Liam Gallagher marries partner Nicole Appleton

LiamGallagher with Nicole Appleton and their son Gene and nephew Ace
Liam Gallagher with wife Nicole Appleton, son Gene, right and nephew Ace

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher married his long-term partner Nicole Appleton on Valentine's Day.

LiamGallagher with Nicole Appleton and their son Gene and nephew Ace
Liam Gallagher with wife Nicole Appleton, son Gene, right and nephew Ace

The singer married at a low-key ceremony at London's Westminster Register Office. Liam's brother and bandmate Noel, did not attend the ceremony because he was in Los Angeles, according to reports.

The small wedding party then reportedly moved to the nearby five-star Landmark Hotel. Guests included Appleton's former pop star sister Natalie, and her husband Liam Howlett, of The Prodigy.

Appleton, 33, had often spoken in the past about wanting to marry her rock star boyfriend, who fronts the group, once notorious for their bad behaviour.

"Marriage is important to me and I love the idea of being married," she said earlier this year.

The couple have been together for nearly eight years and she is credited with taming the singer's notoriously hard drinking and abrasive attitude. The couple have a seven-year-old son, Gene.

The Oasis singer married actress Patsy Kensit in 1997 but split three years later. Gallagher had Lennon, eight, with Kensit, and nine-year-old daughter Molly with singer Lisa Moorish.

Although his brother Noel writes the majority of the band's songs, Liam has developed himself as a songwriter, and contributed songs for several albums.

Oasis was at the forefront of the Britpop movement in the 1990s and Gallagher is one of the most recognisable characters in modern British music.