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Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
As Oasis tour begins, how Liam and Noel Gallagher's oldest brother Paul shunned the spotlight for a 'lower middle class life'
The ultimate Britpop band finally reunited on stage for the first time in almost two decades as they played their highly-anticipated sell-out show at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Friday night. While Liam, 52, and Noel, 58, are estimated to be making millions from the tour, there is a lesser known Gallagher brother who likely won't be seeing a penny of the Oasis fortune. While his famous siblings may enjoy life under the glare of the public spotlight, Paul, 59, is said to crave a simple existence, preferring to be 'invisible' from media attention. The eldest of the Gallagher brothers shares their creative talents - he is a London-based DJ and photographer who is believed to have a good singing voice. However, he appears to prefer to leave the attention to his younger brothers. And he also seems to be somewhat of a diplomat: while Liam and Noel were engaged in a very spat for 15 years, Paul was said to remain a constant presence in both of their lives. He reportedly enjoys a close relationship with Liam, and is rumoured to be the best man at his upcoming wedding. Liam proposed to his fiancee Debbie in 2019, but the couple were forced to postpone the nuptials multiple times for various reasons, including Covid and the upcoming tour. However, while Paul's decision to live a quiet life may have kept him out of the headlines, it has potentially cost him millions, with his younger brothers set to bank £50million from their reunion tour. But Paul is said to enjoy what he described as his 'lower middle class' lifestyle in an. interview with RGM Music. 'I live a regular life, I live amongst the lower middle classes,' he declared with pride during the interview. Paul has been described as a dutiful older brother - playing a supportive role to his siblings long before they found fame in the 90s. In fact, it's said it was Paul who gave Noel his first guitar aged seven - albeit a hand me down from his possessions. Talking in Liam's 2019 documentary, As It Was, their mother, Peggy, who worked as a housekeeper, recalled that Paul would treat his younger siblings to 'trainers' and 'cigarettes' after working shifts completing manual labour. 'Paul would give you the money to go to the shops for cigarettes and buy your trainers and everything, he was very good to you both.' It was a sentiment that Liam then reiterated, adding: 'Yeah, he's a good lad Paul'. Despite being described as a 'good lad' by Liam, Paul by no means adopted a parental role that many older siblings often slip into - with him frequently finding himself at the butt of one of his brother's practical jokes. Talking in the 2019 documentary, Liam recalled a time he attempted to take Paul's chair out of the window because he would block his position from the fireplace. 'He's come in from work and he'd lie there and take up f****** heat,' Liam recalled. Peggy interjected, adding: 'But he was the only one that was working'. '[I don't] give a s****, it's not my fault he was born first', the star responded in his trademark Mancunian deadpan manner. In 1994, Liam and Noel found fame following the release of their debut album, Definitely Maybe, which entered the UK albums chart at number one week after its release. It wasn't until 1997, when Paul released his book Brothers: Childhood to Oasis, that the eldest Gallagher brother revealed that his brothers did not want him involved with the band, according to the Mirror. During an interview on the Michael Anthony Show in 2023, Paul revealed that he, too, boasts an impressive singing voice but chose to leave it to his brothers. He said: 'I can sing. I don't sing anymore - when you have got two fellas in your family who can sing then what the f*** are you doing singing. Do something else.' He added: 'I choose not to sing.' Paul developed a number of offshoot ideas for the band - like merchandise and a fan club, but Noel is said to have seen the ideas as unnecessary. However, the trio remained close, and Paul would travel with his brothers as they toured the country performing live, including at their first arena concert in Sheffield in 1994. By 1996, Paul did get a job connected to his brothers' success, taking a job at their label Creation Records but found that the band's fame made it increasingly difficult to see his Liam and Noel. Discussing his relationship with his brothers in 1996, during an interview on The Late Late Show, Paul said: 'Um, yeah, great, they're 300 miles away and I'm in Manchester. It's alright, I mean, we work for the same company, so we see each other now and again.' He added that while he got 'instant self-worth' from gigs, fans often overwhelmed the experience for him, 'it's actually quite a lot of hassle to get in the gigs because there's so many people there around them now... you find yourself begging for a ticket,' he said. Paul joked that fans make a beeline for him when they can't get their hands on Liam or Noel, 'but they don't offer me money,' he quipped. Paul didn't even attend some of Oasis' biggest gigs - notably opting to go on holiday instead of watch the band play to 500,000 fans over two nights in a Hertfordshire stately home during their Knebworth gig. 