(CNN) -- "I don't know the ins and outs of his politics (but) for his procession to become President I was in America and his speeches were spine tingling. Barack Obama can talk, and coming after Bush it was something to behold. In my humble opinion, if he loses the next election to the other bunch then, good Lord, I will run myself." So says Noel Gallagher, former creative force of British band Oasis and one of rock 'n' roll's biggest mouths. Singer-songwriter, brother to Liam and now a U.S. presidential candidate: 2012 promises to be quite a year for the 45-year-old whose song-writing talent has taken him from unemployment in a city called Manchester in northern England to sell-out stadium tours around the world, playing to millions.
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Noel Gallagher, 45, is former musical force behind British band Oasis
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His new album: "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds," topped the charts in the UK in October 2011
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Oasis' second album (What's the story) Morning Glory? sold nearly four million copies in the United States
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First solo album tour includes 81 shows across Europe, the Pacific (Japan and Australia) and America
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