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Oasis's debut album Definitely Maybe was released just over 15 years ago on 30 August 1994.

Like everything contrary in the world of Oasis, Noel Gallagher quit the band on 28 August 2009 – two days before what could have been a celebratory landmark.

The details of the Gallagher brothers' latest bust-up will no doubt emerge in weeks to come, but no Oasis fan can say they didn't see a final split coming.

In February 2009 Noel Gallagher admitted: "I haven't spoken to my brother for two years."

And later added, with his usual wit, "He's the angriest man you'll ever meet. He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup."

Only a few weeks ago, Liam shot back: "I don't give a fuck. It takes a lot more than blood to be my brother."

Sure enough, another fight ensued – about something, anything. And Noel left Oasis. Again.

But this time, with Noel Gallagher 42 years old, it's likely to be final.

"Liam's like a man with a fork in a world of soup" Noel Gallagher

Why? It's not just another fall-out with Liam this time. In his statement on the official Oasis website, Noel tellingly says "the lack of support and understanding from my management and bandmates has left me with no other option than to get me cape and seek pastures new."

A familiar familial bust-up with Liam is one thing. For Noel to take issue with hired-hand bandmates and management – the latter shepherding Oasis from the beginning – is another.

Noel and Liam's all-too-public bickering has gotten tiresome of late. It was once funny. When you're in your early 40s – as Noel has obviously decided – it's just not even fun.

So Oasis are over. The band continuing in any meaningful form without Noel Gallagher is inconceivable.

So goodbye Oasis. Love them or hate them, they were the biggest British rock band of the last 20 years.

Remember them via the MR team's handpicked selection of Oasis pictures, videos, and tunes. Here's a salute to 15 years of noise and confusion.

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