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The long awaited return of Manchester’s finest loved rock starlet Liam Gallagher is finally upon us. Yep. Finally. His debut solo album ‘As You Were’ hit the shops (or the internet, rather) on the 6 th October, with a 12-set track listing, accompanied by three bonus songs for the deluxe edition. The ongoing rift between Liam and his brother Noel, who is set to release his own third-generation solo material next month to go head to head with his younger, has often split fans and risen the age-old debate of which Gallagher is best. Liam, being his own humble self (that’s not a joke, by the way), has said in recent interviews that he knows he’ll never be a good a songwriter as Noel. The fact that the pair have always been at each others throats and of course, came from the same mother, at least gives us a cause to choose our favourite – but as some scepticals say, in many ways, they’re both as bad (and good) as each other. Noel’s next effort with the High Flying Birds ...

Liam Gallagher is a man who has never been far from the centre of controversy. Since the day he burst onto the music scene as the lead singer of Oasis in 1994, he has split opinion and caused divide amongst music fans all over the globe. Liam back on stage for the Manchester  benefit concert earlier this year After three years out of the spotlight, the younger brother has risen from the wilderness in 2017 with a new style, a new haircut and a new solo album, destined to be released later this year. But the emergence of Liam as a standalone artist raises some questions and will continue to, especially with the fanbase who have treated him like a king since he first began to cause chaos twenty years ago. After all, it was just a year and a half ago that he posted this infamous tweet on the internet refuting claims that he would ever make a solo record - a promise that he had stuck by since his youth. He's reiterated the point in many interviews over the years too, saying...