Liam Gallagher blasted 'half-time rock stars' and claimed they're just 'in it for the money' in scathing interview before fleeing the stage after opening show of Oasis' reunion tour
The singer, 52, reunited with his brother Noel for the first in a string of blockbuster concerts last week, finally putting their differences aside after a 16-year feud.
After the show, it was revealed that Liam wasted no time in racing off stage and straight into a car, with The Mail On Sunday revealing there was a distinctly 'frosty' atmosphere backstage between the brothers.
Noel and Liam are thought to be earning around £50 million each from the reunion tour, with fans shelling out hundreds of pounds in a bid to secure tickets.
It's a stark contrast to Liam's comments in 2017 interview, when he hit out at stars who little effort into their performance.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, he said: 'A lot of these rock n' roll stars these days are coming in and just getting the check, do you know what I mean?
'Imagine Keith Moon drumming his a**e off and then going home. You need to boot a few things and that, know what I mean?'
Last week, The Mail on Sunday revealed there was a distinctly 'frosty' atmosphere backstage between Liam and Noel.
When the two-hour set at Cardiff's Principality Stadium ended, Liam, 52, wasted no time in racing off stage and straight into a black four-by-four vehicle.
Left behind was Noel, 58, still waving to fans before slowly walking off with the rest of the band.
It is understood the brothers shunned each other after the show as they were staying in separate places, with guitarist and songwriter Noel at the four-star Parkgate Hotel, which backs on to the stadium.
The father-of-three was staying there with daughter Anais, 25, who supported him at the concert from the VIP section with her 26-year-old actor boyfriend, Callum Howells.
Liam, meanwhile, was staying 20 miles away, close to the Celtic Manor Resort, where previous guests have included then US President Barack Obama.
Friends fear relations between the brothers may deteriorate to breaking point, resulting in them ending the tour halfway through their worldwide 41-gig trip.
A source close to Oasis told The MoS: 'They can't stand each other because they still have not forgiven each other. It's all very frosty and awkward. We all doubt they'll make it to Australia at this rate.'
Oasis play five nights in Melbourne and Sydney from the end of October, with five more gigs in South America scheduled. Live '25 is expected to earn them £600million, with ticket prices ranging from £200 to £2,000.
Earlier in the evening, Noel was spotted at the back of the stadium quietly supporting the Verve frontman, Richard Ashcroft, who opened for Oasis, while Liam was nowhere to be seen.
Later, just moments before going on stage, the Gallaghers were seen standing with their backs to one another just metres apart, ignoring each other.
But when they went on stage, the brothers gave the crowd what they wanted by holding hands momentarily before kicking off their 23-song Oasis marathon to a wall of cheering.
They further delighted fans at the end of the gig when Liam strolled over to his older brother and embraced him in a brief handshake and shoulder bump.
But the singers did not always appear in unity, often occupying different sides of the stage. When Noel played his solo songs such as Don't Look Back in Anger and Masterplan, Liam left the stage and walked past his brother without looking at him.
He returned only when he was needed on vocals, and Noel would often turn his back to the audience and slink into the background. But the lingering animosity appeared to go unnoticed by the joyful fans who hailed the comeback 'biblical'.
Oasis were back on stage in Cardiff before returning to home turf in Manchester on Friday.
In August the brothers announced they would be reuniting as 'the guns have fallen silent' – an indication their often vicious quarrel was over.
They famously fell out after a backstage row in Paris in 2009, with Noel insisting he would never work with Liam again and describing him as 'a fork in a world of soup'.
Their relationship appears to have remained fractious in the run-up to the worldwide reunion tour, with the pair turning up to rehearsals at different times.
While Noel was practising with the band in May, his younger brother had flown to his £3million mansion in France.
Last month, the pair had delighted fans by appearing in an Adidas shoot together but they reportedly spent only 14 minutes in the same building for the advert campaign.
Liam arrived an hour earlier than Noel, insiders said, and computer software was said to have been used to mesh the two together for the photograph.
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