Noel Gallagher is set to divorce his wife Sara MacDonald after nearly 12 years of marriage.
The Oasis star, 55, and the music publicist, 51, issued a statement to MailOnline on Friday night announcing their split and that their two sons ‘remain their priority’.
Noel, who married Sara in a small ceremony in the New Forest back in June 2011, is said to have moved out of their £8million South Downs mansion in Hampshire and is living in north London in the wake of their marriage breakdown.
It’s over! Noel Gallagher ‘SPLITS from wife Sara MacDonald after 22 years together… as rocker moves out of their Hampshire home’
Noel and Sara are parents to two sons, Donovan, 15, and Sonny, 12. The rocker is also father to his eldest daughter Anais, 22, from his previous relationship with ex-wife Meg Mathews.
A spokesperson for Noel and Sara confirmed the split to MailOnline with a joint statement, sharing: ‘Noel Gallagher and Sara Macdonald has confirmed that the couple are to divorce.
‘Noel and Sara will together continue to look after their children who remain their priority. Noel and Sara ask the media to respect their privacy and that of our family at this time.’
While a source told The Sun: ‘It is a great shame but they are trying to keep it civilised.’
Relationship: The Oasis star shares two sons with the music PR, who he tied the knot with in 2011, after meeting in 2000
Family: Paul is also dad to eldest daughter Anais (right), who he shares with ex-wife Meg Mathews
‘Noel has moved out, but in time Sara might want to move back to London. They’re working everything out steadily to minimise the disruption.’
Noel and Sara have been living in an £8M South Downs mansion near Hampshire’s town of Petersfield since 2019, with their two young children.
But The Sun has reported that the Don’t Look Back In Anger hitmaker is now living apart from his wife in North London.
His brother Liam famously doesn’t get along with Sara and has had a slew of public rows with the PR exec in the past.
He even hinted that she was the reason that an Oasis reunion wouldn’t be happening.
His brother Liam famously doesn’t get along with Sara and has had a slew of public rows with the PR exec in the past (L-R) Noel, Sara, Nicole Appleton and Liam in 2005
Back in 2020, a fan tweeted him, asking: “Hi Liam, do you know why Noel hates oasis reunion so much??????’
While he responded suggesting that it was her fault, penning: ‘I’ve told you before he’s rite up for it but you know who won’t let him as she doesn’t like oasis music [sic].
While the brothers themselves have had little contact in the last ten years, after Noel publicly quit the band in 2009.
Fallout: While the brothers themselves have had little contact in the last ten years, after Noel publicly quit the band in 2009
(Noel and first wife Meg Matthews at the Music Mag Awards in 1998)
Sara was Noel’s second wife following a four year marriage to Meg, who he tied the knot with in 1997.
The Oasis star even claimed that the band’s hit Wonderwall was about the blonde beauty at the time of its release, before doing a U-turn in 2002 and saying it actually wasn’t.
‘The meaning of that song was taken away from me by the media who jumped on it, and how do you tell your missus it’s not about her once she’s read it is,’ he told the BBC.
Noel and Meg were notorious for a party-hard lifestyle as they lived it up during rowdy nights with Kate Moss and Sadie Frost.
And following their split, it was reported that the rocker had an affair with Sara during his relationship with Meg – who is thought to have brought the publicist’s name up in the divorce proceedings.
But Noel and his wife have strongly denied this claim, with the star releasing a statement in 2001 which shared that he didn’t cheat and ‘left Meg because I could no longer tolerate her behaviour.’
Wild: Noel and Meg were notorious for a party-hard lifestyle as they lived it up during rowdy nights with Kate Moss and Sadie Frost (Noel, Meg, Kate and Lisa Walker in 1998)