Half a World Away: They travelled the globe with the Gallagher brothers in their heyday. But now the Oasis WAGs of the 90s lead VERY different lives

The Gallagher brothers are kicking off their long-anticipated comeback tour in Cardiff this week in vastly different romantic situations – with guitarist Noel, 58, newly single following the end of his 12-year marriage, while singer Liam, 52, has finally settled down with fiancée Debbie Gwyther.

However, both have had their share of public relationships throughout the 90s and 2000s.

Glitzy photos from back in the day show the performers out and about at premieres, concerts, and festivals – sporting the bucket hats, mesh Y2K dresses and oversized pinstripe suits that were fashionable at the time. 

Now however, Oasis’s exes look Half The World Away from their vintage looks – although many maintain warm relations with the duo.

Noel was known for his whirlwind romance with journalist Meg Mathews, who is still such a fan that she’s been sharing a countdown ahead of today’s reunion gigs starting, while Liam looks to be pals with his ex, and All Saints singer Nicole Appleton.

Excitement is already building in Wales, where the pair will perform together for the first time since their dramatic split in 2009. 

They announced the Oasis Live ’25 tour last August, starting with two dates in the Welsh capital tonight and tomorrow, before heading across the UK and Ireland.

It was the biggest concert launch ever seen in the UK, with more than 10million fans from 158 countries queuing to buy tickets last summer.

Doors are not expected to open until 5pm but fans are already getting in the Oasis spirit. 

As excitement brews for the throwback-fuelled concert, FEMAIL revisits the glamorous 90s looks displayed by the brothers’ many stunning exes… 

Meg Matthews

The columnist, 59, famously wed the rocker, 58, in June 1997 in Las Vegas , but they were together for just four years before they went their separate ways and divorced. Pictured, Liam, right, with Patsy and Noel, left, with Meg

The columnist, 59, famously wed the rocker, 58, in June 1997 in Las Vegas , but they were together for just four years before they went their separate ways and divorced. Pictured, Liam, right, with Patsy and Noel, left, with Meg

Guitarist Noel’s first wife Meg, who was working in the music management scene during the Britpop era, has a historically epic whirlwind romance with the 90s music star – but that hasn’t stopped her from remaining a fan, as she has now foused on projects campaigning to end the stigma around menopause.

The columnist, 59, famously wed the rocker, 58, in June 1997 in Las Vegas, but they were together for just four years before they went their separate ways and divorced.

The pair share daughter Anaïs, 25, and appear to remain friends.

Meg met Noel in 1994 in London through her roommate MTV presenter Rebecca de Ruvo. Noel was dating Rebecca at the time, however, he eventually left her for Meg.

They welcomed their daughter Anais together during their relationship but went on to separate in 2000, before confirming their divorce the following year.

Noel met his second wife Sara in Ibiza in 2000. They went on to marry in June 2011 before divorcing in 2023 following 11 years of marriage.

After his divorce from Meg was finalised, the Don’t Look Back In Anger singer denied actually being unfaithful to her with Sara, saying he had only admitted to cheating in order to speed up the divorce process. 

However, Meg recently appeared to prove that she is still the band’s top fan as she confirmed she will attend Oasis’ reunion tour and posted more loved-up snaps with her ex-husband.

Meg met Noel in 1994 in London through her roommate MTV presenter Rebecca de Ruvo. Noel was dating Rebecca at the time, however, he eventually left her for Meg. Meg pictured in 2019

Meg met Noel in 1994 in London through her roommate MTV presenter Rebecca de Ruvo. Noel was dating Rebecca at the time, however, he eventually left her for Meg. Meg pictured in 2019

Meg Mathews proved she is still Noel Gallagher 's top fan as she confirmed she will attend Oasis' reunion tour and posted more loved-up snaps with her ex-husband (pictured in 2000)

Meg Mathews proved she is still Noel Gallagher ‘s top fan as she confirmed she will attend Oasis’ reunion tour and posted more loved-up snaps with her ex-husband (pictured in 2000)

Meg was forced to deny she had rekindled things with Noel - who shares her daughter Anaïs, 25, with - when she flooded her Instagram with loved-up snaps of them (pictured in 1998)

Meg was forced to deny she had rekindled things with Noel – who shares her daughter Anaïs, 25, with – when she flooded her Instagram with loved-up snaps of them (pictured in 1998) 

Proving herself to be just as excited as every other Oasis fan, Meg has been sharing even more sweet shots of herself and Noel over the years (they are pictured in 1995)

Proving herself to be just as excited as every other Oasis fan, Meg has been sharing even more sweet shots of herself and Noel over the years (they are pictured in 1995)

Meg was forced to deny she had rekindled things with Noel this week when she flooded her Instagram with loved-up snaps of them ahead of the gigs.

