Liam Gallagher open to Oasis reunion in 2015

Liam hopes to reconcile with Noel for 20th anniversary of (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, while Noel buries the hatchet with former Britpop rival Damon Albarn

Liam Gallagher wants to reunite Oasis for the 20th anniversary of (What's the Story) Morning Glory? For all his vitriol toward Noel – and the potential lawsuit over the "lies" Liam claims his older brother told about the band's spilt – the younger Gallagher said he hopes they will reconcile in 2015 and take their second album on tour.

"If we can put our shit aside, we can tour and play the album in its entirety for the 20th anniversary," Liam told Rolling Stone magazine. "I'd be up for that, if it's on our terms. There's got to be two-way respect."

Previously, only Noel had raised the prospect of a reunion. "[The] 20-year anniversary of Morning Glory is looming and we could have maybe come back," he said in August. In another interview, he went even further: "I think it's a shame that Champagne Supernova, Rock and Roll Star, The Importance of Being Idle and The Shock of the Lightning will never be played again. In a stadium. That fills me with sadness."

"[Noel's] the one that keeps mentioning it," Liam said. "I want to put him out of his misery. But I think he needs to do his solo thing first and realise he's not that good without his brother. He's got to find out for himself. I'm up for it – I'm not desperate for it. If it doesn't work out, I don't give a shit, I'm quite happy with Beady Eye."

In fact, it seems both Gallagher brothers are casting round, looking for enemies to reconcile with. It seems that, 16 years after the battle of Britpop, Noel and Damon Albarn have patched things up over a couple of pints. The former rivals got together after meeting in a club, with Gallagher hailing their late-90s rivalry as a "fucking good laugh".

"When I was out last night, I bumped into [Damon]," Gallagher told ShortList. "I literally haven't seen the guy for 15 fucking years and I bump into him in some club. We both went: 'Hey! Fucking hell!' and then he said, 'Come on, let's go for a beer.' So, we're sitting there, having a beer, just going: 'What the fuck was all that about 15 years ago? That was mental.' Then he said, 'It was a great time, though.'"

This isn't the first rapprochement between Oasis and Blur. In 2007, Liam told Mojo he "[doesn't] mind Blur". In an interview with NME, Noel said he was "indifferent" to Albarn. "He's just another singer in a band to me, but I don't think he's a cunt." Still, the two remained distant. "There's always been something between me and him, and I don't know what it is," Noel said in 2008.

Elsewhere in the ShortList interview, Noel claimed after the Oassis split, his dream was to join Kasabian. "I would've joined that band in a heartbeat," he said, "but they never asked."

Maybe Gorillaz will now give him a ring.

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Sean Michaels

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