Liam Gallagher’s son Lennon Gallagher has opened up about his childhood, with the model – whose mother is Patsy Kensit – speaking about the aftermath of Oasis’ split
Joel Leaver Showbiz Reporter and Hannah Roberts PA Entertainment Reporter
Lennon Gallagher spoke about his father Liam Gallagher and Oasis in a recent interview(Image: Dave Benett, Dave Benett/Getty Images for Warner Music)
Lennon Gallagher has opened up about a revelation he had after his father Liam Gallagher’s band Oasis split up more than a decade ago. The model’s comments come ahead of Liam and Noel Gallagher launching their reunion tour.
Ahead of the Oasis Live ’25 Tour, Lennon, 25 – whose parents are singer Liam and actor Patsy Kensit – spoke about his childhood in a new interview. It included recalling his dad dressing him and younger brother Gene Gallagher, whose mother is Nicole Appleton, in “mini-mod parkas”.
Lennon said: “I looked f***ing sick when Dad dressed Gene and me in mini-mod parkas for school.” He told the outlet that he “used to try and steal” Liam’s clothes, but went on to share that he “always had more luck” with Patsy’s wardrobe.
As the iconic band gears up for a reunion tour after a 15-year hiatus, Lennon also shared that he didn’t grasp “the scale” of Oasis until they disbanded in 2009. He said: “I don’t think I understood the scale of it all until the band split.”
Lennon Gallagher (right), pictured with his mother Patsy Kensit (left), has spoken about growing up as the son of Liam Gallagher(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Napapijri)
He recalled people coming up to him at school and realising that the band were “massive”. Lennon told British Vogue: “People would all of a sudden come up to me in the playground and be like, ‘Oh, my God, have you heard about this?’ I just remember thinking, ‘Oh, s***… they were massive.”
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Fans will finally see Oasis reunite on stage soon, kicking off this summer with shows at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. The highly anticipated UK and Ireland tour will then be at Manchester’s Heaton Park, London’s Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium and Dublin’s Croke Park, over the course of July, August and September.
There was an outrage after tickets for the UK and Ireland gigs went on sale last year, with some prices appearing to have jumped from £148 to £355. The controversy led to the Government and the UK’s competition watchdog pledging to examine the use of dynamic pricing.
The group is set to embark on a world tour that includes stops in Asia, South America, Australia and North America. The shows coincide with a film project helmed by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, timed with their much-anticipated reunion.
His comments come ahead of Liam (right) and his brother Noel Gallagher (left) reuniting as Oasis for the awaited reunion tour this summer(Image: Samir Hussein, Getty Images)
Rocketing to stardom following their signing with Creation Records in 1993, Oasis cemented their place in music history with their debut number one album Definitely Maybe, which dropped on August 29, 1994. The discography includes tracks like Champagne Supernova, Wonderwall, Supersonic and Live Forever.
Noel famously called it quits with the band in August 2009. He reportedly declared at the time that he “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”.
See the full feature in the June issue of British Vogue, available via digital download and on newsstands from May 20.
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Juan Ayuso won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday as Primoz Roglic moved top of the overall standings.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider Ayuso powered away from the group of general classification contenders over the top of the final climb to win his first Grand Tour stage by four seconds.
The 22-year-old Spaniard’s team-mate Isaac del Toro of Mexico was four seconds behind him in second, with Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) denying Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Roglic the final place on the podium.
However, 2023 Giro champion Roglic took over the overall leader’s pink jersey from Mads Pedersen, with the Danish classics rider losing touch as expected on the final climb.
“It’s my fourth Grand Tour. I’ve been very close [to a stage win] but I never managed to pull it off,” Ayuso said.
“To finally do it today in my first Giro d’Italia is something super special and I will always remember. I let others start attacking then when I saw my distance, I went for full gas to the finish.”
Great Britain’s Max Poole of Picnic PostNL was ninth on Friday, with the 22-year-old moving up to fifth overall.
The 168km stage from Castel di Sangro to Tagliacozzo was the first mountain stage of the 2025 edition and saw the contenders for the general classification come to the fore.
Stage seven results
1. Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 4hr 20mins 25secs
2. Isaac Del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +4secs
Exclusive: The Beatles’ songs will feature in a new stage version of the film hit Yesterday which is being turned into a musical
Lily James stars alongside Himesh Patel in the film version of ‘Yesterday’
The Beatles’ songs are heading to the West End after film supremos Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis decided to turn box office hit Yesterday into a musical.
The duo held an event this week in front of major investors, including Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, as they seek a theatre for the new show.
An insider revealed: “This has been kept under wraps for months but it is a huge opportunity, and the prospect of a Beatles musical is too big to miss.
“It’s easy to imagine that it could play for years and years.
