Gene Gallagher has fond memories of his first live performance. “I was only 10 or 11,” says the 23-year-old musician. “It was a big music concert that took place in the school canteen. I played on drums for a band a couple years above me. I remember being really nervous to go on stage, but afterwards I was just… happy.”
It’s fair to assume that Gallagher is a natural. From his bushy brows to his Mancunian twang (a direct inheritance, given he grew up in north London), he’s the spitting image of his father, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher; although the cheekbones of his mother, All Saints pop star Nicole Appleton, are visible as well. Having mastered percussion in the canteen, Gallagher now plays a 1964 Fender Jazzmaster in a four-man band called Villanelle in which he also leads on vocals. The band has been preparing to play the Neighbourhood Festival in Manchester and in July will release their first single, “Hinge”. “I’m a bit of a perfectionist, but there’s no point rushing these things,” says Gallagher.
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