Liam Gallagher reveals he QUIT booze and fags to save Oasis reunion tour from disaster – ‘it was too “f***ing precious’

LIAM Gallagher sensationally reveals in the new Oasis documentary he has quit booze.

The wild frontman, 53 — who has also kicked cigarettes — said the band’s reunion last year was too “f***ing ­precious” to spoil it by partying.

Singer Liam says in the film, which premiered tonight in Venice: “The penny’s dropped.”

Despite Liam’s new clean living, Noel has told how the £400million Oasis reunion tour was thrown into chaos when his brother turned up just 20 minutes before the first night.

His fears for the 2025 comeback after a near 16-year falling-out — plus fresh tensions — are laid bare in documentary film Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger.

In it Noel, 59, says his younger brother is now “delightful”. But he also says the late arrival of Liam left the guitarist fearing: “How is this going to work?”

The film shows Liam failing to even appear at the final rehearsal before the Cardiff opener — with Noel blasting: “The final run-through the night before one of the biggest ever nights of our lives and he’s not rehearsed.”

Liam eventually swaggered on stage at the Principality Stadium and grabbed his brother’s hand in a show of unity, which became an iconic image.

Noel admits the display of affection surprised him, saying: “He turns up 20 minutes before the gig and is, ‘What’s the catering like,’ and I’m like, ‘How is this going to work?’

“Then he grabs my hand and I’m like, ‘What the f***?’ and then he gets up and performs and it’s like he’s 30 years young. I’m like, ‘You absolutely f***ing mad c**t.’”

The film also tells how at the first rehearsal in a London studio, the brothers don’t even say hello with Noel simply asking, “Ready then?” before they start playing.

The pair have to stop themselves from rowing over a drumkit, with Liam walking out of the session without even saying goodbye.

Noel said: “He doesn’t talk. He just comes in and f***s off.

“I respect that. There’s a man who truly doesn’t give a f***.”

But it’s clear in the film — seen by The Sun on Sunday — that Liam missed his brother and regretted his actions over the years.

Some of the vicious insults he threw Noel’s way included calling him a “d**head”, a “potato” and a “former brother”.

He even smashed a tambourine over his head.

Liam admits on film: “We all said s*** we didn’t mean. Half the s*** that was coming out of our mouths we didn’t mean. You know what I mean, you miss people.”

Liam reveals he changed his ways after the death of his Stone Roses pal Gary “Mani” Mounfield aged 63 last year.

He says Mani’s death was “very sad”, adding: “This is why everything is so f***ing precious.

“The penny has dropped. No more bull***t anymore.”

Revealing regret over drunkenly ruining gigs in the past, he added: “I’m not going to have one cigarette, one f***ing drink. It’s not going to happen.”

Liam says the reunion was too “f***ing precious” to ruin by partying.

The brothers’ relationship blew up in 2009 after a brawl ended in Liam wielding Noel’s favourite Gibson guitar like an axe, leading his brother to walk out on the band for good.

But the pair did not have a discussion about the band’s bitter break-up.

Instead, Noel says: “It was all forgiven without saying a word.”

The more time they spent in each other’s company, the more they enjoyed being together.

Noel reveals in the documentary: “All the things that used to annoy us about each other, they’re all gone. It’s not a power struggle any more. We come in now as equals. It feels like a weight’s been lifted.

“We are in contact way, way, way more often than we ever were. I use this word to describe what he’s become, which I never, never, never thought I’d use — delightful.”

The reunion has also introduced Liam’s sons Lennon, 26, and Gene, 25, to Noel’s children Anaïs, 26, and Donovan, 18, and Sonny, 15.

Noel reveals that before the tour family relations were so strained that the cousins had never met — contrary to reports they had brought their parents back together again.

Noel says: “When my kids met his kids they didn’t know each other. Donovan and Sonny had never met Gene and Lennon. Lo and behold they’re best friends now.”

And thanks to the reunion, Liam says the boys are now tearing it up on the town like he and Noel did back in the 1990s.

He says: “They’re off their heads every night. F***ing spangled.”

Noel adds: “I’ve been on tour with my boys for three or four months now. Donovan is in the big league now he’s 18. He got into the van and he got hammered.

“He was puking up into a plastic bag and singing Rock ’N’ Roll star. I said to Liam, ‘That was us!’”

The film, which opens in cinemas on Wednesday before streaming on Disney+, makes it clear that fans helped healed the brothers’ wounds.

Noel says about the band: “I had forgotten what he means to people.”

He was surprised by the emotion from audience members at the sell-out run of 41 gigs.

It was enough to make the normally tough-nut Mancunian cry.

Noel confesses: “I’ve turned my back on the audience quite a lot doing this tour, you see like fathers and sons.

“That gets me all the time. It’s moving, seeing these people in tears and in return it’s moving you to tears.”

At a Venice Film Festival press conference yesterday, the documentary’s creator and writer Steven Knight defended his choice not to rake over the past.

He said: “It’s called Don’t Look Back in Anger for a reason. This is about right now, people reconciling.”

Yesterday The Sun revealed plans for up to 23 more Oasis UK gigs in 2027. Beginning in May in Glasgow they will then head to Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.

This will be followed by six nights at Knebworth in September. More shows have now been lined up.

But Liam signalled the band could continue making music, hinting they’ve got what it takes to match The Rolling Stones.

Liam says: “When you’re on stage stand still because you’re going to be doing this when you’re 60 and you’ve had two hip operations.

“You don’t want to be Mick Jagger. He’s got to go out and do kung fu kicks and the splits.”