'This year I went on holiday and didn't bother going to Knebworth... I couldn't be doing it,' he explained to host Gay Byrne. Despite missing some gigs, Paul remained one of his brother's most avid supporters, believing they're the best rock band to come out of the UK. It's a statement that many Britons agreed with throughout the early 2000s, leading Noel and Liam to dizzying heights, partying with A-Listers, and leading a true rock and roll booze-fuelled party lifestyle. Once, when Paul was asked if he had ever felt it necessary to reel his brothers back in when they reached fame during an interview on the Michael Anthony Show, the eldest Gallagher said: 'No they don't care what I do and I don't care what they do'. 'Unless I overstep the mark, then they're f****** on your case... [if I] say something that the hangover didn't agree with.' While Paul appears to have enjoyed good relationships with Liam and Noel, the same could not be said of his siblings - something that was made abundantly clear when Noel quit the band in 2009. The singer and guitarist, then-42, published a statement on the group's official website, saying that a rift with his brother and fellow frontman Liam had become unbearable. 'It is with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight,' he wrote. 'People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.' While Noel quitting the band may have been a shock, his statement may not have been a surprise to many. Earlier that month, Liam, then 36, revealed relations with his brother were so bad they no longer spoke, and they travelled separately on tour, only seeing each other on stage. 'He doesn't like me, and I don't like him. That's it,' Liam said. However, despite the animosity between Noel and Liam, Paul is said to have maintained an amicable relationship with them both. This will have no doubt pleased their mother Peggy, who was open about her hopes of a reconciliation while speaking during Liam's 2019 As It Was documentary. Peggy sat beside Liam as she bullishly declared how they [the three brothers] are all going to get along and 'that's it'. Liam began to say how he gots on with his other brother Paul so 'two out of three ain't bad'. But Peggy said: 'No, but the way I look at it, darling, life is very short and if anything happened to either one of you, you'd never…' While he may not be as well known as his brothers, Paul has forged a successful, creative career himself. He works as a DJ and photographer, often taking images of Liam's shows and sharing them with his some 60 thousand Instagram followers. He admittedly lead a typical life, though Oasis fans sometimes interrupted his normality, asking him for pictures or singing Oasis lyrics to him on the streets. Being recognised isn't a reality Paul is so fond of, saying it's always 'some d**** h*** at the bus stop,' on the Michael Anthony Show. He added that sometimes he's asked to take the picture, 'I'll look at them with a scowl,' he said. On the same podcast, he discussed his relationship with Noel, saying: 'I do my own thing, I stay away from it as much as humanely possible.' Meanwhile, Paul and Liam enjoyed a close relationship, with the pair often spotted out and about together. He said he sees Liam every other day and kept a relationship with Noel. He told music project The Stage Left Podcast in 2017: 'I speak to the pair of them. I see Liam every other day. 'This is a big business. I'm sure [the Oasis reunion] will happen one day; there is too much money for it not to. They're a premier band. Regardless of what they say... money talks.' It was a turn of events that Paul rightly predicted because, after weeks of speculation over a shock comeback, the Gallagher brothers confirmed they would be performing 14 shows across Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin for a tour which could generate £400million. Liam and Noel are expected to pocket about £50 million each, which will go a long way to raking back the money they lost during bitter divorce battles and reigniting their rock and roll lifestyle, which peaked in the 90s. The 14-show tour will run from July 4 to August 17. It will kick off at Cardiff's Principality Stadium before the brothers pack out Heaton Park in Manchester, Wembley in London, Murrayfield in Edinburgh and Croke Park in Dublin.
