Oasis announces 2025 tour after 15-year hiatus during Gallagher brothers’ feud
FILE - Group portrait of British rock band Oasis at Nomad Studios in Manchester, United Kingdom, on Nov. 29, 1993. L-R Paul Arthurs (aka Bonehead), Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Tony McCarroll, Paul McGuigan. (Photo by James Fry/Getty Images)
LONDON - Oasis, the English rock band known for hits like "Wonderwall" and "Don’t Look Back in Anger," is reuniting for a tour in 2025 – ending a 15-year hiatus and, presumably, a feud between brothers and bandmates Liam and Noel Gallagher.
The band, which formed in Manchester in 1991, will play 14 dates next summer.
"This is it. This is happening,″ the band said on Tuesday.
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Oasis tour 2025 and tickets
Oasis said the band will play in Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland next July and August.
Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
"The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned," the band wrote in a separate post on social media, presumably in reference to the brothers’ feud. "The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised."
Specifically, the tour will begin July 4 and 5 at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Oasis will also perform at Heaton Park in Manchester, England, on July 11, 12, 19 and 20; Wembley Stadium in London on July 25 and 26 and Aug. 2 and 3; Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Aug. 8 and 9; and Croke Park in Dublin on Aug. 16 and 17.
Oasis: A history of the Gallagher brothers’ feud
Oasis formed in Manchester in 1991 and reached the height of fame in the mid-1990s, going on to become one of the best-selling bands in British history.
But the band later split in 2009 after many years of infighting, with Noel Gallagher officially leaving the band just before a performance at a festival near Paris.
Even before the dissolution, the brothers had long had an antagonistic relationship and reportedly did not speak to each other for years after the breakup.
"People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer," Noel Gallagher, the band's guitarist and songwriter, wrote in a statement at the time.
While the Gallagher brothers haven’t performed together since, both regularly perform Oasis songs at their solo gigs. They've also each fired off criticisms of the other in the press.
Noel Gallagher accused his younger brother of having a hangover that forced them to cancel a 2009 concert. The frontman disputed the accusation and sued, later dropping the lawsuit.
In 2011, Noel Gallagher told The Associated Press in an interview that he left the band after an incident where Liam Gallagher started wielding a guitar "like an axe ... and he’s swinging this guitar around and he kind of you know, he took my face off with it, you know?"
In 2019, Liam Gallagher told the AP he was ready to reconcile.
"The most important thing is about me and him being brothers," he said. "He thinks I’m desperate to get the band back together for money. But I didn’t join the band to make money. I joined the band to have fun and to see the world."
"I don’t know what his problem is," he continued. "I think he just wanted to go away and do his solo career, get all the coin and be surrounded by all the yes men you can fire and hire whenever he wants. You can’t do that with me."
Oasis announcement follows speculation of reunion
With the announcement, the Britpop band ended a few days of fan speculation. A short video on the band’s social media accounts Sunday night had revealed the date "27.08.24," and time "8 a.m.," written in the same font as the well-known Oasis logo. The brothers shared the same to their individual accounts.
Of course, fans have long theorized a reunion might be on the horizon: In the wake of the 2017 bombing that killed 22 at an Ariana Grande concert in Oasis' hometown of Manchester, Liam Gallagher performed at a benefit concert that fueled speculation of a reunion. He criticized his brother's absence, but a spokesperson said Noel Gallagher couldn't attend because of a longstanding family trip. Benefit organizers said Noel Gallagher approved the use of Oasis' music and donated royalties from "Don’t Look Back In Anger" to the British Red Cross’ One Love Manchester fund.
Later that year, Liam Gallagher tweeted at his brother, leading some to believe they made up: "I wanna say Happy Xmas to team NG it’s been a great year thanks for everything looking forward to seeing you tomorrow AS YOU WERE LG x"
Prior to Tuesday's announcement, Oasis was already teed up to release a new collection, "Definitely Maybe - Deluxe 30th Anniversary Editions," celebrating the anniversary of their debut album.
Rumors of a potential reunion were amplified this past weekend when Liam Gallagher responded on social media to unconfirmed reports of the band playing London's Wembley Stadium and Manchester’s Heaton Park. When one social media user criticized Heaton Park, the Manchester native wrote, "See you down the front," calling the user a vulgarity. In another stand-alone post on X, he teased, "I never did like that word FORMER."
"You tell me man," Liam Gallagher replied. He also responded to several negative tweets about the potential reunion with "Your attitude sucks" and "SHUTUP." Noel Gallagher, on the other hand, remained silent other than posting the teasers.