Inspiral Carpets have reunited with original singer Stephen Holt for the first time since 1989. The Manchester stalwarts, who originally reunited in 2003, were thought to have split up earlier ...

Noel Gallagher was the principal songwriter ... He taught himself to play the guitar and loved music: he was road manager for the Inspiral Carpets before joining Liam in Oasis.

Oasis were still unsigned when Noel Gallagher – then a roadie to the Inspiral Carpets - first met Tony Griffiths of The Real ...