Los Angeles, Aug 20 (IANS): Oasis legend Noel Gallagher has planned to quit alcohol for 12 weeks, but says he won't start the process until September because he has several parties to attend.

He said: "I'm going on the wagon and I've fixed a date. I think it's going to be like the 12th of September, because I've got parties to attend to and the last one is on the 11th."

He added: "And then I'm going to go on the wagon for 12 weeks I think. I've been ... smashing the ... out of it in Ibiza. I'm going to do three months which takes me up to the middle of December and then I can get in training for Christmas."

The 54-year-old musician had earlier taken another three-month hiatus from alcohol in 2011, and felt "five years younger" afterwards, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

He told Matt Morgan's 'Funny How?' podcast: "I was on my own so I wasn't going out at all.

"If you're a drinker you've got a slightly addictive personality. Once you past the initial couple of weeks you start to feel better and you get addicted to that. When I came back from the States I looked about five years younger."

The news comes after the former Oasis rocker shared that actor Matt Smith loves a wild night out, but that his brother Liam Gallagher isn't as much of a party animal as people think.