The songwriter has revealed he began work on the hotly anticipated LP on February 16 2010 and it was a momentous night because not only did he discover Sara MacDonald - who he married last month - was expecting their now nine-month-old Sonny - but his former band Oasis were also awarded the Best BRITs Album of 30 Years for their LP '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?', which his brother Liam collected (when Peter Kay said 'knobhead' and then Liam got angry 'cause he's a "real northerner, not speaking behind people's back" and then was talking about drugs).
Speaking at the press conference he said: "I started the night of the BRITs when we won best album of the last hundred years, or whatever ... I was in the studio that night. That was a momentous night, because the wife phoned me up and told me she was pregnant and that was the first night we were recording the album."
Noel admits he could have released his albums earlier if he hadn't had so much time off this year.
He also has a three-year-old son Donovan, with Sara and an 11-year-old daughter Anais from his first marriage to Meg Matthews - added: "I seem to have a lot of time off, we (me and Sarah) got married, had another kid, but it was nice not to have to work to a deadline which is the first time I've ever done that for as long as I can remember. But the whole thing was going on for the best part of 18 months - both of them have."
Last night in Bilbao, Liam dedicated "Bring the light" to the "one and only Noel Gallagher"... a bit sarcastic.
The song says: "I see no point in what you're thinking..."
another sad song from the new album, Everybody's on the run
