I kicked both Liam and Noel Gallagher out of my pub in Manchester - here's why
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As we all get ready for the highly anticipated Oasis tour, one landlord is spilling the secrets on his own run-in with the Gallaghers - revealing the moment he barred both brothers in their heyday.
In the latest episode of Three Landlords Walk Into a Bar - a new podcast powered by HEINEKEN SmartDispense® - Mark Chalmers, now General Manager at Stockport’s historic White Lion, joins hosts Jodie Kidd and Merlin Griffiths to spill the secrets from his decades behind the bar.
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When Mark was asked about the most famous person he’s ever had to bar, Mark said: “Both the Gallaghers.” He explained that in the 80s, at the Manchester venue he was working at, “They’d always come last minute when we wanted to close the bar, and turned up thinking they could do what they wanted. In the end they just pushed it too far and I just said "look both of you, you’re out.”
When the hosts asked if they gave him any ‘’gob’’? Mark said: “Of course they did - they still give plenty of gob back now to anybody, don’t they?!”
Mark also talks about the Beckhams' early romance - revealing how the couple used to sneak into a Manchester bar before their relationship was public.
Mark said: “David Beckham turned up with Victoria. They closed the bar down and went into the VIP area - he’d only just met her so this was like a big thing at the time. He was a big footballer at a Premier League club and she was in the Spice Girls. Beckham’s manager, Alex Ferguson, didn’t like the fact this was going on, so they were going to places behind closed doors.”