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Oasis were treated to a good luck message by Piers Morgan ahead of their Cardiff Principality Stadium tour opener, but the presenter couldn’t help but have a dig at the Gallagher brothers

Piers Morgan couldn’t resist but take a jibe at Oasis ahead of their reunion tour starting. Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are ready to take to the stage together for the first time in 16 years at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

And the former Good Morning Britain presenter made a cheeky dig at the duo’s infamous fallout that saw the band initially split. Taking to social media, Piers shared a snap of himself alongside Liam.

In the throwback snap shared on Twitter /X, Liam and Pier were sharing a glass of bubbly. He captioned the upload: “Good luck, lads ⁦@oasis ⁩ – try to make it to the second half before brawling on stage. @liamgallagher @NoelGallagher”

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It comes after the Mancunian brothers’ huge fallout in 2009. Ever since, Liam and Noel have been involved in a bitter war of words for years. On August 28, 2009, lead guitarist and songwriter, Noel, quit the band ahead of a gig in Paris.

It came as Oasis were preparing to go onstage at the Rock En Seine festival. A row is said to have broken out, with Liam wielding Noel’s guitar around “like an axe”.

“He nearly took my face off with it,” Noel claimed, adding after that the show was cancelled, along with the rest of the tour.

Click here for the Mirror’s live updates on the Oasis tour.

The explosive row also saw Liam chuck a plum at his older brother. The fruit burst against the dressing room wall shortly before they were due on stage. Noel told Radio X: “Part of me wishes it did end like that – ‘plum throws plum’. “

He went on: “He storms out of the dressing room and on the way out, he picked up a plum and threw it across the dressing room and it smashes against the wall. ” Liam then began “swinging” a guitar, which Noel says was a “real unnecessary violent act”.

Thankfully for their fans, they have agreed to bury the hatchet, starting with tonight’s offering in Wales. The city of Cardiff has been taken over by Britpop fans, with pubs nearby the Principality Stadium seemingly bursting at the seams.

When those lucky enough to have got their hands on tickets get into the venue they will be treated to over two hours worth of tunes by the iconic hitmakers. It was revealed earlier in the week that Oasis will take to the stage at 8. 15pm before exiting at the 10. 30pm curfew.

It’s thought they will entertain the 74,500 crowd with 24 of their biggest tunes. While they hadn’t confirmed the setlist, leaks online seemingly showed fans what to expect.

READ MORE: Oasis have released new tickets for UK tour – how to buy yours if you missed out

EXCLUSIVE: Louis Tomlinson failed to secure tickets for Oasis when they first went on sale last year, but he’s now found himself landing a top seat at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium

Louis Tomlinson has found himself having a lucky day ahead of the first Oasis show of their tour. Last year, Louis revealed that like thousands across the globe, he’d been unsuccessful in securing tickets for the tour. In August of 2024, the Manchester band left fans completely gobsmacked when they announced that Liam and Noel Gallagher’s long-running feud had finally come to an end.

Almost 15 years to the day after their split, the two biblical musicians put their differences aside and confirmed that Oasis was back with a bang. It came just weeks after Liam had been touring the country to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Definitely Maybe.

Noel quit the Manchester rock group on August 28 2009, saying he “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”. Last year, the pair posed for several photos together, confirming the band’s long-awaited reunion, saying: “The great wait is over.” But one fan who didn’t get tickets was former One Direction star Louis – but things have since changed.

READ MORE: Oasis have released new tickets for UK tour – how to buy yours if you missed out

The Mirror can reveal that the cheeky Doncaster chap, 33, has found himself on the guest list for tonight’s tour opener at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. A source close to the musician told us: ” Louis is a huge Oasis fan and has been extremely open about failing to secure tickets in the queue. He’s said to have found himself on tonight’s guestlist, which promises to be one of the most exciting concerts in music history.”

Just days after tickets went on sale and sold out on August 31, Headlines singer Louis revealed that despite his huge celebrity status, he was unable to secure tickets. Speaking on Sky Sports at the Italian Grand Prix on September 1, he said: “I didn’t, I was in the queue but I never got a number. I did try. I did try.”

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But he did say he hoped his fame would help him. “I have my fingers crossed,” when the Sky reporter suggested he may get sent a few. But Louis isn’t the only excited fan attending the concert tonight. 74,500 fans are expected to pack into the waterfront stadium to see Oasis perform for the first time in 16 years.

Two fans spent more than a day travelling to get to Cardiff in time for the band’s first gig since 2009. Lachlan Weekes and Jayden Helm travelled from Sydney, Australia, to attend the concert in the Welsh capital.

Mr Weekes said: “We’ve been planning it forever. We always said that if they got back together, we’d be at that first show. ” Mr Helm said: “We’ve been lifelong fans – we’re 22 and 21, so haven’t really had a chance to see them before.

“It was a long two flights to get here, it’s just over a day of travel – a long time – we’re still a bit jet lagged, I think. We always said it was worth it to come, we wouldn’t miss it for the world. To take time off work to come over here, it’s more than worth it.”