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Liam and Noel Gallagher look adorable in throwback childhood snaps after brothers healed their feud ahead of highly-anticipated reunion tour
They had one of the most famous feuds in music history. However prior to Oasis' sensational split in 2009 after a backstage bust up the Gallagher brothers were incredibly close. And in throwback snaps Liam and Noel showcased their brotherly love as they posed in an adorable snap with their other elder brother Paul. Wearing matching striped jumpers, Noel and Paul can been seen squinting into the sunlight while a younger Liam was wrapped up in a furry jacket and matching hat. In another photo their mother Peggy posed with her three sons as children while the final snap saw a teenage Liam posing with her. Peggy moved from Ireland to Manchester to work as a housekeeper and childminder when she was 18 years old. There, she met fellow Irishman Tommy Gallagher - who ran his own concrete business - and the pair married in the 60s, settling in the Lonsight area of Manchester. Over the years, Noel and Liam - whose older brother Paul also works in the music industry - have both made reference to their 'horrific' childhood in interviews and the abuse they suffered at the hands of their 'violent, alcoholic' father. In 1984, the Gallagher matriarch was offered a council home and left with her sons in the middle of the night to get away from Tommy - telling the Supersonic documentary-makers that she 'spent her life worrying' about her children. Liam opened about his childhood in a 2018 interview with The Telegraph as he said: 'I was about seven when my mam left my dad. 'He was out all the time, fighting, beating my mam up, beating Noel and Paul up. Never touched me, though. 'Then, one night, while he was out, my mam got her brothers round, got all our gear in a truck, left him a mattress, and we went off to our new house.' Despite Noel and Liam's repeated attempts to buy their mother a new home over the years, Peggy has always insisted on remaining in the same council house in Manchester - and only ever asked them to replace her garden gate. Since Oasis' split in 2009, Peggy is said to have continually urged her sons to put aside their differences - telling Noel and Liam that putting an end to their feud would have been the 'best 80th birthday present'. Peggy previously recalled of her brood: 'I think there was always that bit of jealousy. 'Noel was absolutely beautiful when he was a baby. Then, of course, Liam came along, takes the limelight. You could tell the disagreement was there with them.' Meanwhile Oasis have arrived in Cardiff ahead of the first gig of their hotly-anticipated reunion tour, after a last minute change to the plans. The iconic Britpop band will perform stadium shows for the first time in 15 years across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, South Korea and North, Central and South America, where it will conclude with a show at São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi on November 23. And on Monday, fans became convinced that the duo had already arrived in Wales to sound check at the stadium after people heard music coming from inside. It has also been revealed the brothers have enlisted new bandmates for the tour, with drummer Joey Waronker and guitarists Andy Bell, Gem Archer and Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs on board. A source told The Mirror: 'With a new lineup and it being such a huge first show, the boys will do some songs inside the venue too. 'Some tours would start with a smaller show or take a week or two to get into the groove again- but there is no time for that, and also Liam and Noel want every night to be massive. 'This is such a huge comeback show, and they are taking it very seriously, it all points to it being an incredible comeback tour.'
Extra.ie
02-07-2025
- Extra.ie
Shop looted in Dublin riots is robbed for the third time
A shoe shop which was looted during the Dublin Riots in 2023 has been robbed for the third time since it opened in 2020. The Asics shop on O'Connell Street was targeted by raiders at around 3.30 am yesterday. It is as yet unknown how much was taken from the store. Store owners and staff were seen trying to continue trading despite significant damage done to the front of the property as well as inside. Dublin Riots 2023. Pic: Stephen Collins/Collins Dublin Owner Paul Gallagher has been outspoken about the problems facing shop owners in the city. In the aftermath of the riots in 2023, he said: 'The gardaí are doing a lot but they must find it very frustrating, because they are arresting them, they know who they are, they are bringing them before the courts and the courts are leaving them go. 'There are no consequences for shoplifting, it's soft touch,' Mr Gallagher said. The Asics store on O'Connell Street was looted during the Dublin riots in 2023. Pic Stephen Collins/ Collins Photos On the effects the riots had on trade, he said: 'I'm very conscious of how scared people are. We have people all over this beautiful and still wonderful city who are waking up today, they're traumatised and they're scared. 'We are now dealing with something that is very different. We're dealing with thuggery on a scale that has truly shocked us all. We are also dealing with the incitement to that thuggery.' Gardaí have yet to make any arrests in the latest incident, but believe they are dealing with an organised group of teenagers. A Garda statement said: 'Gardaí received a report of an incident of burglary that occurred at approximately 3.30 am, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at a retail premises on O'Connell Street, Dublin 1. Investigations are ongoing.'