But Meg hasn’t let the rumours get in the way of her countdown as she continued to share more PDA-filled pictures with the ex in the days before Oasis’ first show at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Friday night.

Though they are just pals, Meg is steadfastly supporting her ex Noel and his brother upon their long-awaited return to stage and will be attending their first London show on July 25.

Commenting on one of her most recent throwback posts, a fan asked her if she would be at the first London date, to which she simply responded: ‘Yes.’

Meg has been sharing sweet snaps from her and Noel’s relationship every day in the week leading up to Oasis’ hotly-anticipated reunion kicking off in Cardiff today.

On Thursday, she marked one day until Oasis’ epic comeback show by sharing a slideshow featuring shots of her and Noel from the 90s and early 00s.

In a caption, she gushed: ‘DAY 2 COUNT DOWN …. What song are they going to kick off with ? Let me know your thoughts below.’

However, after starting her week-long countdown until the gig, Meg was forced to deny that she and Noel were back together after posting endless loved-up pictures of them.

Amid the speculation, Meg confirmed that she is still friends with Noel as she proved they remain on good terms with her sweet string of posts

Amid the speculation, Meg confirmed that she is still friends with Noel as she proved they remain on good terms with her sweet string of posts 

Fans questioned whether the duo had rekindled their romance 24 years after their divorce, as her nostalgic photos albums included several of the pair locking lips.

Amid the many comments on the numerous snaps, one fan wrote: ‘So glad to see you guys are back together. Make a wonderful couple. Love like that never dies.

The message caused Meg to respond: ‘We are not back together.’

She was forced once again to reiterate her firm ‘no’ when others asked if they were ‘dating again’.

Amid the speculation, Meg confirmed that she is still friends with Noel as she proved they remain on good terms with her sweet string of posts.

Last week, Meg revealed she was doing an Oasis countdown after receiving hundreds of messages from fans urging her to share old photos.

In a post on Friday, alongside a throwback snap of her and Noel snogging, she penned: ‘Throwback to the 90s when gigs were everything and my hair was questionable after 100’sof DM’s asking for old photos I I decided to do a count down from my favourite oasis Gigs 6 to go.’

Sara MacDonald 

The estranged couple met way back in 2000 and went on to marry in a romantic ceremony in 2011 in the New Forest. Noel and Sara in 2003

The estranged couple met way back in 2000 and went on to marry in a romantic ceremony in 2011 in the New Forest. Noel and Sara in 2003

Before their divorce in 2023, Noel and Sara McDonlad enjoyed a 12-year marriage – and a relationship of more than two decades.

The estranged couple met way back in 2000 and went on to marry in a romantic ceremony in 2011 in the New Forest. 

But throughout the years, music publicist Sara, 53, found herself at the heart of the toxic Oasis brothers’ feud with Noel’s brother Liam previously blaming her for being the reason behind why the band hasn’t reformed. 

Noel and Sara first met back in 2000 at a famous nightclub in Ibiza called Space. 

In an interview with Vogue, Sara recalled how Noel approached her and asked him to hold his cigarettes and beer while he went to the bathroom before they shared a taxi home.

Noel asked for her number which Sara wrote down on a card, who told the publication he kept it ‘like it was a religious f**king artefact’ and it was ‘love at first sight’.

By the time Sara left the island next day, Noel had called.

The pair say they never pursued a relationship until Noel’s relationship with his wife Meg Mathews was over. 

In a statement, released in 2001, Noel said he didn’t cheat and ‘left Meg because I could no longer tolerate her behaviour’. 

Their first date was at The Lanesborough Hotel – and the rest is history.  

Family: Sara and Noel with his daughter Anais, whom he had during his first marriage with Meg Mathews (pictured in 2019)

Family: Sara and Noel with his daughter Anais, whom he had during his first marriage with Meg Mathews (pictured in 2019) 

The pair say they never pursued a relationship until Noel's relationship with his wife Meg Mathews was over. (Noel and first wife Meg Mathews at the Music Mag Awards in 1998)

The pair say they never pursued a relationship until Noel’s relationship with his wife Meg Mathews was over. (Noel and first wife Meg Mathews at the Music Mag Awards in 1998)

Noel and Sara tied the knot in 2011. Bagpipes were said to have serenaded guests due to Sara’s Scottish heritage.

