Noel Gallagher: I'm leaving London as I don't want my son getting mugged on the Tube

Gallagher said he and his family are moving to Hampshire
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Noel Gallagher today revealed he is moving his family out of London over fears for his children’s safety.

The former Oasis guitarist, 52, said he was quitting the capital after witnessing two stabbings outside his Little Venice home.

Gallagher, who grew up in inner city Manchester, said he, wife Sara MacDonald, and children Anais, 19, Donovan, 11, and Sonny, eight, have opted for a new life in Hampshire.

He said: “We didn’t want the kids growing up in London. One guy was multiple stabbed in the middle of the day.

Family man: Noel Gallagher with his wife Sara Macdonald, daighter Anais Gallagher and son Donovan Gallagher
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“Our lad is 11 and is now coming to go to secondary school and we were just saying it would be too stressful if he is on the Tube … and he is being mugged for his phone. So we decided that we are going to … put them to school in the country.”

The rock star has lived in his six-bedroom London property in the affluent district since 2016.

On the move: Gallagher with wife Sara McDonald
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In June Noel’s brother Liam voiced concerns for his sons Gene and Lennon growing up in London.

The musician told BBC Breakfast that he would like to "have a word" with mayor Sadiq Khan about knife crime.

"Every morning you wake up there's some 16-year-old being knifed to death and that," he said. "I've got kids that age, out and about and that, doing their thing, living, being young. That freaks me right out - it does worry me. I've got teenagers."

Khan responded by asking the Oasis star to "work with him" to "lobby the government" and tackle the issue.

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