“There was a performance this week to show the basics of what the production will be, and all the big players in London’s theatre world came along. It’s a no-brainer that any theatre will want to host it so there is likely to be a bit of a bidding war to secure it. These are the most famous songs of all time, so it could run and run.”
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Danny Boyle directed Yesterday(Image: SIPA USA/PA Images)
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The musical will be a repurposed version of the 2019 film, written by Curtis and directed by Boyle. It starred Himesh Patel as a struggling musician who recovers from being hit by a bus, only to find he is the sole person who has ever heard of The Fab Four.
It will mean The Beatles’ extraordinary back catalogue will be performed on stage, with tracks including The Long And Winding Road, All You Need Is Love and Hey Jude all included, following in the footsteps of hugely successful theatre productions about similarly timeless megastars including Queen and Michael Jackson.The film also featured Lily James.
Speaking previously, Curtis said they would not have been able to make the film without the rights to the Beatles’ music.
He said: “I don’t think so. It’s been wonderful watching these 50 years of progress, and the way that their music has still lasted, and the way that when you go see school plays – you know, at the end of it, if it’s about the environment, everyone will sing ‘Here Comes the Sun’ or ‘Octopus’s Garden’ or something.
Yesterday features The Beatles’ music (Image: Getty Images)
“My kid was in a school play about the Battle of Hastings, and at the end, William the Conqueror held Harold the King of England’s hand, and they both sang ‘We Can Work It Out’.
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“I think The Beatles are more embedded in culture than anybody else – even though, personally, I couldn’t bear a world without Kate Bush. But I don’t think it’s the same film.”
On whether it was tough getting the rights to the songs and if he’d spoken to Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr, Richard explained: “No. We dealt a lot with Sony and with Apple.
Mention Europe when the sun is out at this time of year and most people’s thoughts turn to Greek or Spanish beaches.
But, for Aberdeen, Dundee United and St Mirren, Saturday’s final round of Scottish Premiership fixtures bring the prospect of continental work opportunities next season.
Either United or the Buddies will miss out altogether and, while the Dons are assured of some kind of European football, Saturday’s results – together with the Scottish Cup final – will decide whether it is in the Europa League or Conference League and at what stage.
For the complicated permutations involved, you can read our detailed explanation.
Dons have ‘achieved our goal’
Jimmy Thelin needs just a draw away to United to end his first season as Aberdeen manager with a fourth-placed finish and a place in Europa League qualifying.
The Swede’s side have lost nine goals – and scored only one – in successive heavy defeats by Rangers and Celtic.
However, he points out that those are the top two teams in the league and that there is no need to remind the players about the game’s importance – not only in terms of the league finish but also in playing for places in next weekend’s Scottish Cup final against Celtic.
Thelin expects an “exciting game” given what is at stake but points out that “it is the first year of a three-year project” at Pittodrie.
“We are in the top six again,” he said. “Our goal was Europe and we have achieved that goal.
“The players have pushed themselves from a really difficult season last season into a final, a semi-final and now we have the chance to finish fourth in the league.
‘Tomorrow is everything’ for United
Jim Goodwin is looking to thwart two of the clubs he previously managed – and avoid being disappointed by them – as his United side visit Aberdeen.
The Irishman is also looking to qualify for Europe for the first time as a manager but insists he is “not bogged down” in thoughts of any personal achievement – only that United will have proven they have “collectively come a long way in two years”.
Goodwin led United to the Championship title and promotion a year ago and admits: “I wouldn’t have believed you had you told me way back in August that we’d be sitting in this situation with 90 minutes to play and, if we win, we’ll finish fourth in the league.
“Most people would have had us down as being in a relegation battle.”
Goodwin is aware that fourth place could make a big difference to his playing budget next season.
“It is an opportunity to finish above one of the big spenders in the league when you consider what Aberdeen did in January,” he pointed out.
“I think they spent in excess of £2.5m on players and, for us, who have not spent a penny, to finish above them would be a fantastic achievement.
“Fourth place guarantees Europa or Conference League football and that’s good prize money for that.”
United, though, head to Pittodrie having lost all four of their matches since the Premiership split.
“Neither Aberdeen or ourselves are in a great run of form going into it, but I think that goes out the window tomorrow,” he said. “We want to finish on a high because the last four results have been hugely disappointing.
‘Not an impossible task’ for Buddies
Stephen Robinson says leading St Mirren to European qualification would be the greatest achievement in his managerial career so far.
St Mirren, one point behind United, will leapfrog the Tannadice side into fourth if they better their rivals’ result on Saturday – the only problem being they are away to Celtic on the day the champions collect the Premiership trophy.
However, Robinson insists: “It’s certainly not an impossible task. We’ve taken the whole European pressure off the players and said, ‘let’s remain unbeaten in the top six’.