They also visited Manchester, stopping off at Heaton Park as part of their personal Oasis tour. Mr Weekes hopes the band will play Slide Away, while Mr Helm said he would “go crazy” for Cigarettes & Alcohol. Thousands of fans have flooded the streets of Cardiff, visiting dozens of pubs while making their way to the stadium.

It comes as no surprise that many are wearing signature bucket hats and Adidas tops for the first show.

Caitlyn Jenner’s close friend and manager, Sophia Hutchins, died following an ATV crash at the age of 29 on Wednesday, and now, new details have emerged

More details of Caitlyn Jenner’s friend Sophia’s fatal accident have emerged as cops have made a statement. Sophia died on Wednesday in an ATV crash at the age of 29.

The LA Sheriff’s Department has reported that she died at around 11. 30am. The crash occurred on Decker Canyon Road which is a public road about a mile north of Pacific Coast Highway.

The accident happened near Caitlyn’s $3. 5 million Malibu house. Police were called and Sophia was pronounced dead at the scene. It has been said that drones were used to help locate Sophia’s body after the ATV collided with another vehicle on the road above.

The US Sun reported that the LA Sheriff’s Department said: “Our search and rescue responded from the station and we were able to find the location using our drones.

“We have a drone program here at the station. So we had a drone go down there and search for the collision and then we sent our search and rescue down to try and rescue the driver of the Polaris. “

They added: “Sophia was driving the 2013 Polaris when she collided with the rear bumper of party two, which was also travelling southbound, so she was going faster than the other party.

“The force of the collision caused party one’s vehicle, the Polaris, to veer to the right and over the cliff side, travelling 350 feet down to the ravine below. Emergency medical personnel arrived onthe scene and determined that the driver of the Polaris was deceased. Party two and her passenger were not injured in the collision. “

They explained that they were currently waiting for “bloodwork” to come through to confirm that no one involved was intoxicated at the time of the crash.

In a heartbreaking final post before the fatal accident, Sophia spoke about healing. She shared a snap of an ornament she had fixed, and wrote alongside it: “From a headless cherub, missing one leg, arm, and foot, to a healing cherub. You can officially call me surgeon, Dr. Hutchins…”

Sophia was Caitlyn’s manager but the pair were also close friends. She had been open about her own transgender journey and after her transition, said: “I truly feel my spirit, my soul, my mind is exactly the same, I am just so much more comfortable physically. Before I transitioned I felt like, ‘Yeah, I’m definitely just a girl, but I’m in the wrong body. ‘ And I felt trapped in that body.

“And I needed to have the hormones to change the body, for me, the surgeries to change the body. But for me, that’s what I wanted to do, and that’s what made me ultimately so at peace. “

Oasis are performing their first gig of their reunion tour in Cardiff tonight, with thousands of fans flocking to the city for the iconic event

Oasis fans gathered in Cardiff in the thousands as they queued to get into pubs for a few pints before the highly anticipated reunion gig on Friday evening. Liam and Noel Gallagher got the band back together after feuding for 16 years, with Oasis performing kicking off their tour at the Principality Stadium in the Welsh capital.

Some fans started queueing for the gig overnight while others were packed like sardines as they made their way on the train and in the car into Cardiff. The hotly anticipated tour is the culmination of months of speculation, a feverish ticket sale and a long 16-year wait from fans.

READ MORE: Oasis have released new tickets for UK tour – how to buy yours if you missed out

A shock comeback was unveiled in August 2024, with the band declaring: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”

With over 74,000 fans flocking to Cardiff, it’s no surprise the pubs in the area are ram-packed with people. All the pubs in and around the stadium are packed and many are queueing up in hopes of getting in a quick pint.

Embracing the unforgettable event, the venues are playing Oasis songs or classic Britpop playlists. In new pictures, fans could be seen flowing out into the streets as they sing and laugh with pals before the show.

READ MORE: Oasis tour LIVE: ‘Dynamic pricing on pints’ uncovered outside Cardiff Principality Stadium

Many are also rocking classic bucket hats. It’s no surprise there are so many people at the band’s first reunion gig as some travelled across the world to watch the brothers perform.

Fans Lachlan Weekes and Jayden Helm, who spent more than a day travelling from Sydney, Australia, to attend the concert in the Welsh capital, were among fans gathering ahead of the gig.

Mr Weekes said to PA: “We’ve been planning it forever. We always said that if they got back together, we’d be at that first show. ”

Click here for the Mirror’s live updates on the Oasis tour.

Mr Helm said: “We’ve been lifelong fans – we’re 22 and 21, so haven’t really had a chance to see them before.

“We always said it was worth it to come, we wouldn’t miss it for the world,” he added. “To take time off work to come over here, it’s more than worth it. ”

A chaotic rush for tickets followed with 17 dates announced across London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin before the band announced more concerts in North America, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Chile and Argentina – giving fans around the world the chance to hear the hits live again.

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Associate Editor Tom Bryant recalls his two meetings with shamed rapper P Diddy and the very different person he came across on both occasions

The instruction when it came was short and to the point. Diddy, 2pm. Soho Hotel. Meet by the lift.

