Liam Gallagher has been hailed the "gift that keeps on giving" by his girlfriend.

Debbie Gwyther and Liam Gallagher

Debbie Gwyther and Liam Gallagher

The former Oasis rocker turned 46 on Friday (21.09.18) and Debbie Gwyther - who he has been in a relationship with for five years - took to Instagram to pay tribute to her "partner in crime" on his big day.

Debbie - who is also her partner's manager - shared a throwback black and white photo of herself and Liam and captioned the image: "Happy Birthday to my partner in crime. The gift that keeps on giving... (sic)"

The 'Wall of Glass' singer is currently on tour in Asia and wished himself a happy birthday on Twitter in the early hours of the morning.

He wrote: "Happy bday to me what a year see you all soon as you f**king were LG x (sic)"

The 'For What It's Worth' hitmaker has just completed two shows in Osaka, and apologised to fans that his vocals were off because he's been suffering with illness, but still had a great time on the road in the Far East, especially as he also found the time to catch the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore last weekend.

He wrote: "I wanna thank the Osaka crowd for bringing it both nights I've been a little sick last few days so apologies if vocals were a little on the RUFF side anyways I've loved this Japan tour loved the GP in Singapore also see you nxt year as you fucking were LG x (sic)"

When Liam returns from tour, he'll be working on his much-anticipated follow-up to his platinum-selling debut solo record 'As You Were', but he plans on going on a break after that to give his fans a chance to breathe.

Liam - who has children Molly, 21, Lennon, 19, Gene, 17 and Gemma, five, from previous relationships - said recently: "We're halfway through the next album.

"In between touring I've been in LA doing the next one and I reckon it'll be done by Christmas.

"We're flying through it. It's with the same guys.

"I think we'll do these albums and then I'll have a bit of a break and get out of everyone's hair - and have a breather - and then do a third one if the second one goes well."