“For St Mirren to be unbeaten in the top six would be an incredible achievement.”
The Paisley side have beaten United and Aberdeen while drawing with Rangers and Hibernian in their post-split fixtures, but Robinson recognises getting a result at Celtic Park is the hardest challenge.
“That is our first and foremost goal,” the Northern Irishman said. “If we do that, it might be enough. We can’t affect what happens at Dundee United and Aberdeen.
“It’ll be 100 degrees inside Celtic Park and their fans will be there to celebrate. So it’s our job to try and put a little bit of a dampener on them.”
While the Buddies qualified for Europe last season, for the first time in 37 years, Robinson said reaching the top six this season has come despite facing challenges “you probably don’t get when you manage for 30 years”.
Three new signings – Kevin van Veen, Shaun Rooney and Jaden Brown – left the club amid separate court cases, making his job “un-enjoyable at times”.
“We got a bit of stick for celebrating reaching the top six,” Robinson added. “That was a relief on my part because we weren’t in a relegation battle.
“Being in this division is a huge success for St Mirren. Being in the top six is a brilliant achievement.
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Friday assured Nigerians that the military is committed to addressing the recent surge in insecurity.
He disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has approved the acquisition of additional air assets to strengthen the fight against insurgency.
General Musa made this known while briefing the State House correspondents immediately after a closed-door meeting with President Tinubu and defence chiefs at the Aso Rock Villa.
He stated that additional equipment has already been procured to strengthen the fight against terrorists, who have intensified their attacks in recent months, particularly in the northern region of the country.
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“Mr President has given a directive as to what to do next for us to intensify all efforts, collaborate with all our sister countries around us because it is the porous nature from there that is aggravating our own issues on ground.
“And so all our theatres have been enhanced, equipment has been bought and Mr President has given us much approval for air assets, and other aspects of security and as we said, it is not only the kinetic aspect, the non-kinetic aspect is most important.
“The President is also looking at discussing with governors for their own support by ensuring that dividends of democracy extend to the community to stamp down the issue of insecurity and we are working together,” General Musa said.
The CDS linked the recent surge in insecurity in Nigeria to a global push by terrorists and jihadists across the Sahel region, noting that the pressure on Nigeria is largely due to the porous nature of its borders.
He stated that the meeting with President Tinubu was held to review the overall security situation in the country, adding that the President is deeply concerned about the current developments and is determined to see them resolved.
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He added that the security chiefs assured the President of their commitment and ongoing efforts to bring the situation under control.
‘Don’t get tired’
The Chief of Defence Staff also appealed to Nigerians not to get tired of supporting the security agencies in the fight against insurgency.
He also cautioned citizens to be wary of fake news, citing instances where videos from other countries are circulated on social media as though they depict events in Nigeria.
The CDS expressed concern over such actions, questioning why some individuals appear to take satisfaction in the nation’s challenges. He warned that if Nigeria were to collapse, the consequences would affect everyone.
“It is important that we all cooperate with the members of the Armed Forces and security agencies. If we see something that is going wrong anywhere in the country, let us report, action will be taken, including our own personnel.
Amanda and Clive Owen’s son, Reuben Owen, has come a long way from his TV debut as a youngster. The Mirror spoke to the 21-year-old about life in the Yorkshire Dales today and his rather unusual ideal date
Reuben Owen and Jessica Ellwood are far from your average 21-year-olds. Reuben, who like his eight siblings grew up on smash hit 5 documentary Our Yorkshire Farm, says his ideal date involves his digger and it seems he’s found his perfect match.
Jess hails from a farming family eight miles away from Ravenseat, the isolated farm Reuben grew up on with his shepherdess mother Amanda, 50, and her ex-husband Clive, 70. Viewers will meet her on new 5 series Reuben Owen: My Yorkshire Life, which focuses on his plant hire business. And it seems she is thoroughly on board when it comes to his passion for machinery.
“I could work with you all day in any sort of environment,” said the smitten Yorkshireman as he sat down for his first joint interview with his equally in love other half. “Last weekend we were felling trees. In terms of our hobbies, I think digging. Jess is very good on the digger. She’s better at driving a digger than I am milking cows.”
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Reuben’s ideal date is tinkering with his digger – and thankfully Jess agrees(Image: Andy Commins / Daily Mirror)
Talented Jess, who describes herself as a “proper homebird”, rides and drives horses for a hobby and by day she works on her family’s beef and dairy farm, milking 90 cows and looking after a herd of 15 Belted Galloway cows and 350 sheep on the fells. “I’ve loved animals since I was small,” she said.
“I always knew what I wanted to do. At my school’s careers evening I walked in, put my name down for agricultural college and walked out.”
