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This programme contains very strong language.

This is XS Manchester. It gives me great pleasure to welcome a man who

sung on some of the most era-defining records

not just in the '90s but of all-time, in my opinion.

And it is Liam Gallagher. Nice to see you again, fella.

How are ya? Good, man, feeling good.

30 years, can you believe that? No, I can't, mate.

Still buzzing, man, Still on that crusade

just to not get suckered in by the dickheads.

CROWD CHEERS

I'm not doing this to be more famous.

I'm fucking famous enough, you know what I mean?

And I'm not doing it for the money.

I joined the band because I love music.

I know how fucking great I am and I know how shit I am,

you know what I mean?

I'm proud of fucking staying alive, man. Being here, man.

Not becoming a fucking casualty.

CHEERS

Not letting the bastards get you down, man,

all the people who've written you off, who were sitting there

for the last ten years, going, "Oh, he's fucking going to be dead now.

"He's definitely going to blow his brains out.

"He's going to have a drug overdose."

They've got all them press headlines waiting, but...

I'don't think it's going to happen, lads, you know what I mean?

I think I'm going to stick it out.

CROWD SCREAMS

CAMERAS CLICK

SCREAMING CONTINUES

They were disgusting.

They abused passengers, they abused the hostess staff.

I think the roadies behaved quite well, but...

The band members were absolutely abysmal.

There were some passengers that complained about your behaviour.

Is that...? Yeah.

PAUL ARTHURS: Didn't know what to expect, do you know what I mean?

I didn't expect to go to Japan from the first year,

or go round America, or get a Number One album.

When you're starting out, you've gotta do the whole circuit.

But as you're getting a bit bigger, you can pick and choose.

I think it's better off 6,000 people, do two nights.

It's just the way.

All the fame and that, some of it's boring.

Some of it does your head in, some of it's not real.

I fucking hate the fucking sight of yous!

So we've never been here before.

But we like it. I like it, anyway.

And I'm having a great time.

I've enjoyed myself.

The same other things get in the way, but... You know.

There you go. It's slipping now.

Is it?

Ta-ra!

CROWD BOOS

MAN OVER MICROPHONE: Unfortunately, Liam and Noel Gallagher

have just had a huge big fight together in the dressing room.

The band is not going to play tonight

and cancelled the rest of the Euro tour.

CROWD BOOS

You can go and check on their website

and you will have the full story from Noel.

CROWD CHANT IN FRENCH: Encule, encule, encule...!

PAUL: I kind of knew something was happening.

There was something not right.

Travelling on separate buses, and...

Separate dressing rooms, and separate this and separate that.

Maybe the albums weren't doing as well as they...

Obviously... We were obviously on the slide, do you know what I mean?

Which is... Which happens to every band, that's all.

Obviously then, there was little bits of arguments and stuff

about where the band was going.

Shut up! If you think rock and roll is getting arrested and all that...

Rock and roll is about being yourself and I won't...

BONEHEAD: It might've been on the tour bus,

it might've been on the stage, backstage.

I could never stand back and watch...

..those two fight, or get at each other, you know.

Sometimes it was pretty vicious and pretty nasty.

NOEL: Rock and roll's about music! Music!

Yeah, I know it is. Shut the BLEEP up, man.

When we was on this train to Paris,

Noel was just sat down the back on the fucking phone to Gordon Smart

out of The Sun, telling him what goes down and what we've been up to,

"Oh, yeah, Liam's like..." Just spilling the beans on the band.

It was like you're working for the fucking Sun.

So we get there, and I've had a word with him about summat

and he's had a word with me about summat,

and he's fucking jumped on my guitar, smashed it up,

which was a present, which means nothing to a lot of people

but it meant a lot to me.

So then I fucking got one of his guitars,

I think smashed his up, and then that was it.

MAN ON MICROPHONE: Je suis tres desole.

Mais Oasis ne marche pas.

CROWD GASPS

I was there. It was kind of a bit silly, to be fair.

I mean, I've seen worse fights.

Noel scooted off in his Ferrari with his bodyguard.

He had his little statement already wrote...

..you know, and that was it.

And then that was the band over, you know what I mean?

Noel Gallagher has announced he's quitting the band Oasis.

He says he can no longer work with his brother Liam

after a series of rows.

Last night, the band cancelled a performance in Paris.

It was like, I'm still in shock, you know what I mean?

It was like, "What the fuck?"

"Whoa!" It was like, "What the fuck's going on here?"

You know what I mean?

I couldn't see anything past that, you know what I mean? I couldn't see

a career in... Or doing, you know, fuckin' rally driver

or playing table tennis or fucking being a chef.

It was like... It was Oasis till the day I die, you know I mean?

PAUL: Once Noel had decided he was going to go his way...

..erm, yeah, it got difficult.

When you're in a band with your brother for 20-odd years...

..and then he, for whatever reason, decides

he doesn't want to be in a band with you any more, it's very public

and it plays out in front of the world's media.

And I think... Yeah, I think that hurt him a bit.

When that happened, the rug was pulled.

There was always going to be a sense of "Jackpot my dreams",

you know what I mean? It's all a bit like,

"I'm taking my ball home and fuck the lot of yous,"

you know what I mean?

And that's not what happens. I don't think you do that with family, you know what I mean?

I haven't got his number to call him

cos he's too scared to give it me mam.

INTERVIEWER: And have you ever even bumped into him?

No, not bumped into him.

The geezer wears many masks, man.

You know what I mean? He probably walks past me every day.

But, erm, no, I haven't bumped into him.

And I don't know what I'd do, you know what I mean?

Whether I'd chase him down the road and fucking...

With a pickaxe, who knows? Or maybe I'd fucking jump on him

and give him a love bite? Who knows what...?

I don't know where I'd be at, you know what I mean?

Cos I'm angry still, you know what I mean? He split me band up.

MUSIC: Soul Love by Beady Eye

I certainly wasn't going to go home and fucking hide under the pillows

and I wasn't ashamed of anything, you know what I mean?

Cos it wasn't my doing.

So we went back to the hotel, had a couple of drinks,

scratched our heads, and went, "Look..."

.."What do you want to do?"

# Get up off your knees, my friend... #

BONEHEAD: When Noel left, Liam could not have said, "Right, that's it.

"It's over and I'm not doing it."

He had to keep going, you know, cos that's what he does.

They just sat down and said, "What are we going to do?

"We've gotta carry on. We'll change the name - Beady Eye."

# Soul love Soul love... #

INTERVIEWER: If Beady Eye was a car...

If Beady Eye was a car, it'd be a fuckin Rolls-Royce Phantom -

big, beautiful, brash.

You know it's fuckin' coming.

You know it's there when it fucking runs you over.

Is it going to run us over? What, Beady Eye?

Without a fucking doubt, mate. I wouldn't be doing it otherwise, would I?

I went out and saw Beady Eye live. I thought they were amazing.

I thought it was a really, you know...

The band was great, obviously.

# Sleep walk away your life if that turns you on... #

We were still buzzing, you know what I mean?

We still had summat to do, you know what I mean?

# Look away and it's gone... #

I like that, the lemon. That's good, innit? I want one of them fences.

We still had, like, an itinerary, you know what I mean?

We went on tour, we were in the studio, we were doing videos.

I fucking cannot wait to get on that stage

and fucking have it.

I thought the gigs were good, so we didn't have any time

to sort of reflect on the big Oasis break-up.

I'm enjoying it a bit more, you know what I mean?

We just go on there for 50 minutes

and just fuckin' kick out the jam, man,

and leave it up to someone else to do the big fucking entertaining

tonight, you know what I mean? So...

It'd be good, but headlining? Fucking done with it.

Been there, done that.

CROWD CHEERS Liam! Liam!

That was shit!

That's the complex world of him. He... He just thinks it was average.

BONEHEAD: I thought the music was great.

The music was certainly strong enough.

And you had Liam Gallagher fronting the band.

You're looking well. I'm not knocking about with my brother too much, you know what I mean?

