Liam and Noel Gallagher ‘earn £5.4m from Oasis’ despite no band performances
Oasis members and brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have reportedly taken home a nice slice of cash this past year despite the band not having performed since their split in 2009
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Liam and Noel Gallagher have reportedly earned £5.4million from Oasis despite the band no longer performing.
The brothers had been part of the iconic band from 1991 but abruptly split in 2009 when Noel, 53, departed the band over differences with Liam, 48.
According to The Sun, the Gallagher brothers’ Big Brother Recordings firm has raked in £5.4million this past year thanks to their Oasis backcatalogue.
Additionally, it is reported that their Oasis Merchandising Ltd – which they serve as directors of – has also also achieved £107,000.
An industry source told the paper: “The figures are incredible given Noel and Liam haven’t had a record out together for over a decade. It’s a testament to Oasis’s superband status.”
They added: “In an age where people can stream their music for free or just watch it on YouTube, it shows people are still willing to buy their records.”
This keen interest in Oasis’ music has proven to be very healthy for the boys’ finances.
The Mirror has reached out to Liam and Noel Gallagher for comment.
The news comes despite the pair’s well-documented feud in recent years.
Having encountered various difficulties while touring and recording together in the band in the 1990s and early 2000s, the final straw came when Noel quit the band in 2009.
Noel said in a statement that he couldn’t work with Liam for “a day longer”.
The elder Gallagher had said of Liam to NME: “I don’t know who the guy is who’s in these interviews, he seems really cool, because the guy I’ve been in a band with for the last 18 years is a f*****g k***head.”
He later described Liam to Q magazine as “rude, arrogant, intimidating, and lazy.”
“He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup,” added Noel.
Liam went on to sue his older brother for libel but dropped the case after Noel apologised to him.
Noel went on to have a successful solo music career and created a new band – The High-Flying Birds – in 2011.
However, Liam couldn’t shy away from a dig and referred to them on Twitter as the “High-Flying Turds”.
Liam appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show last month and claimed that Noel had turned down the pair netting £100million for a set of reunion gigs.
Liam told Jonathan Ross: “When someone offers you 100 million pounds to do a few gigs and that man, you’re going to go, ‘Alright then yeah…’ there was a lot of money knocking about.
“It was 100 million pounds to do a tour and that and I’m thinking, ‘I’m not a d***head, know what I mean? I’ll have a bit of that.’ He’s not into it is he? He’s after a knighthood isn’t he?”
He also said Noel was currently the issue stopping a reunion and took no blame for their differences.
“I think we’re both the problem and the problem is that he thinks he’s not the problem,” claimed Liam.
“He thinks I’m both the problems. Whereas I’m just a problem. I’m half the problem, whereas I can’t be having him thinking I’m the full problem. He needs to take on some of the problem.
“The minute he does that we’ll move on.”
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