Noel Gallagher says his son taught him to play AC/DC on guitar

Courteeners will soon play a huge hometown gig, taking to the stage at Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground.

Noel Gallagher is giving up the booze after drinking too much cider in lockdown when he couldn't head out to the pubs. He announced that from September 12 he will be trying to ditch the drink, as he had commitments and parties up until September 11.

Noel Gallagher has praised his brother Liam for carving out a successful solo career.The former Oasis chief admitted that his sibling is actually currently doing better than him in terms of concert ticket and album sales.He told Chris Evans’ How to Wow podcast: “He’s doing massive gigs, he’s selling more records than I am and he’s selling more tickets than I am, if you can believe that.“So he’s doing his thing and I’m doing mine and we’re both pretty happy doing that at the moment.” He

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who fronts Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, also revealed he was enjoying a break from the usual Twitter bashing he gets from Liam.He added: “Things are all quiet on the Western front at the moment – Twitter – so long may that continue.

Phil Collins has passed the role of Genesis drummer to his 20-year-old son, Nic. The 70-year-old renowned musician joined his Genesis bandmates for a joint interview with BBC Breakfast about the group's reunion tour, and revealed that he would not be drumming with the band due to health issues. «I'd love to but you know, I mean, I can barely hold a stick with this hand.

Noel Gallagher has revealed that he keeps a cardboard cutout of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola in his studio to help inspire his songwriting.The former Oasis chief regularly attends games home and away at his beloved club and over the years says he’s become friends with the City manager and many of the players.He said: “I’ve got one cutout in the studio overseeing the tactical analysis of the songs, I’ve got one in the kitchen at home just to freak people out when they come in.

Liam Gallagher says his voice for Glasgow's TRNSMT festival will be 'biblical' as he looks forward to the event. Liam will join other headliners Courteneers and The Chemical Brothers at the Scottish festival in Glasgow Green next week and took to Twitter to have chat with fans about it following his appearance at Reading festival this week.

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Noel Gallagher has revealed that he’s set to release his cover of John Lennon‘s ‘Mind Games’, which he recorded to mark the late Beatles musician’s 80th birthday.During the latest edition of his new Radio X residency (August 22), Gallagher spoke to Matt Morgan about taking on the 1973 single while he was working in the studio last year.He’d been approached to contribute to a new covers album in tribute to Lennon, which was being assembled by his son Sean Ono Lennon.“I couldn’t get involved

Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has opened up about his upcoming collaboration with Noel Gallagher.The high-profile collaboration was first revealed to NME by Ryder’s Happy Mondays bandmate Bez back in April, with the percussionist/dancer predicting that the song is “going to be big and going to be number one” and adding: “It’s two Manchester legends singing together and it sounds amazing.”Speaking to Bang Showbiz (via Contact Music), Ryder said the collaboration “sounds good” and is