Is that good for you, then? Took years off me.

You'd have thought, with that Oasis hardcore fan base,

that Beady Eye would have just been, like, phew, straight up and

carried on where Oasis sort of fell over, but it didn't.

MIKE SMITH: They hadn't stopped, they hadn't had a break.

He'd gone straight from Oasis into Beady Eye,

done the first album, straight out on the road.

And it was just like, he was charging forward

and I don't think he'd ever given himself a moment

to acknowledge that Oasis was no more.

He never had a chance to grieve for that.

See, Beady Eye surprised me.

It's like, "Why aren't Beady Eye playing bigger fucking venues

"than they're playing?" Was that just

the record company being shite and the management being shite?

I don't know. Cos I think they deserved better.

We're used to seeing you guys in stadiums.

Yeah. This is rather more intimate, isn't it?

I know, it's a shame, innit? Why is it a shame?

SHE GIGGLES

I don't know, nah, I'm joking. Nah, it is intimate.

But this is the way the world is today.

TED KESSLER: Beady Eye, suddenly... He doesn't have Noel Gallagher

writing the songs for him. I think he suddenly found out

that just being Liam...

..it wasn't enough.

PAUL: I could tell he was upset because, then,

Noel started his career and was slating Liam every day -

and that's not a brotherly thing to do, anyway.

NOEL: I'd been in the middle of the stage and singing, and...

It was gone, it was over in a flash, and I don't know how it was.

INTERVIEWER: And you did, like, half of Oasis songs

and half of your songs, which went down pretty well with everyone.

No, I did all of my songs.

INTERVIEWER LAUGHS AWKWARDLY

I don't drive cars and I don't fly planes.

So the money I spend, and the money I've ever earned

has always been on clothes, and...

..school fees and alcohol and probably drugs

and the odd house.

CAMERAS CLICK

Beady Eye is a great band and it's going to get better.

INTERVIEWER: Still the same people in the band as...?

Yes. Oh, yes! Noel's not joined yet.

THEY LAUGH

Fashion is where it's at, apparently.

I'm doing this not to make money.

I'm doing this...just to do something, you know what I mean?

And if people like it, then they like it. If they don't...

No skin off my nose. I'm thinking Pretty Green, man.

And all them cunts who fucking slag it off,

they're just fucking jealous.

Cheers.

People, they're taking you serious, actually.

Are they? Yeah.

Well, that'll be a first.

It's not about being big any more, I don't give a shit any more.

You know what I mean? It's like, "I'll play here, man."

CAMERA CLICKS

"Who are you?" "I don't know, I don't know."

No, but I love that, though, when they go, "Who are ya?"

Fuck knows. HE CHUCKLES

Fuck knows. Fuck knows who I am any more.

MIKE: He'd gone in, made the second Beady Eye record -

which I thought was a really strong record - but...

through of bunch of, you know, unfortunate circumstances,

the band had pretty much fallen apart

literally as they were about to promote it

so the record didn't have a chance.

I just thought, "You know what? People don't want it.

"For some reason, it's not connecting."

I just think maybe the name,

or maybe it was too soon after Oasis, so...

And obviously, there was a lot of stuff going on in my personal life.

I thought, "Well, this is kind of...

"This ain't good," do you know what I mean?

Andy Bell had rang us up, saying he wanted to get back with Ryan.

I was thinking, "You know what? I'm not being in a band with someone

who's going to be hop skipping from two bands," you know what I mean?

And, you know, that's his right. He can do what he wants,

but I was thinking, "Go on. You go and do the ride.

"I'm out of it," you know what I mean? I'm fucking...

I'm going to go and get me shit sorted out, and I thought,

"You know what? I think I need to fucking just take a break,"

you know what I mean, "from music"?

PAUL: It's hard for him to accept that.

I think that was the first time in his life that he's...

It didn't work.

So that was like "Fucking hell!" This is the first time

in 20 years or whatever that I'm without a band.

I was going, "Fuck it! What am I going to do now, man?"

No band, no songs, no niche.

Something dodgy could be around the corner, you know what I mean?

And you gotta just fasten your seat belt a little bit

and just ride the wave, you know what I mean,

and see where it takes ya?

REPORTER: Nicole split with former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.

He was very down and fed up with himself, and...

He definitely was, yeah.

PAUL: The divorce isn't in private, it's very public,

and it plays out in front of the world's media.

That hurt him a bit.

Lawyers morning, noon and night, you know what I mean?

In and out of court.

Sorta mopping up the milk that I've spilt.

The media had given him an awful time.

REPORTER: Have you see your daughter yet, Liam?

They never wrote anything good about him.

Noel and the press, in conjunction, put the boot into him,

and the music press had written him off.

And with all the troubles in his private life,

he was pretty much at the bottom.

All right, cocker! On the bus, the magic bus,

on the way to Brussels.

Sometimes when you're in a band,

you're in a bit of bubble, aren't ya, you know what I mean?

With the real life sort of going on around you

but you're not kind of connected to it.

And this time, the bubble had been burst...

..and it was like I'd landed into fucking reality,

and the reality was not that good, do you know what I mean?

I just wanted to fucking hide in the corner, and

make sure the kids were all right, and...try and make sense

of whatever was going on.

There was one particular night where I was just on Twitter,

and I could just see these tweets from Liam -

50 tweets in one night, rambling at the world -

but they were just pretty...

..angry and sad and lost.

So I texted him, "Are you all right?"

"Am I fuck all right", he was like. "Fucking, fucking this."

And I was just like, "Do yourself a favour, man.

"Just put your phone down and stop tweeting

"cos it ain't nice to see.

"You're giving the fucking world ammunition to dig at you, man."

It was awful, man.

That wasn't the Liam I know.

It was almost a cry for help, you know what I mean?

PAUL: He texted me in the morning,

like 7am. And I just thought, "You're drunk, go to bed."

I haven't heard from him for six hours.

The phone goes. "Where are ya?

"Come to my house now. Oh, and bring a bottle of Jack Daniels."

So I get to his house. He's like, "I need a private jet."

And I'm like, "You what?"

He goes, "Yeah, me and you. We're going somewhere".

I texted Liam, "You all right, mate?"

He says, "Yeah, Paul's getting us a plane

"and we're getting the fuck out of here."

I said, "Where you going to go?" He goes, "I dunno.

"I'll see how much fucking petrol the pilot's got, shall we?" HE CHUCKLES

Right, so, I've got my iPad in one hand,

got Jack Daniels in the other, going...

Going to the agent, and says "Right", da-da-da-da...

She says "Right, I've got you an aircraft leaving Luton

"at 10 o'clock tonight.

"You're going to Palma."

NOEL: Circumstances have led me to being in one of the biggest

and greatest bands ever. And when I left that, it's like,

"Well, I'm not going to do another band. That'd be ludicrous" -

as most of Oasis found out when they started Beady Eye.

INTERVIEWER: Do you think that was always doomed from the beginning? Yeah, of course it was.

PAUL: We've landed in Palma at midnight, going,

"Uhoh. Right. Everything's black. Where we going?"

I've got an overnight bag, thinking I'm going to his house in London,

and then we've called Bonehead. He's arrived the next day, and, yeah.

BONEHEAD: When I got out there, there was the initial, like,

"What the fuck's gone on?" You know what I mean?

And it was Liam's life at that moment. You know, it was shit.

Day one, off me coconut.

He looked fucked. Like, really fucking tired.

Going through the fucking divorce.

The press were on his fucking case, people accusing him of that,

people taking him, money here, band's fell apart,

he's got no fucking music.

He was fucking lost, do you know what I mean?

Day two, and off me fucking coconut.

Yeah, I think he was fucking terrified, truth be told,

that that was the end of his career in music.

Day three...

..still off me coconut.

The three of us always, when we're together, we sort it all out.

I mean, he needs his blow out, which is what it was,

but then...

You know, you've had your week away with your mates -

you gotta go and face the music.

It's like Sesame Street.

Innit? Like Sesame Street? CHUCKLING

Debbie was the one.

