Noel has walked out on an American tour before and gone home. Liam has cancelled countless gigs with a "sore throat" or whatever he has come up with and theres been tension between the two from day one. Many band merabers have been fired or quit right out of the blue.
Just because there may not have been official statements claiming a split as such, I can't really take such a report seriously as I find myself expecting a rift that will eventually sort itself out in time. I may be wrong this time and this time it might take but come on, does anyone really feel like just because the statements gone up there is no chance at all that in a few days, weeks or months they'll be back together?