A image can cover so much pain (oasis/Liam Gallagher)

Touring and playing

Dave woke up early the band had a show that night, he knew Liam had spent last night drinking and probably doing drugs so it was gonna be fun trying to wake him up but he needed to make sure Liam took his pills and got ready. The rooms had adjoining doors so he didn't have to bother to go through the whole crap of knocking on the door. He walked through to Liam's room to find him lying on the bed staring at the ceiling "hey Liam you ok?" "Can you tell I have issues?" Dave looked at him confused "em what do you mean?" "Well this girl she just blew me off like it was nothing" "not everyone has to like you Liam it doesn't mean anything is wrong with you" Liam just kept looking at the ceiling. Dave began to get Liam's pills out and got a glass of water and put them next to the bed "come on Liam time to get ready" slowly Liam got up lent over and grabbed his pills swallowing them both in one go, got up and pulled on some tracksuit bottoms and tshirt "so what have I got to do today then? I feel like shit after the party last night so it better not be much"  "you've got a gig but it's a early one cos of some bullshit to do with venue and noise rules" Liam rolled his eyes he never understood how a venue could have noise rules. "Liam why don't you get a shower, I'll take u somewhere to eat then maybe you could go spend some time with Noel before the show" Dave really hoped he could maybe get them on better terms for at least a bit of the tour "ok but I fancy pizza" they left the hotel and found a quiet place down a back alley, sitting at the back Liam noticed the place was homey, like a little bit of normal down to earth place in a city full of posh, stuck up and expensive places he liked it. They both ordered beer and pizza and it didn't come with a knife and fork Liam never understood people who ate pizza with cutlery just use your fingers for god sake he laughed to himself. They sat there for a couple of hours just drinking a nice cold beer then Dave put his glass down "well I guess we better get going, can't sit here all day" he stood up and waited for Liam to finish the last of his beer "be nice to stay but rkid would kill me" he laughed they walked over to pay "thanx that was lush" Liam said as he left a massive tip. Getting back to the hotel Liam dropped his coat into his room and went to see Noel. He knocked on Noel's door "come in" Noel looked up "oh it's you I was just about to come and find you, I've found a channel that's showing the city match! Can you fucking believe it! Kick off is in 15 go get some beers" obviously Noel was in a good mood "fucking get in!" Liam bounced off and got the beer. They sat on the sofa and had a good laugh drinking beer and watching the match it was good, they were getting on, acting like brothers Liam was happy it reminded him of all the good times. Noel watched Liam it felt like two brothers having a laugh, he remembered all the good things about him, how he was his little brother that he cared about. Both of them forgetting about all the fights, all the insults, everything. After the game they headed to the venue both in a good mood they were speaking to each other and City won. The gig went off amazing, the band were on fire and the fans loved it. After the show they had a few drinks and headed to bed tomorrow they were off to Belgium then on to Germany with a quick stop in Italy for a festival before heading back to England. They arrived in Belgium late at night so went straight to their rooms Dave reminded Liam that dr Emilie was ringing him that night. Liam dropped his bags in a corner and collapsed on the bed but quickly sat up again, he couldn't fall asleep and miss the call. He went over to the mini bar to get a couple of bottles out and dug around in his bags to find the coke he had stashed, dr Emilie wouldn't be able to tell he was high over the phone surely. The phone rang he let it ring for a bit so it didn't seem like he was waiting for it "hey Liam here" "hello Liam it's dr Emilie are you free to talk? "Aye it's just me here, nowt to do" "good. So how have you been?" "Wicked, mad for it, it's been good" "ok, what have you been doing?" "The usual interviews, gigs, photo shoots, travelling" "anything outside of work?" "Well if you mean outside of band stuff not much we've attended party things but that was for the band, we've had a few drinks together after shows" he paused to think it actually sounded a bit boring when said out loud "oh an me an Noel watched the city match" Liam couldn't see it but dr Emilie smiled he had tried to hide it but his voice changed when he said about watching the match with Noel, there was a happiness in it, she could hear the enjoyment, a little brother doing something nice with his big brother. "How did it feel watching the game with Noel? Doing something outside the band? Something normal" she knew Liam would probably think before he answered and would probably try a it's not a big deal type answer first before she would get anything else out of him. "Well city won so we were happy, we had some beer's, it was just same when we used to watch except this time we were in a posh hotel abroad, nowt special" "Liam think about it, you told me last time you don't spend time with Noel outside the band, that you both have your own lives but watching the match was spending time together outside the band, it is a thing you both have, a love of football and your team" "well who else am I gonna watch it with? One of those idiots supports united an the others were busy" inside Liam knew the others would have watched it with him but he hadn't asked them cos he wanted time with Noel but he wouldn't admit it. "Ok Liam we'll leave that for now. How are you feeling? How is the tour going for you?" "I'm up for it you know, I love playing for people, singing the songs an shit, there's loadsa free alcohol an people love us, interviews can be fun an shit" "are there drugs around? Because they may affect your medication, I'm assuming you're taking it" "aye Dave makes sure I do and it's not very often drugs are around" he lied "ok well I'll let you get to bed and check in with you soon, Say in four days? Same time" "aye sounds fine" after Liam hung up the phone he lay down, pleased he managed to dodge talking about his feelings. Next day him and Noel were still on good terms so the day was quite fun, even the interviews as it was more jokey banter between him and Noel, yes it sounded like a disagreement but nothing really nasty that would set things off, they spent their downtime in between things having a laugh and a drink the whole band getting on. The venue was really nice, a really old fashioned building with pretty decorative bits inside and out, the room they were playing had been changed in order for gigs to be put on. They sound checked and went to the dressing room, had a few drinks then decided to go watch the support band they were a indie type band from America called timeout they were actually quite good, normally American bands couldn't pull indie off. The sound in the venue was amazing and it looked like it was a good one. They had stuck a few new songs into the set which had went down well in Glasgow and Paris, he had a feeling it would be the same here. By Germany Noel and Liam were fighting again, it started at the last Belgium gig after the show the band had went to a party got very drunk and very high, they were having a good time until a photographer managed to sneak in and began to take pictures at first no one noticed so just carried on with the drugs and drinks then Liam noticed he walked over to the photographer "will you fuck off" the guy kept taking pictures "fuck off and give me that fucking camera" the guy took no notice "give me that fucking camera" Liam reached for it. A fight broke out ending up with Liam breaking the camera, punching the photographer, smashing a table and a couple of chairs before grabbing the photographer and dragging him outside to make sure he left, the police were called and Liam had to pay for the damage. Noel was fuming but the press loved it. For the rest of the tour they did interviews separately. After the second Germany gig dr Emilie checked in again Liam just told her they were still having fun, the tour was going well, he was happy and him and Noel were fine with each other. The rest of the Germany gigs went well great crowds, lots of alcohol, parties, drugs and people loved them. All that was left was the festival they were in the middle of the line up with three bands after them so it was a early start and straight to the airport after.