She was my inspiration. She was the one that was like, "Look...

"Come on! Fucking... You've not killed anyone.

"Come on, let's get back into the music, snap out of it,"

you know what I mean?

# Got the whole world in our hands

# Come on, take a chance and start anew. #

DEBBIE: I've always been aware of Oasis and of Liam, but...

I was never particularly an Oasis fan, as such.

I kind of never really paid much attention to it.

Even now, sometimes I feel guilty when Liam's talking to me about

songs that he's thinking about performing. I have to Google them

and see which ones they are, but...I'm learning.

# Got the whole world in our hands... #

BONEHEAD: Thank God for Debbie. You know, what a person -

for Liam, you know, them two together.

But I think Debbie convinced Liam that...

..he had to get off his arse and actually get up

and pick your guitar up, you know, start writing.

And Liam can write some fucking songs.

As much as Liam said at the time he just wanted to move abroad,

find somewhere, live a quiet life,

I knew that if he did that, that would just be temporary anyway

because I knew that he would never be happy

unless he was back singing and performing.

Whenever he was off guard,

he would pick up a guitar, or he'd be singing.

He just starts playing a few chords, and then

sees what comes out and then works on it from there,

records it on his phone.

And then most people get to hear it when he's had a drink, basically.

PAUL: We were in Ireland, and...

..everything in Ireland revolves around a pub.

When you're driving through the town, it's like...

SIGHS: "Look at that lovely pub!"

You'd go, "Oh, mam. I'll just be there in a...

"I'm just having a Guinness." Do you know what I mean?

And you know what it's like. There's no such thing as just having one.

And, you know, we'd been out all day for about,

oh, something like eight hours.

Eight hours is a long time drinking Guinness.

And you can tell which way it's going to go.

So before you know it, you're about 30 Guinnesses in.

Do you know what I mean?

And then someone gets the guitar out. And before you know it,

you're fucking thinking you can play it.

GUITAR PLAYS

JJ FINAN: When he played,

and everybody stood still, everything stopped

and everybody started taking things, you know,

taking photographs with their mobile phone and stuff like that.

# When I wake up and I hear you say

# There's no love worth chasing yesterday

# Cos it's all right

It's all right now. #

Someone gives him a guitar and the rest is history.

Yeah, he sings his song Bold, and...

And then it went... Someone recorded it, and it went around the world.

# I didn't do what was told

# Yes, I know you saw soul... #

I know enough about music to know that was a hit.

# I didn't do what was told... #

BONEHEAD: He was sending me finished songs, just on his phone - you know,

just recorded on his phone in his kitchen - and one of them was Bold.

It wasn't like, "Fucking get your ears round this one, man.

It's going to blow your fucking head off. Come on!"

It was none of that attitude. It was a bit more humble, like...

"So what do you think? Do you think it's all right?"

He's like, "Do you think it's all right?"

I said, "It's fucking massive, mate, yeah."

And then I played it for Debbie and she thought it were good and that,

and she thought, "Let's go and speak to someone at a record label".

I heard the music and thought it was better than anything he'd done

for ten or 15 years.

And there was this drive and this hunger

and this will to win and to prove people wrong

that I really fed off.

That was what made the deal a very easy decision.

MIKE: And that certainly drew a lot of raised eyebrows

cos you're signing Liam Gallagher. He doesn't write songs.

I'm not a songwriter.

I come into this world as a singer, you know what I mean?

But I do write the odd songs, but anyway, I'm not...

I'm... All right, I'm a songwriter that hasn't got a lot of songs.

CHUCKLES: I'll give you that.

# It's not goodbye... #

PAUL: No, he's not a prolific songwriter.

He has one or two, or three.

But you can't make a record with three songs.

You need a minimum ten for an album.

# All I need and more... #

So you can write Bold. He knew he had to get more.

And to do that, you have to go and work with other people -

which he's never, ever done before.

BONEHEAD: Trying to bounce back and embark on this solo career,

with the weight of all his fucking personal things,

his divorce and whatever and shite he was going through,

that just totally fucking shows his strength of character.

I guess Liam's got a reputation.

From day one, I realised

that he wasn't that character when you're with him on his own.

He's a much more honest and open and real person.

He didn't look like a man defeated.

But at the same time,

that really confident character wasn't necessarily there.

He certainly didn't appreciate

how good he was at that particular point.

GUITAR PLAYS

# You can make or break my day

# They're only words I hear you say

# I give you something you can shout about

# I won't ever let you down... #

MUSIC FADES

Yeah. I really like that, I really like that.

So, um... I reckon we should do the next verse.

RECORDED MUSIC PLAYS

MUSIC FADES OUT

Maybe on every beat, no, or would it be too much?

# I've all

# I need #

# And more... #

That was good there, man.

Like that. HE IMITATES GUITAR NOTES

GUITAR PLAYS NOTES Yeah, that's good.

The one note? Yeah. Yeah, cool.

When I went in to do the demos, it was like...

I was in there playing a guitar, and I was thinking

"How the fuck is he going to be able to get it?" You know what I mean?

Cos I don't... It's all a bit odd, innit?

And he picked it up straight away. It was like that. Fucking cool.

MUSIC PLAYS It needs some, like...

HE IMITATES NOTES

Tell you what would be great there - a bass drum there, after that.

MUSIC PLAYS

I like that! That little jangly guitar.

# It's not goodbye

# So dry your eyes

# Come rain or shine

# I've all I need

# And more... #

Yeah, it's fucking buzzing, that tune.

It's got a good vibe, hasn't it?

CAMERAMAN: It was nice seeing you in control of it all and not...

Yeah. You gotta put your bits out, haven't you, man?

And if they fucking work, they work, you know what I mean? Not everything's going to work, man.

You've gotta just say it how you see it, haven't you? How you heard it.

You know what I mean, and then go... Cos I play that rhythm sometimes in me house and I go,

"Well, that's fucking..." If you don't fucking say it,

you'll regret it, won't you? You know what I mean? If it works, it fucking works.

PEGGY: He definitely got happier as he went in the studio

and started recording again.

I think that really brought him out of himself.

# Here comes my epiphany

# Been sitting oh so patiently

Liam is Liam. You get whatever you see with Liam.

That's what you get. He's still the very same.

Yeah, he'll straight come back home and he'll still...

CHUCKLES: ..shout and bawl when he wants to and put the kettle on.

Tripping in here one night, watching The Mondays - about five of us.

Me mum wasn't having it.

DEBBIE: Yeah, they'll be fine in here. When they see him next anyway.

This is Margaret Gallagher.

Say hello to the camera. Hello, camera.

Debbie Gwyther.

Gene Gallagher.

CAMERAMAN: Do you come back here often?

Uh, not as much as I should do, but...

Not as much as I should do.

When me mam left me dad, she got all of this sorted

and we snuck off in the middle of the night,

and then this was our new house. It wasn't like this.

She's got it well nice now... HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

We used to just to sit there on a blanket, fucking stoned,

while our mam was at work with the speakers

facing out of the window, with all the music we'd just bought

or the tunes we'd just bought from Sifters and that.

And I'd sit there - me and Johnno, Coats here,

just fucking listening to Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles

and just...

..laze about.

I remember coming back here after the first night at Maine Road

and getting me head down, thinking,

"Fucking hell! What was all that about?"

Then the second night,

then we moved out and then I fucked off down to London.

Do you remember the time you sat out in the kitchen and told me you wanted to be a singer?

Yeah. SHE LAUGHS

And I says to him, "To being a singer?" I says, "You can't sing!"

"Oh, I can," he says, "Mam." He says, "I'm going to be famous".

"Oh", I said, "You want to bloody hurry up and be famous then." SHE LAUGHS

What about Paul, though? Paul was going to be a dancer, wasn't he?

He was going to be on Strictly Come Dancing. No, you're taking the piss.

No, but you must've thought we were all on magic mushrooms.

You got this dickhead here who thinks he's a singer,

you've got this one here who thinks he's Wayne Sleep...

