Oasis announce reunion

Liam and Noel Gallagher have made a huge announcement this morning

Author: Sophie Merrick / Ellie Iorizzo and Naomi Clarke, PAPublished 27th Aug 2024
Last updated 27th Aug 2024

Liam and Noel Gallagher have confirmed an Oasis reunion, 15 years after the band split.

They are going to play gigs in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin with tickets going on sale Saturday.

Rumours escalated on Sunday evening after the pair shared the same video on social media, written in the Oasis style, teasing an announcement today (Tuesday 27 August) at 8am.

The same date and time appeared on big screens as Liam finished his headline slot at Reading Festival on Sunday.

The announcement comes before tracks from the first recording session for Oasis's debut album Definitely Maybe are released on Friday, marking its 30-year anniversary.

Unheard versions of songs including Live Forever, Cigarettes & Alcohol and Rock 'N' Roll Star were taken from their first recording session as a signed band, at Monnow Valley Studio in Rockfield, Monmouthshire.

The recordings were scrapped before the band re-recorded the album at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall.

Fans of the Manchester rock band have pleaded with the brothers to regroup since they disbanded in 2009, prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.

Reunion rumours have intensified recently amid the apparent thawing in the feud between the pair.

Liam has been touring the UK this summer on his Definitely Maybe tour to celebrate the 30 years since its release in 1994.

Noel has been absent from the concerts but during a show in Cardiff, Liam made a point of dedicating Half The World Away to his "little brother", saying he is "still playing hard to get".

Liam also played Oasis hits during his headline performance at Leeds Festival on Friday night.

Fans were also surprised to hear Noel pay Liam a string of compliments in an interview released last week with music journalist John Robb at Manchester's Sifters Records in honour of the album's 30th anniversary.

Reflecting on Liam's performance on a number of their hits, Noel said: "It's the delivery or the tone of his voice and the attitude.

"I don't have the same attitude as him."

He also jokingly compared Liam's voice to "10 shots of tequila on a Friday night" and his own as "half a Guinness on a Tuesday".

Formed in 1991, the Britpop group rose to fame with hits like Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger and Stop Crying Your Heart Out.

They went on to become one of the biggest bands in British music history before their break-up in 2009.

The brothers went on to have successful separate careers, with Noel fronting the group Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

The top albums from Oasis - together and apart

10. Oasis - Heathen Chemistry

Though the final two Oasis LPs had their moments, such as ultimate piledriver The Shock Of The Lightning off '08's Dig Out Your Soul, this fifth studio outing was the last consistently thrilling one. Having booted out all three of Liam's original bandmates from The Rain and supplanted them with hand-picked indie-rock pros, for Heathen Chemistry, Noel opened the door to others writing songs. Gem Archer's Hung In A Bad Place and, particularly, Liam's Songbird – a breezy love letter to his then fiancée Nicole Appleton – brought fresh energy, while Noel's perennial England-out-of-the-World Cup weepie Stop Crying Your Heart Out topped off a promising new blend that never quite matured.

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