While Liam Gallagher’s been getting freshly waxed, Noel might be preparing to wax you.

The Gallaghers are in Los Angeles with the rest of the band to record their first album of new material since 2005, and they’ve been adapting with frightening ease to the West

Coast lifestyle. This involves less body hair than its UK equivalent, but a lot more firearms. So, while Liam hangs out at the Four Seasons beauty spa, getting his bikini area tweezed or whatever the hell is next on his makeover agenda, Noel’s been assembling an arsenal:

Noel sent me a text about going shooting in America, and about how scared he was of shooting himself. He was going to get some guns and rifles I think. It was supposed to be a leisurely day out or hobby to get stuck into.

I suppose this means Noel is becoming Britain’s answer to Ted Nugent. Although, when you throw in the beauty treatments and the Gallagher brothers’ conspicuous lack of Ted Nugent’s boyish charm, the Gallaghers sound more like a twenty-first century version of the Krays.