Do you know what I mean? Lionell fucking Blair.

What did Noel want to be? Paul is... He wanted to be a fireman.

SCOFFS: Fucking fireman!

They were here, and then all of a sudden, they were all gone.

They were on the box. And it was huge. Yeah, they were on the TV.

No, I found that hard to deal with, actually. Did ya? I did, yeah.

And then you wouldn't see you for months because you were touring.

I found that difficult.

CAMERAMAN: You must be proud of them all.

Oh, very proud, yeah.

Yeah. I still get me tissues out. SHE CHUCKLES

Every time they're on the television, I'm still there

with a box of tissues. Liam always likes to come home.

Yeah, it's nice, I should come back more often, but...

You should do. As like I tell yous,

there's no use in coming back when I'm not here. Exactly. Mm.

Exactly.

CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS

I was never going to sit there and do it on my own on a guitar,

even though a lot of people thought I was - which I wasn't,

cos I'm not into that.

By the time we got to Abbey Road, we had the whole band.

And I like the vibe, I like the mentality

of being in a band and being around people and that.

Four heads are better than one, you know what I mean?

When we went in to Abbey Road to record I Get By,

we'd been playing together in the studio for a number of weeks.

That's it, that's it, whack down.

The chemistry is something that you can't anticipate

with people that you've never met before.

But we lucked out with this band.

It must be a different dynamic for him to be in a band full of people

that get on with him and just do what he wants, you know.

and just sort of provide a stable backing for him.

Sounds really good, no? How are you guys? Beefy, guys.

Fucking beefy.

It just worked. I don't know how. Just all the cogs fell into place

and we just got on with it.

DREW: Those horn lines, those bass riffs, all those nuances,

they were all from his ear.

DAN: He's got all these ideas and all these sounds and all these parts

flying around in his head. He'd sing a melody.

Once you put that melody into a song, it's always a genius idea.

I've always loved being in a studio,

just being around it and watching it all come to life,

you know what I mean? From the first bass drum

to the first strum on the guitar.

And you watch the record go in different directions,

you know what I mean?

Some days, it turns out how you want to in your head,

and some days, it doesn't, you know what I mean?

Some days, it turns out better.

MIKE: It was Liam wholly owning the recording.

He knew the record he wanted to make

and it was great to see him actually in there

and being totally in charge of the situation,

and I don't imagine that was something

he'd ever had an opportunity to do before.

Sweet!

I need to calm down, you know what I mean?

Fucking blown me voice in the first fucking...

VOICE BREAKS: "Good evening!" THEY LAUGH

Do you know what I mean?

Do it like fucking Axl Rose, you know what I mean?

Fucking... Got a fucking gig today, man.

# So cut me some slack

# I want to see all of you

# I never hold back from the truth

# Unlike you

# Unlike you... #

Stop that. Yeah!

I'll have it. I'd buy it. You what? I'd buy that.

I don't remember you doing that harmony. I'd definitely download it.

Vocal harmony. I'd definitely download that.

I tell you what, it's been fucking amazing, man.

It's been fucking mega, man. Top work, man.

Nice one. Nice one. Take care. See you later.

See yous in a bit!

PAUL: Nobody's heard the record yet.

Promoters don't tend to gamble too much, so...

The Ritz - 2,000 capacity - is a safe starting ground.

CLIVE MYRIE: Well, we've got some news coming in to us

out of the North West. Greater Manchester Police

have warned people to stay away from Manchester Arena...

..amid reports on social media of some kind of explosion.

MUFFLED SCREAMS

REPORTER: With 22 dead and dozens injured,

hundreds came out into Central Manchester today

to remember lives lost.

Fellas, just step to the side for us, please.

We haven't got time to stop.

We haven't got time to stop, I'm sorry.

Cheers, man.

Any chance you can let us in, Liam?

It's ramo, mate.

Yes, Liam! Liam!

Get him back! Can I have a photo?

Stay there. Liam, please, I fucking love you, lad!

Aw, quick photo!

Guys, stay back.

Liam! Liam.

Yes! Liam! Liam!

It's horrific, right, man? Horrific.

It was, but hopefully, you know...

..put that aside and we'll get 'em bouncing tonight, forget about that,

and we'll get their mind off that. It was horrible, man. Horrible.

I guess a little bit nervous...

..but, nah, I can't wait to just get on there, man, and fucking...

..carry on this crusade of no fucking giving up, man,

and these evil cunts, and just fucking get back on,

carry on with it. You know what I mean?

It's always hard work going back to your hometown,

doing your gig, new album.

But with the stuff that had gone down, it was super heavy,

you know what I mean? We just wanted to show respect.

You want to put on a good gig for them, you know what I mean, as much as you can?

MUSIC PLAYS: I Get By

CROWD ROARS

CROWD CHANTS: Liam, Liam, Liam...!

I am he, cos you are he,

cos you are he and we are all together.

# I've all I need

# And more... #

I was watching it from up on the balcony -

and the atmosphere in that venue

was unlike any Oasis gig I'd ever seen.

The feeling, the expectation.

# There's no time for looking back... #

As a crowd reaction, it was like "Wow!"

You know, that was fucking pretty intense.

It was as if they wanted him more than ever.

# Slow down, all things must pass

# Take your time

# Know the score

# Tomorrow... #

That show was an incredible coming together,

a connection between Liam and his audience.

# The winds of change

# Must blow... #

CROWD CHANTS: Liam, Liam, Liam...!

Manchester, I love you! We love ya! Look after each other.

Thank you for coming out!

CROWD CHANTS: Liam, Liam, Liam...!

# It's not goodbye

# So dry your eyes... #

It was a hugely emotional moment.

I think he completely united a community.

I'm proud that we did it, you know what I mean?

Music, man, is power, you know what I mean?

It brings people together. It can just...make you feel like

everything's going to be all right.

I'm most of a shit, but like I've been, man,

I'm fucking proud of myself. Course I am.

Like I said, I've not killed anyone.

I'll never let any cunt get me down, you know what I mean?

No matter who they are. Still gotta keep one eye on the prize, you know what I mean?

But, yeah, like, you know, no-one's invincible. But...

You gotta feel like you can get out of it, you know what I mean?

Without a doubt, and you make it better.

MUSIC: All My People/All Mankind by Liam Gallagher

# Hold tight I got what you need

# Speak now Or forever hold your peace.... #

All of a sudden, Chris Martin is fucking e-mailing me.

I was going, "What does he fucking want?"

So I was going, "What's he after?

"What the fuck's he after?"

# Showboats not up to speed

# High out... #

And then I heard he was doing this benefit gig and that,

and then he goes, "Would you do Live Forever?"

I was going, "Yeah, I'll do that, man. Let's do it."

# It's my time... #

The first thing is said was, "You know, I want to perform.

"It doesn't matter where we are."

So we had to fly from Germany, the same day, to make it happen.

So we did that, got back,

met Chris and the guitarist in the toilet

and we went through Live Forever, and then we did it.

Liam's coming on!

AUDIENCE SCREAMS

Manchester fans in the area!

# Gonna leave you all behind... #

Maybe I have upset him in the past and that, but...I don't mean it.

I actually think Coldplay have got a few good tunes, you know what I mean?

Listen, and I have apologised. I did say, "Look, I'm sorry for fucking...

"For digging yous out over the years." And they went, "No, no, no! We love it, man. Carry on."

So they enjoy it, man.

# All the people....

CROWD SCREAMS

# All mankind... #

One love, I think. if you were a young pop fan,

you're looking round at all these people,

everybody's got sparkle all over 'em and wigs on.

Even Coldplay were dressed like The Tweenies.

They had, like, lightning up their pants

and brightly coloured trainers on and all that.

Suddenly, Liam just turned up in a parka - albeit an orange one -

and just stands there and sings.

It's gotta be refreshing, even if you're 14.

# I'm alive

# Get on up

# Get on up

# Gonna see now I'm alive. #

I just like making music. Music is what I do.

You know what I mean? I can't really do anything else.

I don't want to be a spaceman,

I don't want to be a deep sea diver, I don't want to sell flowers.

I just want to sing good old rock and roll music.

And when I don't do it, it fucking drives me mad.

I found my place in life - and it's in front of that microphone stand.

I think it was just a natural thing to make a record.

It's always good to get things off your chest.

Some people find that through the end of a bottle,

or like a spliff, or a line of coke or fucking a shot of heroin, or...

Whatever. You know what I mean? It's nice to do it through music.

It's nice and safe, it's good for your health, you know what I mean?

There was once, I'd gone for a little run in the morning.

Fucking come out, and I could hear proper "Boom, boom..."

I was thinking, "Where the fuck's that coming from?"

I get in the woods and, on my fucking life,

there's about 200 fucking kids right in the woods,

full-on fucking raving.

And I'm fucking running past, felt like a right cunt.

Loads of people spangled on the side on the bench, all tripping.

I'm sure they was going, "I'm sure the fuck I've just seen

that dick out of Oasis..." CAMERAMAN LAUGHS

"..fucking in shorts, running. What's he doing running?

"He should be here, fucking sniffing fucking cocaine!"

NEWSREADER: Gallagher released his first solo single today.

# You would keep the secrets in ya... #

Congratulations! On what?

On your record! AUDIENCE LAUGHS

# I think you know... #

And the album is out today.

Oh, yeah, it's out today, yeah. AUDIENCE LAUGHS

# Anyone can see right through your eyes... #

It does feel like it's a youthful record.

For me, it's rock and roll, guitar music.

It's got a lot of swagger, man, and it's got a bit of a stomp,

it's got a bit more of a groove than a lot of Oasis songs and that,

cos we were...not really groovy.

# Wall of glass. #

I do love Dublin.

BONEHEAD: I think he was well aware

there was knives being sharpened, ready, you know.

And if he come out with a fucking flopper,

if it just wasn't quite up to fucking scratch,

then them knives would've come out and stabbed him in the back.

But you're not whoever from this two-bit indie fucking band

who's just embarking on a solo career -

you're fucking Liam Gallagher. Do you know what I mean?

The kids out there are dying for ya.

FAN: Oh, my God! How are you? Young man!

As far as I'm concerned, like, all these gigs are...

All I care about is getting the fans back.

Good man. THEY LAUGH

I'm just a rock and roll singer in a band -

and that's all I'll ever be. That's all I ever want to be.

Liam! Who's not got tickets?

We don't. Yeah, we don't have tickets.

We don't have tickets, Liam. Any help? Write your names down for us.

Yes! Oh, my God!

Do you wanna write your name down on there?

and then just put plus one, two, three, four, five.

Thanks so much, Liam. Thanks so much. Much love.

As You Were! THEY CHEER

Geezers!

DEBBIE: He is so cute! Cute. Cute, man.

BONEHEAD: I think Liam being away, as hard as it was for him,

was probably the best thing he ever did.

Would've been easy to just go, "You know what?

"I was frontman Oasis, I tried with Beady Eye -

"hand on heart. You know, it didn't quite work out, so I've sacked it.

"I'm going to concentrate on my clothing line now",

but you will never see him on stage again.

The world would've gone, "Good for you, man."

They would've done that, but he didn't.

FANS CHANT LIAM'S NAME

On me! Me! Liam, Liam, please!

Fellas, please don't push.

PAUL: The expectations change.

You suddenly saw him connect with, like, under-20-year-olds

in a big way, and that was like...

Then you realise it's got legs.

Suddenly, he became cross-generational, you know?

So then I thought,

"This is probably going to be bigger than I thought, you know."

CROWD ROARS

FAN: Bringing the new, new stuff.

I've been listening to that on YouTube and I fucking love it.

All of that's fantastic. Brilliant, brilliant.

Aye, he doesn't need the other fella, he's grand.

HE LAUGHS He's grand.

You put out a great song and people start to take you seriously.

That's the point at which you get nervous

because the job is only 10% done at that point in time.

You've gotta take it all the way through.

JO WHILEY: What are your memories of Glastonbury before?

The very first time you came here with Oasis, was that '94?

Yeah, think so. Well...

After we come off stage, I got me clothes robbed, which...

They weren't that good anyway and that, but...

Cos they were, like, from Marks and Spencers, but...

So, got them robbed,

and some young lad thought I had cocaine in me hair.

Morning.

He kept picking the bits of me psoriasis

that I'd been scratching all day and putting it on their gums

and putting up their noses and shit like that, going,

"Fucking check it out, mate! He's got loads of gear on him!"

Then I went back to the bus, and I thought,

"I'll just have a little go myself, anyway," just to see, you know what I mean?

SHE LAUGHS Didn't work. Nothing.

Didn't work, though. I might not be able to use that story on Radio 2.

THEY LAUGH

HE PLAYS GUITAR

How's it going? Fucking absolutely fantastic.

I've not been this excited about a gig

since the first Boardwalk that Oasis did.

All of Glas has been well received.

The gigs have been well received and that.

I mean, there's a long way to go and that, but there's no better feeling

than getting on stage to loads of people, hopefully,

and showing 'em what you're made of.

# Nothing at all

# Even a soul... #

Yes, Man U. How are you, mate?

All right, geezer. How's life? All right? Really good.

Big guy! Hi, how are you? Lovely to meet you.

Are you here for the weekend and that, or just...?

Uh, here till Monday.

Monday? Why Monday?

Uh... Has she kicked you out? Yeah. No, no.

Why Monday? You not got a fucking house to go to!

I'm here with him, till tomorrow,

and then the missus comes tomorrow night, so...

I've never been out the front and that. I always fucking just hang about round here,

but me two kids are there, and they're like... Yeah.

They're into that weed and shit now. They're like that, "Right, we're off down the fucking stone circle."

They've fucked off and then come back, look like fucking hippies. Now, they can't speak.

Three minutes before I start the intro.

So let's get up there, yeah?

DEBBIE: Are you ready for this, babes?

This is me last chance to really, you know, do the thing that I love.

If this doesn't happen, I won't come again, you know what I mean?

Cos done the Oasis, done Beady Eye. And as great as it was,

it just didn't really connect - and I'm about connecting.

If it's not big, it's no good to me,

it's no good to you, you know what I mean?

His kids were there. He wanted to do them proud.

I think it was the unknown.

I guess just a bit apprehensive of how it was going to go.

He hadn't been on stage prior to that

to see how many people were out there...

..and I don't think he was anticipating

it would be that big a pull.

You know, it's the middle of the afternoon on the Saturday.

I just saw the sea of people.

The crowd was absolutely enormous.

There were just people as far as the eye could see.

I'm sure there was an awful lot of people coming in to go,

"Oh, Liam's back! OK.

"Yeah, saw him on the telly with Coldplay. I'll check it out."

Bu there were a lot of people coming not to praise him, I think,

but to knock him down.

Hey, is there any hippies in the house?

CROWD WHISTLES Like proper hippies?

DRUMS PLAY

MUSIC: Greedy Soul by Liam Gallagher

# She got a 666

# I got my crucifix, yeah... #

Them big gigs, if the crowd ain't with ya,

they're the worst places to be in the world, you know what I mean?

# She s the Ungrateful Dead

# You're getting told... #

You just fucking do your thing, don't you, know what I mean?

Try and keep your head together without fucking taking all your clothes off

and running round naked, going, "Woohoo!" You know what I mean?

# The slippery kind

# And it's a long way down

# When you're the wrong way round... #

Just got to concentrate on what you're there for

and try and give them the best gig you can.

# I've got the Midas touch... #

But apparently it was one of the biggest, you know what I mean?

Yeah, it was mega. It was amazing, man.

# When you're the wrong way round

# And now it's all too much... #

JO: He returned to being the Liam Gallagher from Oasis,

when he was that true rock and roll star, and I think he grew.

CROWD CHEERS

You've been beautiful.

Look after each other and have lots of fucking fun!

CROWD ROARS

That was the biggest thing we'd done yet - and it was a huge moment.

We knew that was going to be a bit of a mark on the boards.

Everything has to be as good as this and better.

# And it's a long way down... #

INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

# And now it's all too much

# I got the Midas touch. #

That's ten out of ten.

PEGGY: His album went to Number One straight away.

The mid-weeks came through - and I think it was 103,000.

And we both just sat there and shed a few tears, just...

Yeah, it's been a long time coming.

It was even on Granada Reports that night...

SHE LAUGHS

..to say he had his first Number One album, and that was good.

Well, well, well. What do we have here?

I reckon it looks like a Number One record, brothers and sisters!

I want to thank everyone who bought it.

I'd like to thank everyone who helped make it.

As You Were.

PAUL: He's obviously got a child-like charm.

That doesn't mean he's a child. I mean, he's engaging to anyone.

We were out for a walk the other day on Hampstead Heath and...

..he was there, and then the next minute he was gone. I was like, "Where's he gone?"

He's doing a selfie with the ice cream man.

MUSIC: Zebra by Beach House

I think Liam's a massive softie when it comes to every area of his life,

to be honest.

The Liam I know and the Liam that's in the public perception

are totally different.

This is the boss at work.

Like, yeah, he does... He drinks too much, probably,

from time to time, he gets in scrapes,

he's impulsive, he says stupid things, he swears a lot,

but that doesn t mean that he can't be soft at the same time.

I'll come out the exit, then, and I'll meet ya.

And he has a lot of onus on family.

Family are really important to him.

Two knobheads for the price of one!

How are you? Buzzing, buzzing, mate.

# You know you're gold

# You don't gotta worry none

# Oasis child

# Born so wild... #

GENE: Where are we right now? LENNON: We're in Brussels!

Where's that? Belgium.

I was going to wear my GP, Dad, but...

Lennon said it wasn't going to be this bad.

Soon as you've had a spliff, you'll feel like you're in Barbados anyway.

You'll be like that, "Fuckin' hell! It's well hot here, innit?

"Look at all them people on the beach! Anyone want a pina colada?"

# Your love is stag in the white sand

# Wilderness for miles

# Eyes so mild and wise... #

PAUL: His sons are funny.

I can just see Liam in the pair of them.

They've got different traits, but they're like mini-mes.

They think they know it all, and it's like they know how to play him.

I think it's hilarious watching him being played by his two kids.

I'm like, "Wow."

I'll get the kettle on in a minute. Do you want a chamomile tea?

No, Tetley's, mate, please. Yeah.

THEY LAUGH Full-on proper tea.

Yeah, I love tea.

INTERVIEWER: What's the best...for you?

BOTH: Yorkshire Tea.

PG Tips can fuck off. Aye, aye.

PG Tips is like a football team that was mega,

went down to the First Division

and it can't get back into the Championships.

It's a little bit the opposite way round, the Yorkshire Tea.

They got great tea but their teams are fucking shite!

He's meant to be in school,

he's meant to be fucking trying on some fucking blouse,

walking on in a straight line.

Fucking both on a fucking tour bus in Amsterdam,

on their way to get stoned, the fucking little shits.

Wasn't like that when I was young.

LENNON: Need to try on my blouse!

Do you know what I mean? What you doing?

All right, I'm just going to get it out then, you dick.

What's he doing putting his feet on me all the time?

INTERVIEWER: How is it now seeing your dad on stage or the gigs?

When you're younger, you're just like, "Oh, yeah.

"Like, it's Dad doing his thing."

But...I dunno. Like, now that I'm 18, you kind of appreciate it more.

You must be proud of him? Yeah, well proud, well proud.

How's my hair look? All right?

Today, life is good. Got a good relationship with me kids.

They can come to the gigs, man, they can have a laugh and that

and it's good. It's all good, man.

Lennon's pretty chilled, so Lennon's got the zen side of me.

Gene's got the piss-taking side.

They've all got bit of a temper and that,

but they're all polite as well. They're all nice people, man.

And I must say, man, the mothers have done great bringing them up

because they're good people, you know what I mean?

Hats off to their mams.

I remember once, I was sat in a coffee shop,

got some weed, proper stoned, like 900 cats landed on me shoulders.

I was thinking if... DEBBIE: Shut up!

Yeah, loads of cats just all sat on me like that.

I was thinking if our kid walks in here now

and sees me with about 40 cats sat on me like Jim Morrison.

Then there was a Brazilian fucking marching band going past us

all at the same as me fucking...losing me mind.

INTERVIEWER: And then what? You then did a gig?

Then did a gig, yeah.

The youth, man. 20 years of age, man. Didn't give a fuck then.

It was cool as fuck.

Captain Birdseye. Yee...

MUSIC: Fade Into You by Mazzy Star

There, that's one. It's your first one.

GENE: Where? Coffee shop on the corner.

This is the nuts, man.

# I want to hold the hand inside you... #

I am most proud of him for when he has been scared,

or wanting to throw the towel in, and he never stops.

He still keeps going.

This time is massively different.

How many people get a second chance?

Yeah, he's so grateful.

# I look to you to see the truth... #

Antagonistic, super-sensitive, impulsive.

Very arrogant at times, fearless.

And more ambitious than he thinks he is.

# You'll come apart and you'll go black

# Some kind of night into your darkness... #

Well, he's very thoughtful and he's very considerate,

and he's got great nature.

And especially where youngsters are concerned,

family is everything to him.

# Fade into you... #

The way he is with me, the way he is with my family,

the way he is with his kids and his mum

is the reason that I love him.

# Fade into you

# I think it's strange you never knew... #

I was checking how many shows we've done the other day,

and I've worked out that, by the end of this cycle,

we'd have done 134 shows.

Only at the start of Oasis - so, '94 to '96 -

did they do any more than that.

So you're looking at a 45yearold man booked as a young man.

So for him to do that amount of shows, in the way he sings,

is nothing short of miraculous.

No, I mean, I don't mind touring, man. It's a piece of piss.

But it's just the travelling, innit?

And we had a few problems with the travel and that,

so that set us back a bit.

So it's been a bit of a pain in the arse.

I got an ear infection...

Just the usual bits and bobs, you know what I mean?

Not being well and then having to sing and stuff,

you know what I mean? But...

But, you know, it is what it is, innit, man?

Following them guys down there. Let's go.

Not for long, gotta scoot.

The tour manager that we had lost his fucking mind.

He was going to go home, had enough.

Watch the shoes, mate.

HE COUGHS

HE COUGHS

Come on, Dan! I ain't fucking playing that. Turn around.

Yeah! Liam, we love you! Liam!

There's my love for Liam right there. Look at that.

Fucking hell, mate. Did smack all.

INSTRUMENTS TUNE

That is well good. Thank you.

Nice one. Thank you.

You're always losing the racket!

Catch it! Really humid, innit?

Blocked up nose.

LIAM SINGS

Rubbish!

CROWD CHEERS CUTTING IN AND OUT

Fucking hell!

CROWD CHEERS That was bloody shite.

I'm fucked, man. It's like a fucking work-out, innit?

Had a fucking nightmare the last couple of gigs.

I'm getting my fucking tambourine and going home.

That's what I'm talking about!

They're fucking doing my nut in.

At the end of my fucking bed, mate, in ten minutes.

Probably sleep for a bit and then I'll be fucking up like a fucking lunatic.

The last half an hour has fucking done me in.

Over all of it. Are you really?

GUITAR STRUMS

GUITAR PLAYS

Oh, fucking hell.

Fucking can't stop pissing now - that's another fucking thing.

LG, always.

My heart. He's my God.

I was born in 1983, and my dad used to listen to Oasis.

So, for me, I've been listening to his voice for my entire life.

It's amazing.

Live forever.

I love him! His music makes me feel alive.

GUITAR STRUMS

I'm looking forward to this gig tonight in South America.

Presidential Suite.

Where Macca stays - me and Macca share the same bed.

