Oasis have broken up.

http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/47001

Noel Gallagher quit Oasis tonight (August 28).

"It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight," he wrote. "People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with [singer, his brother] Liam a day longer."

More on this later. I was never good at crying and typing.

Update: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8228687.stm

Mr McGee said Noel no longer felt any obligation to stay in the band, which reflects a wider shift in society, he believes.

"Whether you're an electrician or a rock 'n' roll star, you can only do and be who you want to be," he said.

"He is the same as everybody else - he didn't want to do it any more and he stopped. People don't do anything now that they don't want to do."