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trisura Group Announces Results Of Annual And Special Meeting Of Shareholders
TORONTO, June 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trisura Group Ltd. ('Trisura Group' or the 'Company') (TSX: TSU) today announced the results of the Company's virtual annual and special meeting of shareholders held on June 27, 2025 (the 'Meeting'). At the Meeting, all nine nominees proposed for election to the board of director by shareholders were elected. Management received the following proxies from shareholders in regard to the election of directors: Director Nominee Votes For % Votes Withheld % David Clare 34,235,415 97.59% 843,841 2.41% Paul Gallagher 34,123,007 97.27% 956,249 2.73% Sacha Haque 34,243,472 97.62% 835,784 2.38% Barton Hedges 34,265,242 97.68% 814,014 2.32% Anik Lanthier 34,163,571 97.39% 915,685 2.61% Janice Madon 34,262,812 97.67% 816,444 2.33% George E. Myhal 32,940,147 93.90% 2,139,109 6.10% Lilia Sham 34,261,547 97.67% 817,709 2.33% Robert Taylor 34,119,101 97.26% 960,155 2.74% About Trisura Group Trisura Group Ltd. is a specialty insurance provider operating in the Surety, Warranty, Corporate Insurance, Program and Fronting business lines of the market. Trisura has investments in wholly owned subsidiaries through which it conducts insurance operations. Those operations are primarily in Canada and the United States. Trisura Group Ltd. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol 'TSU'. Further information is available at Important information may be disseminated exclusively via the website; investors should consult the site to access this information. Details regarding the operations of Trisura Group Ltd. are also set forth in regulatory filings. A copy of the filings may be obtained on Trisura Group's SEDAR+ profile at For more information, please contact: Name: Bryan SinclairTel: 416 607 2135Email: in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
18-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Advertising's Trillion-Dollar Accessibility Gap: Only 1 in 10 TV Ads Use Accessibility Features, New XR Report Finds
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- XR, the global leader in creative operations, today released the 2025 Global Accessibility Maturity Index & Trends Report, which reveals that just 10% of global TV ads include accessibility features such as closed captions or audio descriptions. XR's data shows that most TV ads remain inaccessible, which indicates brands are losing reach and excluding audiences with disabilities, representing $8 trillion in spending power. Beyond audiences with disabilities, watching TV with captioning on is becoming a mainstream trend—recent studies show that over 50% of adults, and more than 75% of millennials and Gen Z, regularly have closed captioning enabled, even when content is in their native language. Research indicates that adding captions improves ad performance, contributing to an 8% lift in recall and an 18% increase in brand linkage. Now in its second year, the global report evaluates market maturity of accessible TV advertising across three core dimensions—brand adoption, broadcaster enablement and market-level enablers such as regulation and policy guidance. 'At P&G, we know that superior reach and communication lead to a superior shopping and product usage experience. That is why, together with the industry, we work with partners like XR who champion accessibility standards and help expand reach. We're working to make sure everyone can access our ads, so we can better reach all our consumers,' said Paul Gallagher, Global Brand Accessibility Leader, Procter & Gamble. Key findings from the 2025 report include: Accessible advertising can expand reach: Only 9% of TV ads in 2024 included closed captions, and just 1% included audio description — despite over 1.3 billion people globally living with a disability and a significant portion of viewers often watching with captions. Brand adoption lags behind broadcaster readiness: While broadcaster readiness ranges from 30–100%, brand adoption of accessibility features still lags below 30% in most markets—revealing a clear gap between platform capability and brand usage. CTV ads are still far behind: Adoption of accessibility features on connected TV remains negligible, with less than 1% of streaming ads including captions or audio description. Audio description is still in its infancy: Only 4 markets featured in the report saw audio description adoption rise above 1% in 2024. Accessibility maturity remains low in most markets: The global average Accessibility Maturity Index across 15 markets featured in the report is 2.3, placing most countries in the 'Emerging' or 'Developing' stage. XR's analysis includes 650,000 creative video assets and nearly 12 million ad deliveries across over 100 countries, providing a comprehensive assessment of the state of accessibility in TV advertising. 'Making ads more accessible isn't just the right thing to do, it's a smart business decision. Brand leaders know that if your content can't be seen, heard or navigated, you're shutting out entire market segments,' said Donna Bungard, CPWA, Director, Accessibility, Indeed. 'Inclusive design expands your reach, plain and simple. And what's exciting is that features like captions, often built with accessibility in mind, are resonating far beyond their original intent. From folks watching in busy waiting rooms or noisy restaurants to younger audiences who default to captions on small screens, accessibility is good for everyone.' 'Our report reveals a significant gap between viewer preferences and execution—but the brands, broadcasters and publishers that close it will gain an edge in reach, loyalty and performance across every channel, from linear to CTV,' said John Batter, CEO at XR. 'Millions of impressions are lost when people can't understand video content. Accessible advertising ensures every impression can connect, whether audiences have disabilities, are watching in public or simply prefer to keep captioning turned on." XR has enabled closed captioning and audio description for hundreds of thousands of creative video assets, helping advertisers embed accessibility features across campaigns running on linear and streaming platforms. The full 2025 Global Accessibility Maturity Index & Trends Report is available here. About XR XR is the global leader in creative operations, giving brands, agencies, studios and publishers complete control of the creative lifecycle. Its AI-powered platform centralizes creative management and streamlines workflows—connecting assets, rights data, omnichannel ad distribution, intelligence and production payments into a single solution that drives growth, boosts efficiency and maximizes creative investments. Thousands of customers trust XR to manage and deliver content flawlessly to more than 50,000 media endpoints in 140 countries, and to oversee more than $1.5 billion in annual production payments to talent, crew and vendors. XR is headquartered in North America, with offices in Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit
