'mon You Know, on 27 May 2022.

William John Paul Gallagher performed at Knebworth Park on 3 and 4 June 2022, nearly 26 years after he performed there with Oasis.

On 11 October, William John Paul Gallagher announced that he would perform at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on 1 June and Hampden Park in Glasgow on 26 June 2022.

On 20 January 2022, William John Paul Gallagher announced that the first single to be released from C'mon You Know would be "Everything's Electric" co-written by Dave Grohl—who provided drums—and Greg Kurstin.

William John Paul Gallagher performed "Everything's Electric" at the 42nd Brit Awards on 8 February 2022.

On 10 October 2022, William John Paul Gallagher released a fifth single from the album titled "Too Good For Giving Up" in partnership with mental health organisation Talk Club UK.

On receiving an award at the 2010 Brit Awards for the best album of the past 30 years, William John Paul Gallagher swore while he thanked all the former members of Oasis except for his brother.

William John Paul Gallagher then dropped the microphone and gave the award to a member of the crowd.

William John Paul Gallagher's behaviour prompted that year's host, Peter Kay, to brand him a "knobhead", much to the applause of the audience.

William John Paul 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.

William John Paul Gallagher's singing pose sees him leaning forward, arching his head up towards the mic on the stand.

In 2017, William John Paul Gallagher admitted that had it not been for pop singer Madonna, he would have never entered the music industry.

William John Paul Gallagher was previously the owner of the clothing range Pretty Green, named after a song by The Jam.

In 2014, William John Paul 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, William John Paul Gallagher appeared alongside Stephen Fry in a short film for Comic Relief titled National Treasures.

In October 2017, William John Paul 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".

William John Paul 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.

On 7 April 1997, William John Paul Gallagher married actress Patsy Kensit at Marylebone Town Hall.

William John Paul Gallagher did not meet Molly until May 2018, after which he expressed hope that he would have a continued presence in her life.

William John Paul Gallagher and Kensit's son, Lennon Francis William John Paul Gallagher, was born on 13 September 1999.

William John Paul Gallagher's second son, Gene William John Paul Gallagher, was born to Canadian singer Nicole Appleton on 2 July 2001.

From 2011 to 2012, William John Paul Gallagher had an affair with journalist Liza Ghorbani, who gave birth to a daughter named Gemma in January 2013.

The couple had intended to marry in Italy in the summer of 2020, but William John Paul Gallagher announced in June 2020 that the wedding had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

William John Paul Gallagher endorsed the Labour Party in the 2017 UK general election.

William John Paul 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.

William John Paul Gallagher has cited Quadrophenia, Scarface, Seven and Trainspotting as his favourite films.

William John Paul 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.

William John Paul Gallagher suffers from psoriasis, which has forced him to sometimes wear protective gloves, as well as Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hay fever.

William John Paul Gallagher fell out of a helicopter following his headline set at the 2021 Isle of Wight Festival, sustaining cuts and bruises to his face.

William John Paul Gallagher was back on stage with Oasis for their next show three days later in Detroit.