The guitarist recalled to Vogue the first time he met his father-in-law who said to him: ‘I want you to promise me that you are going to take care of my daughter,’ to which Gallagher replied: ‘To be honest, mate, I was rather hoping she’d be looking after me.’ 

They married at the Lime Wood Hotel in the New Forest in a £60,000 ceremony, with guests including Russell Brand watching on – but Liam said he wasn’t invited. 

‘He goes on about how he wasn’t invited to my wedding. No one was at my wedding but Nic’s [wife Nicole Appleton] mum and my mum.

‘Get over it, mate. I’ve not been invited to his wedding,’ Liam told the Chicago Sun Times. 

Noel and Sara went on to welcome two boys; Donovan, 15, and Sonny, 12. The rocker is also father to his eldest daughter Anais, 22, from his previous relationship with ex-wife Meg.

Sara Macdonald (pictured in Claridge's in 2019) and Noel Gallagher split in 2024

Sara Macdonald (pictured in Claridge’s in 2019) and Noel Gallagher split in 2024 

When Sara first started dating Noel, she got on with his outspoken brother – but the tide changed when she briefly split from the guitarist in 2002. 

The music publicist spoke out for the first time about the toxic feud between the two warring siblings in 2020, revealing their son Donovan had never met his uncle. 

Sara claimed Liam rang her ’11 times in one night’ calling her a ‘f***ing b***h this, f***ing b***h that’. 

The brothers’ relationship became increasingly difficult, with Sara remembering, in particular, a fight between them in a hotel room which led to Liam throwing her handbag down the corridor. 

She said the fractured relationship between the two became ‘untenable and exhausting’ and believed the feud was a case of family history repeating itself, claiming Noel was ‘singled out and bullied by his father’. 

Sara said it was a ‘lonely, unpleasant place’ for Noel to be. 

The band finally split in 2009. But Liam has become increasingly vocal about wanting a reunion, saying the band WILL reunite with or without Noel.

Meanwhile, Noel told Vogue in 2020 he occasionally comes close to agreeing.

‘I’ve often thought “Lets just do a gig”, he said. ‘But I realised I would only be doing it to shut this f***ing idiot up. The only other thing I could come up with was burning his house down or smashing his car in…but that’s not going to solve anything is it?’

Meanwhile, that same year Liam hinted Sara was the reason that an Oasis reunion wouldn’t be happening, 

A fan tweeted him, asking: “Hi Liam, do you know why Noel hates oasis reunion so much??????’

While he responded suggesting that it was her fault, penning: ‘I’ve told you before he’s rite up for it but you know who won’t let him as she doesn’t like oasis music [sic].

Noel and Sara issued a statement announcing their split and that their two sons ‘remain their priority’.

A spokesperson for Noel and Sara shared: ‘Noel Gallagher and Sara Macdonald has confirmed that the couple are to divorce. 

‘Noel and Sara will together continue to look after their children who remain their priority. Noel and Sara ask the media to respect their privacy and that of our family at this time.’ 

While a source told The Sun: ‘It is a great shame but they are trying to keep it civilised.’

‘Noel has moved out, but in time Sara might want to move back to London. They’re working everything out steadily to minimize the disruption.’

In 2024, Noel reportedly paid the mother of his kids £20million plus their £8million mansion in the settlement, said that he wanted to cycle past the pricey property and shout: ‘You didn’t take this [bike] from me!’.

Speaking on Matt Morgan’s Patreon Podcast he quipped about his new life as a single man in London: ‘I can get on the bike and go… outside my wonderful ex-wife’s house and give her a little wave, and go, “You didn’t take this from me!”.

Before adding: ‘But the pace of London is f**king great at the minute, I’m loving it’. 

Noel also lifted the lid on living a year in a £2,500-a-night suite at swanky hotel Claridge’s following the marriage breakdown, after sources claimed he was ‘parting through the pain’.

He told pal Matt: ‘I had some proper f**king good times there – it was a proper good time. I lived there for most of last year, I was there three or four nights a week’. 

Noel, who has a reported net worth of £57million, stayed in the lap of luxury while waiting for his new flat in nearby Maida Vale to be renovated, which he confirmed he had now moved into.  