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The couple met by chance at the night do of the Westmorland County Show, known locally as the Kendal Show, an annual event celebrating agricultural life across the border in Cumbria. “I was working on Stainmore (an area on the Yorkshire/Cumbria border) with one of my mates on the digger and he asked me if I fancied coming to the show’s night do,” said Reuben.
“I turned up and somehow managed to get talking to Jess and it went from there. It’s the biggest stroke of luck ever – I never really went to show night dos, it was just by chance I ended up at one.
“We got talking about sheep and cows, I managed to pretend I knew something about cows, she probably thought I was talking utter rubbish. We just got talking and never really stopped.” “He’s very handsome and we just got on really well, we clicked,” added Jess. “We have similar interests.”
Eight months on, to maximise the time the busy young couple are able to spend together, Reuben helps Jess complete milking at her farm and in return she helps him at the quarry. “I still do a little bit on my family’s farm but now my brothers have gotten older they do the main bulk of the farming and I concentrate on the digging and groundwork,” he said, of his famous family abode which is home to around 1,100 sheep. “But recently I’ve found myself doing a lot more farmwork…”
“Jess is absolutely gorgeous and great to be with, I love spending time with her whatever we’re doing,” added Reuben. “Her family are a lovely bunch, they’re great and look after me so well.”
The Yorkshireman was a youngster when he first appeared on TV with his family(Image: Renegade Pictures)
The 21-year-old has previously appeared in Reuben: Life in the Dales and Beyond the Yorkshire Farm: Reuben & Clive. Viewers of the new series can expect to see the young businessman and his team, made up of pals Capper, Sonny and Tommy with brothers Miles and Sidney helping too, tackle a variety of jobs with their heavy machinery.
We will also witness Reuben trying a very old-fashioned pastime, Tug Of War, which is popular with young farmers. And while he displays some impressive brute strength, it doesn’t sound like this is an activity he’ll be repeating. “It took me a week to recover from that,” he laughed. “I felt like I’d been run over.”
Unsurprisingly, while many 21 year olds want a big party for their landmark birthdays, traditional Reuben had different ideas about how to celebrate his big day in November. “Jess and I were looking at my vintage tractors, which she doesn’t have a lot of faith in,” he said. “We went round and there were maybe eight in the shed. I told her what was wrong with them all and we decided we were going to drive seven of them from our house to fish and chips at Whitby.”
Reuben’s workmates, brothers and Jess joined him for the epic three day, 80-mile adventure, to the North Yorkshire coast, praying the vintage machines would hold up. “It was a really fun way to spend my 21st birthday and quite inexpensive,” he said.
“We had plenty of disasters along the way, I went up Sutton Bank and my tractor threw all its water out and overheated. We had to put a new head gasket on it in the car park, the engine on it had come to bits.
“We managed to find a gasket at a garage a few miles away and we resealed it between us. It was an adventure. We had cake on the beach.”
Reuben and Jess met by chance at the night do of a county show(Image: Andy Commins / Daily Mirror)
The machinery wizard’s immense knowledge comes mainly from his father Clive who like his hill-farmer mother Amanda remains on hand to advise him. “I’ve been through college and I don’t know anyone with the knowledge Reuben has,” said Jess. “He learned from such a young age.”
“I speak to a lot of young people and try to encourage them to have a go,” added Reuben. “I remember dad sitting me on the digger when I was really small. It’s nice to think we’re in a place with the business now where my brothers can be involved and make a few quid out of it. We’ve got a really good team of lads on with us.”
Reuben’s parents famously split up a few years ago, after 22 years of marriage. Amanda and Clive later reunited to co-parent their children – Raven, 23, Reuben, Miles, 18, Edith, 16, Violet, 14, Sidney, 13, Annas, 11, Clemmy, nine, and Nancy, eight – and recently teamed up for series two of Channel 4’s Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids, which sees them breathing new life into a derelict farmhouse.
Reuben has been on TV since he was six or seven – or as he puts it “so long ago now, I can hardly remember” – and says the cameras have never really made a difference to his life. “The hardest time of year is winter, when the ground gets soft and boggy and we’re always getting stuck and there’s a camera there,” he laughed. “We’re good friends with the crew and it seems to be whenever something goes wrong, there’s a camera.”
“Round here everyone just knows me as someone that’s always riding around in a battered pick up,” he added. “When you get a bit further afield, people tend to want selfies, it’s sweet. You don’t realise until you get away from here how many people watch it and enjoy the programme.”
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Reuben may be one of nine siblings, with Jess in the middle of three sisters but both say a family as big as the Owens isn’t on the cards. “Not after Easter Sunday – we took my siblings and your younger sister to a classic fair and I don’t think I’ve ever been so stressed in my life,” he said.
“There were six kids, we picked up some more, their friends turned up and I was left with them all. I was so stressed, in the crowds of people. Given my attention span, I don’t want that many.”
