SORTED? Oasis brothers ‘closer than for years’
NOEL Gallagher’s recent divorce from Sara MacDonald has helped bring an end to a bitter feud with his brother and former Oasis bandmate Liam, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Sources who know the pair say that the split had an ‘instant impact’ on relations between Liam and Noel, who are now ‘closer than they have been for years’.
Noel, 56, agreed a divorce settlement with publicist Ms MacDonald last month, ending a 22-year marriage.
Friends say that Liam, 51, clashed repeatedly with Ms MacDonald, 52, throughout her relationship with his brother. A source said last week: ‘Liam did not have the best relationship with Sara. There were many reasons for the bitter feud that erupted between Noel and Liam after Oasis split up.
‘It was never going to be easy for any woman caught up in the middle of this spat to have to deal with Liam.
‘But Sara and Liam both blamed one another, often for things that were sparked by factors outside.
‘It [the divorce] made Liam and Noel confront some of the issues that they were constantly clashing over.
‘They are now closer than they have been for years.
‘I wouldn’t rule out some kind of announcement that Liam and Noel are ready to perform together again.
‘There is already loose talk about a possible Oasis stadium tour in 2025.’
Ms MacDonald met Noel in Ibiza in 2000 ahead of his divorce from first wife Meg Mathews a year later. Oasis split in 2009 with relations between Ms MacDonald and Liam soon deteriorating.
Noel, who had two sons – Donovan, 16, and Sonny, 13 – with Ms MacDonald, once insisted he would never reconcile with Liam because of his verbal attacks on his now ex-wife.