Patsy Kensit 

Former child actress Patsy Kensit, who went on to feature as an adult in movies such as Absolute Beginners and Lethal Weapon 2 , and Liam wed at Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London in April 1997. Both pictured in 1996

Former child actress Patsy Kensit, who went on to feature as an adult in movies such as Absolute Beginners and Lethal Weapon 2 , and Liam wed at Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London in April 1997. Both pictured in 1996

Patsy and Liam met on a plane in 1995 and later said they instantly 'clicked'. Both pictured in 1999

Patsy and Liam met on a plane in 1995 and later said they instantly ‘clicked’. Both pictured in 1999

The couple had a son named Lennon, after Liam’s Beatles idol, in September 1999 – the now-25-year-old has since become a musician and model, often photographed at events with either of his famous parents. Patsy in May

Former child actress Patsy Kensit, who went on to feature as an adult in movies such as Absolute Beginners and Lethal Weapon 2, and Liam wed at Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London in April 1997.

She was previously married to two other rockstars – Big Audio Dynamite’s Dan Donovan from 1988 to 1991 and then Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr between 1992 and 1996.

Patsy and Liam met on a plane in 1995 and later said they instantly ‘clicked’.

Their quickfire romance came at the height of Oasis’s Britpop-era glory – and they famously posed together in Union Jack bedsheets for a Vanity Fair magazine cover in March 1997 which bore the headline: ‘London Swings! Again!’

The couple had a son named Lennon, after Liam’s Beatles idol, in September 1999 – the now-25-year-old has since become a musician and model, often photographed at events with either of his famous parents.

But the couple divorced in 2000 and Patsy told the Telegraph in December: ‘You get so tired, beating yourself up about things. I was just so sad. I was living every 18-year-old girl’s fantasy – and nightmare.

‘I’m gutted it didn’t work out. I thought I’d found it – that purity, that love. There was no sleaze. Our relationship developed over music and conversation. Yeah, and it died.’

In another interview 13 years later, she reflected on the relationship: ‘We just clicked on every level. He was protective and loving. When we were together there were fireworks, and a chemistry that lasted to the end.’

Patsy, now 57, responded to last summer’s Oasis reunion announcement by posting on Instagram: ‘I will say no more than this I am really happy for Liam and Noel.

‘I’m sure the tour is going to be thrilling and I send nothing but love and light to them both… No more questions it was 25 years ago.’

Nicole Appleton 

Among the bands dominating the charts in the 1990s and early 2000s were not only Oasis and their Britpop arch rivals Blur but also girl groups the Spice Girls and All Saints. Liam and Nicole in 2009

Among the bands dominating the charts in the 1990s and early 2000s were not only Oasis and their Britpop arch rivals Blur but also girl groups the Spice Girls and All Saints. Liam and Nicole in 2009

Liam and Nicole began dating in 2000, after his split from Patsy Kensit, and they had a son named Gene in July the following year. Nicole watching Liam perform in 2005

Liam and Nicole began dating in 2000, after his split from Patsy Kensit, and they had a son named Gene in July the following year. Nicole watching Liam perform in 2005

Liam and Nicole's son Gene, now 24, performed with his band Villanelle. Nicole pictured at a movie premiere in November

Liam and Nicole’s son Gene, now 24, performed with his band Villanelle. Nicole pictured at a movie premiere in November

Among the bands dominating the charts in the 1990s and early 2000s were not only Oasis and their Britpop arch rivals Blur but also girl groups the Spice Girls and All Saints.

The latter band, like Oasis, included a pair of siblings – in this case sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton, who along with Shaznay Lewis and Melanie Blatt enjoyed chart-topping singles such as Never Ever and Black Coffee.

Liam and Nicole began dating in 2000, after his split from Patsy Kensit, and they had a son named Gene in July the following year.

After eight years together the couple tied the knot in February 2008, at Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London.

That was the same venue where Liam had previously wed Patsy Kensit and, perhaps significantly for such a keen Beatles fan, where Paul and Linda McCartney had married back in 1968.

Yet like Liam’s first, his second marriage would also break down – formally ending in a ‘quickie’ divorce granted at a 68-second hearing at London’s High Court in April 2014.

The court documents included a sworn statement signed by Nicole in which she said Liam had ‘admitted adultery to me prior to it becoming publicised in national newspapers’.

