FANS are going wild after only just clocking what Liam Gallagher’s actual name is.
After chanting the frontman’s name – people have been left stumped after discovering his birth name isn’t Liam.
The 52-year-old rock ‘n’ roller was in fact born William John Paul Gallagher.
His Irish parents Thomas and Peggy shortened it to the moniker – with Liam being the Irish diminutive form of William.
The singer’s middle names John and Paul could be a nod to their musical heroes .
Baffled fans wrote on social media: “I’ve only just realised that Liam is short for William.”;
A second added: “Oh I had no idea about that!”;
A third bemused fan questioned his middle names and wrote: “Maybe it’s something to do with Peggy being Irish? John and Paul are popular names due to being in the bible.”;
Liam and brother , 58, reunited after 16 years for their long-awaitedin, wowing fans with their performance.
with a set list including classics such as Stand by Me, Wonderwall, Live Forever and Half The World Away.
Noel and Liam played a whopping 23 songs from their impressive back catalogue as well as Roll With It and Don’t Look Back in Anger.
The music legends held arms as they made their emotional return to the stage and proved that the siblings have
As well as , more than 1.3million fans watched live streams — with around 750,000 people tuning in onand a further 550,000 onand.
Noel’s 25-year-old daughteras she rocked out to her uncle and dad’s numerous hit tracks.
Anais’ mother Meg Mathews, who was married to Noel from 1997 until 2001, was also present at the concert.
Fans were treated to performances byfrom, and The Verve frontmanbefore the Gallagher brothers smashed out .
It’s thought the superstars stayed at separate after their opening reunion tour gig.
has been pivotal in keeping him focused ahead of the
Oasis played another night in Cardiff before moving on to Heaton Park in their nativefor five nights.
Then the band heads toStadium for five nights from July 25 and then on toand, with the first part of their UK leg ending at Croke Park on August 17.
Oasis then heads overand America for gigs in Toronto,, LA andCity before returning tofor two more dates at Wembley at the end of September.
They then move on to Asia,and South America, finally ending their tour on November 23 in Sao Paulo,Brazil.
You can check out every moment from their first show in ourOasis