Got here yesterday and I was a bit fucked from the flight,

and I'm still trying to shake off this chesty thing -

so got me head down, had an early night.

I could see 'em out there. And I said to Debbie on the way in...

I mean, there's obviously Oasis records that want to be signed

and all that, but there's a lot of As You Were there, you know what I mean?

So that's proper mega, you know what I mean?

There's young kids out there, 15, 16, 17.

So, As You Were is their Definitely Maybe, dare I say it.

No-one can take that away from me, know what I mean?

MUFFLED SHOUTS

MUFFLED CHEERS

I think I'm doing all right, man.

25 years, 30 years, I've been singing like a fucking maniac.

I think my voice is still in. Holding up well, man.

Considering all the shit that I've drank and all the other stuff,

you know what I mean, that people have put up me nose for me,

I think my voice is half-decent.

CROWD SCREAMS

CROWD SINGS, APPLAUDS

CROWD: # Ole, ole, ole Liam, Liam... #

CROWD CHEERS

INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION

See you later. I'm fucking going, man. My voice is absolutely smashed.

I'd love to stand here all night and scream it out for ya,

but it's sounding fucking horrific,

so I'm very sorry, I can't sing the tunes.

CROWD SHOUTS

Fucking stay here all night and do it. It's only going to fuck it up, though.

You ain't going to have fun - waste of time.

CROWD SHOUTS

CROWD CHANTS: Liam, Liam, Liam...!

CROWD SHOUTS

They didn't get it.

Yeah, man, you know...

Sometimes you gotta make strong decisions.

CROWD SHOUTS

PAUL: It's like Paris 2009.

He said his voice went, so that was it. Walked off the stage.

Massive crowd there as well, yeah. Not too sure.

INDISTINCT SHOUTS

Bye, thanks. Bye.

Biggest fear is losing the voice, man, without a doubt.

It, like, literally went. The first song, you're thinking,

"Fuck, this is a long night," you know what I mean?

You get to the third song in and you're just thinking,

"Look, this is doing more damage," and you've gotta bail, you know what I mean?

And obviously, you let people down

and you're the worst person on the fucking planet.

My whole day is about getting on

and fucking making their day and singing, you know what I mean?

So having to get off when you can't do it, yeah, it's shit

and everyone kicks off and all that and you gotta take it on the chin,

and I get it. They've paid money and all that tackle, but...

You gotta look after your voice, you know what I mean?

It's like... I just literally couldn't fucking speak

for about a week, and...

I like the sound of my own voice, you know what I mean? So that was...

That was hell.

You gotta concentrate, haven't you, man, when you're doing this.

# Come on, come on

# Who are you? #

It's half-six. The day's nearly over, mate.

As far as I'm concerned. I've been up since 4:00 anyway.

But I like to run because it keeps you fit, obviously,

and it's sort of good for my head more than anything,

you know what I mean? I'm never going to have a fucking six pack.

It's just not what I'm about, but...

If I haven't been for a run, I just feel, like, all over the shop.

It sorts me day out, you know what I mean?

When you are 20, any rock star worth his salt getting up, doing all this,

he wants slapping, you know what I mean?

"Are you coming out for a fucking drink tonight?"

"No, I'm going to get up in the morning.

"I'm going to go and see the Golden Gate Bridge. Apparently, it's fucking lovely."

You just... "Get out of the band." You know what I mean?

But when you're this age, this is what it's about, man!

Look at that, that cloud there, man.

That's why I want to live forever.

I don't want to fucking die, I don't want to spend the rest of me days

in pubs and bars.

Obviously like to have a drink and all that tackle, but...

I know when it's time to go to bed now.

It's nice just to be back doing your job, you know what I mean?

I thought I'd never get back out here again, you know what I mean?

Just to be honest with ya. After Beady Eye, I thought, "That's it.

"I'm never going to fucking see San Francisco again,

"or LA and all that," so...

It's good to get back out and see the world again

through the music, you know what I mean?

CROWD CHEERS

Got someone here who wants to introduce the next song.

Slide Away!

Yes. CROWD CHEERS

INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION

INTERVIEWER: Does it help your throat at all, like, just...?

What, singing? Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

Have to open your lungs up, innit?

Steam, though, man. I went for a steam, sat in a steam

before the gig the other day, like an hour before.

Fucking well good, so I'm going to do that again today.

Right, I'm going in.

Ooh, yeah!

Cos I've got that thyroid thing as well, where it gets...

Voice gets really hoarse a lot more quicker than other people's.

Fucking hell, that is good, man!

HE SNIFFS AND SIGHS

I don't smoke during the day.

I have probably a couple when I come off, you know what I mean?

Try not to drink as much.

Only do two grams before I go on stage now,

whereas I used to do eight. HE LAUGHS

Fucking great, innit?

Beautiful.

I always wanted to come here.

But, as I got older,

more appreciated it a bit more, you know what I mean?

INTERVIEWER: Yeah. And now I like it.

Halle-fucking-lujah.

You know what I mean?

Some people here are saying you've got an arrogant attitude. I have.

That's what makes Oasis, innit? Is it? Yeah.

Just had problems at home, finding a house, had a sore throat.

Couldn't come to America, that is it.

Oh, you come before you fans, do you? Yeah, course I fucking do!

I come first before any fucker - and that's my attitude, all right?

DEBBIE: A lot of the reputation that Liam has,

he's brought on himself 100%, so...

As much as the media obviously liked to blow that up,

that's how he is. He's impulsive and he's a bit silly.

I'm sure he regrets decisions that he made that led to other people -

well, people that he loves - being hurt. For sure.

Well, probably me personal stuff, I regret a few things in that.

It was all my doing. I took the eye off the ball

and got myself into some shitty situations

that I should never have got into,

and then you gotta deal with it, you know what I mean?

Being a bit of a shit husband and the effect that it has on my kids,

you know what I mean, I do regret that.

And sometimes you've gotta own your shit, haven't you?

Sometimes it's good to meet it head-on.

It's good for the soul.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

This is fucking more like it, hey?

Sitting around drinking and eating hot dogs all day,

fucking rubbish! HE CHUCKLES

Who's at the front? Molly - my daughter.

And then me two sons are at the back here -

chirpsing on some birds, no doubt.

Mollywood! Mollywood.

I've met Molly now, so she's part of the team and that.

She's part of the family, she's with us all the time.

No, no!

I'm glad it's not fucking hot, you know what I mean?

That's pretty cool there, the palm trees.

Yeah, it's cool.

Lennon and Gene right buzz off each other, man.

They love being around Debs and sisters and that, so it's all good.

Got a nice vibe to it, man.

I'm actually terrified.

Of what? And the rattlesnakes...

That morning, it starts getting really foggy.

Just a bit hard work.

Do you know what you want to do yet? Yeah, I'm going to do music.

You play the drums, is it? Yeah, and guitar.

Got this mate that comes over, bass player.

They make a racket, sounds good.

But there's plenty of time, man.

Sure, people will be going "Oh, yeah, you gotta be good as Oasis,"

but...Oasis weren't that good.

We just had a vibe and everyone wanted to join in on it.

We weren't great players, you know what I mean?

You don't have to be that good, as long as you got fucking

summat about you, you know what I mean? That'll go a long way.

I've got a load of good people around me, good energy.

Molly's a legend, man. She's been a breath of fresh air.

Her being in my life - and being in Lennon's life

and Gene's life - and 'em all together,

Debbie and all that tackle, it's well good.

It's never been fucking better, you know what I mean?

I thought you could go under it and stand there, have a picture took.

You can't do that. No...

Maybe you just can't go up there, then. You can't.

It's booked. GENE: You can in the video games.

This is real life, Gene, real life.

Should've played a video game instead!

Should just play video games instead of come up here.

THUNDER RUMBLES

INDISTINCT CHATTER

GUITAR PLAYS

# Yo tengo... #

DEBBIE: He's just really, really happy.

If he was to go out tomorrow,

I think he would feel happy that he's...

Not just the success that he's achieved, but...