Liam and Nicole’s son Gene, now 24, performed with his band Villanelle supporting his father’s solo performance at London’s O2 Arena in 2023- with Nicole in the crowd, alongside her five-year-old daughter Skipper.

The All Saints star shared online a clip of her daughter dancing, adding: ‘Skipper’s first time watching her brother @genegallager rock the O2!! You guys were BRILLIANT!’

When asked by a fan on Instagram whether she had stayed to watch her ex-husband’s live set, Nicole replied: ‘Yes.’ 

Lisa Moorish

Liam Gallagher and Lisa Moorish are seen here in 1998, the year in which they had an affair during which their daughter Molly was conceived

Liam Gallagher and Lisa Moorish are seen here in 1998, the year in which they had an affair during which their daughter Molly was conceived

Lisa Moorish and her daughter Molly are seen here at a launch event for eyewear brand Finlay in London's Soho district in February 2018 - Molly is Lisa's child by Liam

Lisa Moorish and her daughter Molly are seen here at a launch event for eyewear brand Finlay in London’s Soho district in February 2018 – Molly is Lisa’s child by Liam

Liam’s first daughter – and first ‘lovechild’ – was born after he had an affair in 1998 with singer Lisa Moorish, two months into his marriage to Patsy Kensit.

But the Oasis frontman and his daughter Molly, now 27, did not meet until May 2018 when she was 20.

Lisa, now 53, has previously claimed Liam wanted nothing to do with their child together as soon as she became pregnant. 

In social media posts in the past, she also insisted she would ‘never’ stop Molly having a relationship with Gallagher – whom she referred to as the ‘man from Manchester’ with whom she had a ‘two-year on/off relationship’.

Moorish, who formerly fronted indie band Kill City and sang backing vocals on Oasis track Fade Away, posted on Twitter in 2010: ‘The man from Manchester was very angry that I decided to go ahead with the pregnancy and decided to stay out of her life.

‘I felt sad about it but accepted it. He agreed to pay his way. She is now 12 and the most amazing girl, loved by all around her. She is also old enough to catch wind or articles which mention her.

‘My only wish is that she has a good relationship with me and her father which is between them and I would NEVER get in the way.’

And Liam and Molly do seem have forged a strong bond in recent years, with his daughter changing her surname on social media from Moorish to Moorish-Gallagher and talking fondly of the time they spend together.  

She said in 2019: ‘I don’t have any anger. I’m actually thankful for how I was brought up with my mum and how my life’s been.

‘I wouldn’t be who I am now if – it’s all happened the way it was meant to happen. We just got on and I’m happy to have him now.’

Lily Allen 

 

Aside from Nicole Appleton and Lisa Moorish, another of Liam's popstar dalliances was with Lily Allen - albeit a fleeting one. Both pictured in 2007

Aside from Nicole Appleton and Lisa Moorish, another of Liam’s popstar dalliances was with Lily Allen – albeit a fleeting one. Both pictured in 2007

Lily, now 40, revealed in her 2018 autobiography My Thoughts Exactly how the pair had joined the 'Mile High Club' together on a flight nine years earlier.

Lily, now 40, revealed in her 2018 autobiography My Thoughts Exactly how the pair had joined the ‘Mile High Club’ together on a flight nine years earlier.

Aside from Nicole Appleton and Lisa Moorish, another of Liam’s popstar dalliances was with Lily Allen – albeit a fleeting one.

Lily, now 40, revealed in her 2018 autobiography My Thoughts Exactly how the pair had joined the ‘Mile High Club’ together on a flight nine years earlier.

She described how they met on a plane to to Japan for the Fuji Rock Festival, got ‘hammered’ together and had sex in the toilets – before later heading to his hotel together after landing.

She wrote: ‘We got hammered on the plane. At some point Liam and I found ourselves together in the toilet doing something that he shouldn’t have been doing, and it wasn’t drugs. Then we were in a lie-down bed together.

‘When we landed in Tokyo, Liam said, in his distinctive nasal twang, “What you doing now? Why don’t you come back to our hotel”… I was like, “Yeah, OK”.

‘It wasn’t until the next day when he said something like, “No one can hear about this because of Nic”, then I clocked he was married.

“I knew Noel was married and I knew Liam had been married to Patsy Kensit. That was partly why I fancied him.”

She told how Nicole found out about the affair six months later – and that Liam ‘sounded awful, like he’d been up all night’ when he urged her to tell his wife the story was ‘b*****ks’. 

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