As a child, Noel's bushy eyebrows earned him the nickname "Brezhnev"

The band are named after a leisure centre
In three short years they went from fourth on the bill at King Tut's
Wah Wah Hut to headlining at Knebworth

(What's The Story) Morning Glory has sold more copies in Britain than any of the Beatles' albums

Courted by Tony Blair in the days of Cool Britannia; Noel was even invited to a knees-up at 10 Downing street

In America, a 1996 MTV interview with the band had to be subtitled
"Sure I love Liam, but not as much as I love Pot Noodles" - the essence of brotherly love summed up by Noel