“It’s boring with out me. isn’t it?”

For 20 years, Liam Gallagher was the renowned singer in Oasis and the greatest frontman of his generation. Then, after two mediocre albums with Beady Eye, he suddenly found himself in crisis, cut adrift with the rest of the mooks on the street. A year before his return as a solo artist, Ted Kessler met Liam down the boozer.

Portraits: Alex Lake

Tuesday, 2 August Where would you go on your dream date with Liam Gallagher? To the pub, perhaps, followed by the pictures, and then back to the pub for a bite to eat? Exactly. Keep it simple. Make the most of him. Out of Highgate underground, up the hill, over the zebra crossing and through the swing doors into a large saloon bar. Awaiting us in the far corner of his favourite local with a cheery wave is Liam Gallagher, the Rock God who fell to Earth. Outside, it’s a muggy, rainy midweek afternoon off one of North London’s most genteel high streets. Inside, it’s a quiet PM in a roomy, easy-going boozer serving lunch to a family at one table and pints to agent tackling a crossword at the bar.…

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