It’s not uncommon for senior politicians to find a new, strong voice when they leave office. Why wait? Liam Gallagher needs new hips.
Arthritis has left the greatest rock’n’roll frontman of his generation in constant pain. Only herbal sleeping tablets bring him night-time solace. “They’ve saved my life,” said Liam. “One of them, seven hours out, no pain, nothing.”
Liam Gallagher will be 50 in a few months. An ageing Liam, with arthritic hips, touches a particular nerve. For a number of years, nearly 30 years ago, he was the embodiment of youth. The imprimatur of cool, in a buttoned-up, oversized anorak and great hair, there was nothing that his force of nature couldn’t conquer. He’d live forever. And now, here he is slathering himself in Deep Heat and searching…