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How some brutal mockery of Noel Gallagher and his divorce from woman Liam had a cruel nickname for triggered Oasis reunion, exclusively revealed by KATIE HIND


The performance was so bad that even the most ardent Noel Gallagher fan was horrified. The former Oasis guitarist's attempt at singing the Joy Division classic Love Will Tear Us Apart was widely scorned.

But, as the Mail can now reveal, this was perhaps the moment that convinced Noel, 57, it was time to bury the hatchet with his estranged brother Liam and reunite one of the most iconic rock bands in living memory. Behind the scenes at the Rock en Seine Festival on August 28, 2009, Noel recalls Liam hurling insults around the dressing room before throwing a plum at the wall. It was last summer – shortly after Noel’s disastrous performance on Jools Holland – that I first learned there were hopes he and Liam might reunite to mark the 30th anniversary of Oasis’s first album, 1994’s Definitely Maybe.

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