Noel Thomas David Gallagher, better known as Noel Gallagher, is an English singer, songwiter and rock musician who has estimated net worth of $60 million. He is mostly known as lead guitarist, songwriter and backing vocalist of the famous English rock band called “Oasis”. He has been active on scene since 1991. and plays rock, alternative rock, britpop and psychedelic rock on stage. During his performances Gallagher uses 12 different guitars and many other music equipment – he plays keyboards, piano, drums, mellotron and even violin. During his career the biggest of Gallagher’s investments in net worth definitely has been while working with “Oasis”.
Noel Gallagher Net Worth $60 Million
Noel T. D. Gallagher was born on May 29, 1967, in Manchester, England. He was the second child of Irish parents Peggy and Thomas Gallagher. However, Noel’s and his brother’s childhood wasn’t as happy as it could be – they were often beaten by their alcoholic father.
Gallagher started his musical career in May 1988 when he met Graham Lambert, a guitarist of an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester called “Inspiral Carpets”. When the singer of the band Steve Hold left, Noel tried to take his place, but was rejected. Later he started to communicate with “Inspiral Carpets”, but it didn’t increase Noel’s net worth or do much for his career.
Noel Gallagher joined “Oasis” in 1991 together with his brother Liam Gallagher. He was writing songs for the band and later became their guitarist. This was the way Gallagher rose to fame – their first album “Definitely Maybe” hit number 1 on UK Albums chart and on US Top Heatseekers in year 1994. At that time Gallagher’s net worth started to increase. One year later the second album entitled (What’s the Story) Morning Glory was released. This definitely was one more success as it was certified 15x Platinum in United Kingdom by BPI and 4x Platnum in United States by RIAA. In THE United Kingdom alone 4,517,000 copies were sold. After that “Oasis” released 5 more studio albums, the most recent one was called “Dig Out Your Soul”, released in 2008. It didn’t become as popular as other albums did, but still definitely increased Noel Gallagher’s net worth. Noel Gallagher with the band totally earned $14,840,000. In 2009 the band stopped it’s activity.
Gallagher’s popularity increased, along with his net worth, during his frequent appearances on ‘The Russell Brand Show’ on BBC Radio 2. . Moreover, he often appeared on the world’s biggest sports radio station talkSPORT.
Gallagher’s personal life has consisted of several relationships: he was engaged to his girlfriend Diana at the age of 18, but the couple broke-up before marriage. In June 1997 Gallaher married Meg Mathews and together they had daughter Anais Gallagher, but then divorced in January 2001. With his next wife MacDonald Gallagher has two sons – Donovan Rory MacDonald Gallagher (born on September 22, 2007) and Sonny Patrick MacDonald Gallagher (born on October 1, 2010).
