While the idea of two musicians of Irish extraction sharing a pint in a London bar on a regular basis may be the stuff of fantasy for some Irish music fans, the unfortunate reality is that it's not Liam Gallagher and Shane MacGowan.

Rumours had surfaced that the pair were drinking buddies and regularly met up in the Boogaloo bar in north London to put the world to rights, with the Daily Star quoting a 'source' as saying: "Shane is still in a wheelchair after he fractured his pelvis a couple of years ago, but Liam is always jumping up and down as he tells his stories. But they aren’t really conversing – they’re just telling their own stories to each other one after the other."

They added: "Shane mumbles something Liam can’t understand, then Liam gets up and starts jumping up and down talking about Oasis and his solo career. It’s clear Shane doesn’t have a clue what Liam’s saying either, because he never interrupts and after a while just starts mumbling again. They really are an odd couple.”

However, what's even more odd is that Gallagher himself has rubbished the reports by saying not only are they untrue, but he's never even met the Pogues frontman.

 

Fake news, eh? You just don't know what to believe anymore...