Liam and Noel Gallagher have sensationally confirmed that Oasis – one of the biggest bands in British music history – have reformed for a mammoth tour around the UK and Ireland.
After weeks of growing speculation about a comeback, the Manchester brothers have finally put their 15-year feud on ice to announce they will be performing together again, 34 years after their first gig.
Excitement reached fever pitch on Sunday after the pair shared the same video, written in the Oasis style, teasing an announcement for Tuesday 8am. The same poster appeared on big screens as Liam finished his headline slot at Reading Festival on Sunday.
And this morning, the iconic Britpop band ended all speculation by confirming a string of gigs – which will not be televised – in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin for next summer.
The 14-show tour will run from July 4 to August 17, kicking off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium before the brothers pack out Heaton Park in Manchester, Wembley in London, Murrayfield in Edinburgh and Croke Park in Dublin.
Despite speculation that Oasis will be on the bill at Glastonbury 2025, it’s understood the band will not be performing at Worthy Farm. However, plans are underway for Oasis to go to other continents outside of Europe later next year.
Announcing the Oasis Live 25 tour alongside the brothers’ first picture together in years, the legendary band said: ‘The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.’
The Oasis website crashed immediately after the announcement as fans were sent into a frenzy. The reunion comes a day before the date the band split on August 28 2009.
Tickets to see the Don’t Look Back In Anger hitmakers will go on sale in the UK from 9am on August 31, while Dublin tickets will be available from 8am on the same day.
It’s understood the brothers buried the hatchet during a late night phone call to embark on a £50million reunion tour.
Today’s 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.
JULY 2025
4th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
5th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
11th – Manchester, Heaton Park
12th – Manchester, Heaton Park
19th – Manchester, Heaton Park
20th – Manchester, Heaton Park
25th – London, Wembley Stadium
26th – London, Wembley Stadium
AUGUST 2025
2nd – London, Wembley Stadium
3rd – London, Wembley Stadium
8th – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
9th – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
16th – Dublin, Croke Park
17th – Dublin, Croke Park
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.
Their last concert together was at V Festival at Weston Park, Staffordshire, in August 2009. Days later, they cancelled the headline gig at the Rock en Seine festival following the argument.
Noel explained at the time: ‘It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.’
In recent years, Liam has been keen to make amends with his brother and reform the iconic Britpop band, but his older brother poured cold water on the idea.
But after Noel’s £20m divorce from ex-wife Sara MacDonald last year, the elder Gallagher is said to have been persuaded of the financial merits of getting the band back together.
Reunion rumours have also intensified recently amid the apparent thawing in the feud between the pair.
According to The Sun, the pair reunited for a ‘top secret’ photoshoot to promote the comeback shows.
Staff present even reportedly had to sign non-disclosure agreements in a bid to keep it under wraps. contacted Noel and Liam’s reps for comment.
Excited Oasis fans – including Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham were hitting the refresh button as they eagerly awaited the 8am announcement this morning.
Oasis superfan Mr Burnham told BBC Breakfast today: ‘It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for. It promises to be a massive day for Manchester.
‘It would be the most Noel and Liam thing ever if one of them woke up this morning and said they’d had a change of heart.
‘It feels this time its going to come together, it’s going to be huge for our city region.
‘It’s going to be one of the biggest things we’ve seen in recent times. Manchester is having a moment right now, but this development will take us to the next level. The eyes of the world will be on Manchester in 2025 because of this. Everyone will be talking about and celebrating all things to do with the city.
‘It’s just going to be the place to be. We are already in a great moment but this will make it even better. I’m pleased for the generation that never got to see them live.
‘This is a big thing for them because Oasis has been the soundtrack to their lives, they are the ultimate British guitar band. For that generation to see them perform live, that’s absolutely brilliant.
‘The person I’m most pleased for of all and by far the most important Gallagher is Peggy Gallagher and she gets to see her sons on stage again and that will just be brilliant for her.’
X user Paul D shared the Oasis teaser and wrote: ‘Right guys, I’m awake!’
Another social media user, Pooja Chavan posted: ‘If Oasis can reunite, peace on earth is next.’
Stevie T added: ‘Morning all. Happy OASIS day. I’ve hardly slept.’
And X user Lucy posted: ‘It’s like Christmas morning.’
The rush for tickets has ignited a war between Gen X and Gen Z music fans, with those there in the 1990s unhappy at younger fans who ‘only know Wonderwall’.
Bryony wrote: ‘Wincing at all the under 25s jumping on the Oasis bandwagon. If you didn’t live through it the first time you’ve got to sit this one out for the dads and the aging indie kids. Sorry I don’t make the rules.’
Gem Furse posted: ‘If Oasis get back together I hope tickets are bought by people who want to be there, and love their music. Not teenagers who only know Wonderwall!’
Another, Billy Corcoran, fumed: ‘Imagine waiting 15 years for Oasis to reform only to lose out on tickets to Chloe, 21, from Stockport who just wants to hear Wonderwall live #oasisreunion.’
While Alby wrote: ‘Oasis are overrated’ vs ‘I’m the Oasis ticket police and I’ll decide whether or not you deserve to see them’. The two most nauseating people you’ve met battling it out for interactions.’
It comes after a report in The Sunday Times cited industry insiders who claimed the brothers were set to perform a string of gigs next year. There is also speculation that a Glastonbury headline slot could be in the works.
Liam fuelled the rumours by offering some tongue-in-check responses to fans who flooded him with messages on social media asking for confirmation.
After The Times posted the article on X, formerly Twitter, a fan said Heaton Park is a ‘terrible venue for concerts’, with Liam responding: ‘See you down the front.’
When another asked when the reunion dates will be announced, he replied: ‘Next Friday.’
The rocker also tweeted on Sunday morning that he ‘never did like that word FORMER’.
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’.
Liam and Noel’s Peggy has ‘always urged’ her two sons ‘to stop arguing’ and is understood to be ‘thrilled’ by the reunion.
The doting Irish mum, 81, had pleaded since their public falling out in 2009 for the warring siblings to put the past behind so they could play together again.
Former Oasis guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs was also reportedly a central figure as he took on the role as peacemaker to step in and urge the feuding brothers to make up.
A source close to the Gallaghers told The Mirror that Peggy ‘would love to see them back playing together and has always urged them to stop arguing and put the past behind them’.
‘She will be thrilled too with what has happened,’ they said.
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.
Oasis fans have told this week that they would be willing to raid their savings to fork out a whopping £500 for a ticket.
Wesley, from Wrexham, North Wales , said: ‘I love Oasis, I’ve seen them loads of times, but it’s been on and off for so long.
‘I’m very excited – but I don’t think we’ll get tickets, is the trouble.
‘They’ll cost a lot of money. I’d probably spend £500 max, no more than that. It’s a lot of money.
‘I think the truce will last about two shows max, to be honest with you – I can see them going back to the old ways.’
And keen fan Daniel Williams, from Staffordshire, added: ‘Money would be no object. They should definitely play in Manchester, it’s where they’re from.’
But he cautioned: ‘I think they will fall out again, they’re like a cat and dog.’