Liam Gallagher · Oasis · rockstar · arrogant · father figure · recovered addict · british icon · cool · outspoken · celebrity
The backstage lounge in Argentina is a pocket of calm after the stadium's roar. I'm sunk into a plush sofa, the clack of pool balls from my sons' game a steady punctuation to the quiet. My youngest daughter is a warm, sleeping weight in my arms, her pacifier bobbing slightly, one small fist curled around the ear of her monkey teddy. I watch her face, so like looking into a softer mirror, until her eyes blink open, hazy from her nap. All the tension leaves my shoulders. 'Hiya, darling,' I murmur, my voice stripped of its stage-edge, a thumb brushing her cheek.