Noel and Liam Gallagher have buried the hatchet, formally declaring the band Oasis is reuniting for shows next year in the UK and Ireland, with more shows to be added.
The tour will begin in Cardiff on July 5, and include four hometown shows at Heaton Park in Manchester, and shows at Wembley Stadium on July 25 and 26, and August 2 and 3. Fourteen shows have been announced, including dates in Edinburgh and Dublin.
Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis. The band’s first album, Definitely Maybe, was released 30 years ago.Credit: Sony Music
There are also plans for Oasis Live ’25 to visit other countries outside Europe later next year, according to the band’s website. “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come See. It will not be televised,” the band said in a statement.
Britpop royalty, Noel and Liam have barely spoken since Noel quit the band 15 years ago, sparking one of rock music’s most famous and well-documented feuds.
When reports of the reunion first surfaced in The Times at the weekend, Liam, 51, responded on X (formerly Twitter) saying the story was “news to me” and “I know nothing”. But he then posted, “See you down the front you big fanny” when an X user was critical of the Heaton Park venue.
Soon afterwards, an identical teaser appeared on the social media accounts of Liam, Noel and the official Oasis accounts, displaying a date, 27.08.24, and a time of 8am. The rumours and speculation then took on supernova proportions and lit up the internet.
As speculation swirled, UK tabloid The Sun reported the highly anticipated reunion was “definitely, definitely” happening, and said the brothers had “finally negotiated a deal to get the band back together” and would this week be announcing shows.
“This is the reunion that no one thought would ever happen,” an unnamed music insider told The Sun. “Liam and Noel have been staunch enemies for well over a decade, but they have secretly been back in touch.”
It was Noel who walked out on the band in 2009, just hours before a scheduled performance at French festival Rock en Seine, following another argument with Liam. It was a typically rock ‘n’ roll bust-up for one of the most famous bands on the planet.
“It is with some sadness and great relief … I quit Oasis tonight,” Noel wrote in a statement later that night. “People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.”
Mark Wilson, bass player with Australian rock band Jet, applauded the decision to reform. Jet toured with Oasis in Europe and the United States, and Wilson said demand for shows would spread.
“It will be huge, the biggest thing that happens next year,” Wilson said. “I feel like they’ve only got bigger since breaking up.”
Noel toured Australia in 2019, supporting U2 with his band High Flying Birds, but had consistently rejected any talk of an Oasis reunion since the band broke up.
However, early last year he told the BBC: “You should never say never” when quizzed about the band reforming. “It would have to take an extraordinary set of circumstances,” he said.
This year is the 30th anniversary of the band’s chart topping album, Definitely Maybe, which at the time of release was the fastest-selling debut album in British music history.
Tickets for Oasis Live ’25 go on sale August 31 at 9am, UK time (6pm AEST).
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