His mum's proud of him, he has a great relationship with his kids.

He's happy with himself.

I think he's in a really good place.

ALL: Cheers!

THUNDER RUMBLES

Woo!

Noel Gallagher, I don't think he'd be too happy with the way

it's going for me at the moment, you know what I mean?

I think he'll be sitting there, thinking, "This fuck..."

You know what I mean? "What's going down here?"

You know what I mean?

I think he'd have quite happily seen me in the gutter.

Without a doubt.

There was a period where there was a bit of a financial problem and that,

and the only way I was going to get out of this fucking mess

is by doing Oasis, know what I mean?

Or music, you know what I mean? And he didn't give a fuck, mate.

He was like that, "See ya."

The calls and all that went on deaf ears, you know what I mean, so...

Thankfully - through Debbie

and the fucking stars and all that, and the way it is -

I got out of it without his help, you know what I mean, and now...

I'm kind of back on track doing what I'm doing,

so I don't need that fucker.

I don't need his help, you know what I mean?

There's part of me that is a bit pissed off, yeah.

But I'm happy now, so it doesn't really matter.

And a lot of people go, "Oh, well, Noel's grown up and he's changed."

Whatever, he's changed into a massive cunt.

I'm still... I'm just still a cunt.

I'm not a massive cunt.

Fucking Prince Philip and fucking... What's she called?

Right, up here.

Right, hang tight. This is where the magic happens.

Obviously, it wasn't like this, but, yeah.

So this is, like... This is mine and Noel's original room,

original fucking plaque that we had.

Have a look at that.

See, that'd go back there.

That's where Noel'd be, I was this side.

And then he'd have his stereo.

That stereo that I pissed on was there.

And this is the magic switch that I went for one night when I was

off me box, but I missed to turn the light on to go to the toilet -

there used to be a toilet there - and I fucking missed

and I just fucking... So the kid's in bed and I'm just stood there.

HE WHISTLES, IMITATES URINATION

All over his tackle. And that's when I think the grudge started.

My mam would go to work and we'd smoke all the weed here,

listen to some tunes. Then my mam would come back

and we'd all be fucking diving out the windows.

This fucker, she'd fucking have us cos she'd been out doing three jobs

and we'd been doing none.

You know, looking back at it now,

it's like there was summat going down, man, that we weren't aware of, you know what I mean?

It's like there was some fucking activity going on,

you know what I mean? Whether it's aliens or whether it's spiritual

or maybe it's just nish, you know what I mean?

We didn't know that we were going to be in this fucking band together,

this worldfamous band that would mean so much to loads of people.

So, in the scheme of things, when we were sitting about, going,

"Fucking life's shit, life's boring",

fucking "What we going to do today? There's nish going down."

Someone somewhere was making plans -

and I find that shit fucking really good, and thank you.

It's interesting. Life's magical when you have a think about it.

You know, this little room here - me and him, him over there, me there -

fucking just... And then we're on fucking stage.

No wonder we fucking hate each other,

cos it's like being in the knick.

It is a real shame you don't really speak to your brother, innit?

No, I know, but it is what it is.

I mean, it is a shame but, you know, it's not the fucking Waltons.

You know what I mean? And I think the reason why we're not speaking

is cos he thinks he's Mr Fucking Clever, Mr Right,

and I think I'm right so we're both stubborn.

You know, maybe it's another part of the shit that's going down.

While we're sitting here, going, "Oh, fuck, it's shit

"that we're not speaking to each other

"and we're not in Oasis any more," maybe...

There's summat else going on for the next step or whatever,

you know what I mean?

I mean, if you're working with somebody 20 odd years,

two of them together, there's bound to be friction, isn't there?

DEBBIE: Liam has reached out to Noel a couple of times -

and each time, he's just...not got back to him,

and this is why he's so incessant on constantly berating him

or constantly antagonising him. It's because he misses him.

It's his brother.

A new year and they're all going to get on together.

Yeah. That's it.

Me and our bod get on. Two out of three's not bad.

No, but the way I look at it... That's the way I look at it.

Life is very short, and if anything happened to either one of you...

So is he. He's very fucking short, isn't he?

I know, he's as bad as you. No, he's very short.

Ta. Love you. OK. See you in a bit. You have a rest.

Yes. See you, Grandma.

Liam!

CROWD CHATTERS

ANNOUNCER: That brings us to the last award of the night.

It's NME's Godlike Genius Award.

CROWD CHEERS

What we're about to give out is basically the most overdue award

in the history of the NME Awards.

Welcome to the stage, Liam Gallagher.

CROWD CHEERS, WHISTLES

Nice one. Thanks.

NME awards, right? I want to dedicate this to me mam,

Margaret Gallagher, the one and fucking only!

CROWD CHEERS

I also want to dedicate it to the army of songwriters that I've got -

past and present.

Liam, you are the man of the night. How does that feel? Normal.

It hasn't changed you, though, becoming Godlike? Has it changed me?

No, I've always thought I was godlike from the day

I was fucking born - and your reward ain't going to change it.

CROWD CHANTS: Liam, Liam, Liam...!

BONEHEAD: For him, it doesn't matter if it's two people or 200,000 people.

He does the thing that he does.

He's the last great rock and roll singer.

You can see from the comeback that he was needed.

PAUL: I think Noel probably overestimated

the importance of the music and underestimated

the importance of Liam.

Kids don't want to be Noel, they want to be Liam.

That's what's sort of come about again.

Everyone's fucking in love with him.

I'm sure he can't do anything without wondering

what his brother thinks of it -

and thinking about it in terms of his brother watching it

and digesting it and having an opinion on it.

And everything he leaves out or puts into a show,

it's almost all done for an audience of one.

# It was easier to have fun

# Back when we had nothing

# Nothing much to manage

# Back when we were damaged... #

I believe the fucking people are back onside, you know what I mean?

And that means more than any Number One album,

as far as I'm concerned, or how many records you sell.

# You just clean the pool... #

All the success of As You Were was good.

I think it'd be rude not to do another album, you know what I mean?

# But, oh, I remember how you used to shine

# Back then... #

Now, look, if I were to put in this album,

I think it's going to be good, man.

Getting back and doing some gigs and that and see how we end up, man.

# My friend

If this one's good and it's a success,

maybe then have a bit of a break, you know what I mean?

# But it turns out

# You only get to do it once. #

Right, I'm happy with that.

I start going off the rails, me,

when I fucking have too much of a break.

You need structure. I do. Like a toddler.

Yeah, start fucking just like...

I'm knocking about down pubs at fucking 10 o'clock,

you know what I mean? In the morning, you know what I mean?

It's best... I'm more fucking safe on the road,

you know what I mean, in the bubble, I think?

MARGARET: I'm proud of him, I'm proud of who he is.

He never changed, Liam.

I think that's why people love him, cos he is who he is.

PAUL: To come from nowhere and to sustain for 25+ years

is impossible, especially the way he sings.

He's number one, ain't he?

BONEHEAD: I'd like to remember him as my mate

probably as the greatest fucking rock and roll frontman ever.

How would he want to be remembered?

Phew!

Uh...

He came, he saw, he conquered, and he told you all to fuck off.

I class myself as a singer, a rock and roll singer

with a bit of fucking attitude, and that is it.

On stage, singing songs, when I'm close up to that mic,

that is where I'm at.

Nothing can touch it, you know what I mean?

I think I could get struck by lightning and fucking stare it out

just before it hits me and just go like that, back.

It is biblical, man.

# Angels, give me shelter

# Cos I'm about to fall

# Stone cold, Helter Skelter

# I'm not afraid

# I'm gonna save us all

# Oh, oh

# I got to stand for something

# That's why I'm not standing for you

# And I won't fall for no-one

# That's why I'm not falling for you

# We got to stand for something

# That's why we're not standing for you

# We won't fall for no-one

# That's why we're not falling for you

# Ain't that something?

# Ain't that true?

# To walk in someone else's shoes

# Ain't that something?

# Ain't that true?

# To walk in someone else's shoes. #