The rapper’s handler proceeded to tell me I had a “tight five-minute window” whereby he would “walk and talk” from our meeting spot to his waiting limousine in the hotel courtyard. It wasn’t exactly the full sit-down interview I had hoped for after Diddy – Sean Combs – flew into London to perform at the tribute concert for the late Diana, Princess of Wales, in 2007.

But it came just four months after I’d spent hours with him in Paris where, truth be told, he was much more generous with his time. On that occasion, he regaled me backstage with wild stories about his sex life, including his love of 30-hour tantric sex sessions.

“As meticulous as I am with my work, I’m more meticulous with lovemaking. I like to do it for a long time,” he told me.

It was a brash, outrageous interview. And it was followed by an even more eye-popping after-party in which he sent magnums of champagne to my table as scantily clad women gyrated around me. “There is no party like a Diddy party,” he bragged. But as I met up with him weeks later in London, it was as if he was an altogether different man: quiet, thoughtful and wholly charming.

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In a quietly spoken voice, Diddy told me how much it meant to him to play the charity concert and I remember being struck by how passionate he was about paying tribute to Diana’s memory.

As we chatted next to his blacked-out car, which would shortly whisk him off to Wembley Stadium, he sweetly thanked me for my support.

I came away thinking that the bravado of our earlier meeting was just performative and that this was the real Diddy: a true gentleman. It was perhaps this version of himself that Diddy might have wished to impress upon jurors during his eight-week trial in New York City. But instead, the one that emerged was darker than anyone – including myself – could have ever imagined.

We heard the harrowing testimonies of Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, the star’s long-time partner, and another victim referred to only as “Jane”. Both women described being coerced into “freak-offs” – forced sex acts with male escorts arranged by Combs while he watched and recorded them.

Ventura described to jurors how her then-boyfriend “would smash me in my head, drag me, kick me, stomp me in the head if I was down”. When asked how often the abuse occurred, she said: “Too frequently. ”

The appalling domestic abuse was cited by the judge as the reason why Combs was refused bail and sent back to jail in Brooklyn. He will remain there until his sentencing in October, when he could face up to 20 years in prison after his conviction on two counts of transportation to commit prostitution.

In reality, he could end up serving much less than that. The more serious charges – of which he was found not guilty – carried a life sentence.

As the verdict was delivered on Wednesday, Combs flung himself to the ground and prayed. He then turned to his family and exclaimed: “I’m coming home, baby!” Hearing about those courtroom theatrics, I felt nothing but disgust.

Even more so when his legal team positioned events as a victory despite the scale of domestic abuse laid bare in the witness box. Then there were the equally unedifying scenes on the streets outside. Some fans poured baby oil – 1,000 bottles of which were seized in raids at his homes – over themselves.

Alison Hammond’s son, Aidan, has opened up about his relationship with his famous mum as the pair are set to appear on screen together in the latest series of Celebrity Gogglebox

Alison Hammond’s son, Aidan, has given a rare insight into his childhood, revealing he would take refuge in his grandmother’s house after disputes with his famous mum.

Aspiring DJ Aidan, who turned 20 this year, was born in 2005 to Alison and her then-fiancé Noureddine Boufaied. However, despite their split in 2014, the pair have continued to co-parent the youngster.

Chatting on the Spin Justice podcast, Aidan reminisced about visiting his grandmother’s house across the road when he and his mum weren’t seeing eye to eye: “When we were in the flat, she had a house pretty much opposite us, so we could literally leave and run across the road. So when my mum was doing my head in, I’d just go to my nan’s (house). “

Aidan fondly recalled the close-knit bond with his nan during his formative years: “It was really nice, because like I said, we were very, very close. “

Sadly, Alison’s mother, Maria, passed away from lung and liver cancer in January 2020, just five years ago.

Alison Hammond, who first graced our screens on Big Brother in 2002, has become a household name after taking up presenting duties on This Morning in recent years.

Starting as a reporter and making waves with her bubbly personality at various UK locations, Alison has climbed the ranks to regularly co-host alongside Dermot O’Leary.

Alison is set to bring her infectious charm to a new project as she joins Aidan and Saundra, her sister, on the sofa for Celebrity Gogglebox’s return tonight.

But, it’s not the first time that Alison has appeared alongside her son, after they previously appeared together in Alison Hammond’s Florida Unpacked.

The show sees the pair venture across Florida whilst keeping to a tight budget while offering viewers the hidden beauty spots of the beloved holiday destination. The show also features them kayaking in Silver Springs, and venturing through Miami.

The beloved TV personality also shared her delight at joining the Celebrity Gogglebox cast, saying: “I’m so excited to be doing Celebrity Gogglebox with my son Aidan. “

She added: “We’ve always loved watching telly together, and now we get to do it on the sofa for the nation! It’s a real family affair too, because my fabulous sister Saundra is getting involved as well. Expect laughs, eye-rolls, and lots of commentary – classic Hammond style! “.