Noel and Liam Gallagher's mum reveals her role as secret 'instigator' of reunion
Noel and Liam Gallagher's mother Peggy Gallagher 'instigated' their reconciliation when she told them to not Look Back in Anger and 'get on with it', she has revealed.
Bickering brothers Liam, 52, and Noel, 58, hadn't spoken since Oasis' split following their big fall out in 2009, but announced their historic reunion last year ending fans' excruciating wait.
The Mancunian stars are currently preparing for their reunion tour, largely thanks to their mum Peggy, she has revealed in a recent interview.
While Peggy urged the Wonderwall hitmakers to put their differences aside, she insisted she couldn't have made them do anything they didn't want to do.
She told Ireland's Mail on Sunday newspaper: 'I was the instigator, yes. But sure, wasn't it always going to happen at some time or other?
'It was their choice, of course.
'Look you can't force them to do things they don't want to do.
'You just have to say, 'Get on with it' and I said that.'
The 82-year-old matriarch is relieved her warring sons have finally made up.
She said: 'It's great, because nobody wants their kids falling out, do they?'
Off the back of their new found peace, Peggy is looking forward to seeing Noel and Liam back on stage together this summer.
But she admitted: 'I'll be glad when it's all just over because it makes me get too stressed.'
Mayo-born Peggy is hoping to travel to Dublin to see Oasis perform in Croke Park, but she has just had a knee replacement operation so is currently unsure as to whether she will be fit enough to make the journey from her home in Manchester.
She said: 'I'm hoping to get to the Oasis concert in Dublin in August if I can hobble around. That's my plan anyway… it will be great.
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'I know the Irish fans are thrilled about it. There's great excitement in Ireland about the reunion tour and it will be lovely to see family there, also my sister Kathleen. I am really looking forward to the Dublin one.'
Peggy – who also plans to see her sons at their homecoming shows in Manchester – knows the road to recovery will be long.
She said: 'It's still sore. I'm sick of bloody exercising it, up and down the stairs, they say it takes anything up to nine months to be right again… I am finding it hard going up and down the stairs. Still, we have to get there, we have to get on with it.'
While her sons are multi-millionaires, Peggy insists on remaining in her same modest council house in Manchester, surrounded by friends and her familiar haunts. The only thing she asked the brothers to do was replace her garden gate, the outlet reports.
This comes after Liam told a fan on X that he considered the famous feud with Noel as 'wasted' years.
A fan on X asked: 'How does it feel singing songs with ur brother again? Like old times?'
To this Liam replied with his regret: 'You know what it's spiritual but I can't help think about all those wasted years what a waste of PRECIOUS time.' More Trending
Just a month short of 16 years since Noel announced he could no longer work with his brother Liam, the Britpop legends will be taking to the stage once more on July 5.
They are performing in Cardiff, before heading to their native Manchester for a five-night run, and London's Wembley Stadium at the end of the month.
Edinburgh and Dublin dates are set for August, before Noel and Liam head over to kick off the North America leg of their tour.
The brothers will be back – if all goes to plan – to perform two more Wembley shows in September.
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