Oasis to kick off reunion tour with Cardiff gigs

Oasis will begin their long-awaited reunion tour with two dates at Cardiff's Principality Stadium

Oasis will kick off their long-awaited 2025 reunion tour in Cardiff, with tickets due to go on sale later this week.

The band will perform on the 4 and 5 July at the city's Principality Stadium.

It will be the first time that the band's brothers - Noel and Liam Gallagher - have performed together since 2009.

Confirming the Oasis Live 25 tour, they said: "The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised."

The band will play further dates in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin, with additional shows outside of Europe expected to be announced later in the year.

Oasis last played in Cardiff in June 2009, just months before Noel quit the Manchester rock group, saying he "simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer".

Reunion rumours intensified recently amid reports that the feuding brothers had ended their disagreement.

"Oasis are back! and it kicks off here! See you in July," the Principality Stadium said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"Following recent shows by Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, Beyoncé and a whole host of other big names, some might say that Cardiff is fast becoming a 'must play' destination for the world's biggest music stars," said the leader of Cardiff council, Huw Thomas.

"These huge gigs put Cardiff firmly on the map and draw visitors from across the world."

The Welsh government said Oasis would join "a long list of world-renowned artists who have chosen to play in our capital in recent years".

Oasis will begin their long-awaited reunion tour with two dates at Cardiff's Principality Stadium

When will Oasis tickets go on sale?

Tickets for all of the band's UK dates, including Cardiff, go on sale on Saturday 31 August at 09:00 BST.

The Principality Stadium has a sell-out capacity of around 67,000.

Ticket prices will be announced on Thursday, two days before going on sale.

Fans will be able to buy four tickets each.

Oasis' first big arena show in Wales was at the then Cardiff International Arena, now called the Utilita Arena Cardiff, in 1996

Formed in 1991, Oasis are one of the best-selling bands in British history.

The group rose to fame with hits including Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger and Stop Crying Your Heart Out.

In 1996, 2.5 million people applied for tickets to their two shows at Knebworth, Hertfordshire - which was more than four per cent of the UK population at the time.

This could hint at the demand their 2025 gigs could see.

The band have performed in Cardiff multiple times in the past - including a date in 1996, during their (What's The Story) Morning Glory tour.

They have also played twice before at the Principality Stadium - then known as the Millennium Stadium - in both 2005 and 2009.

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Oasis return to Wales - where much of it began

Though the band originate from Manchester, they have many links to Wales.

Their manager Marcus Russell is from Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent, and their first visit to a recording studio as a signed band was to Monnow Valley Studio in Monmouthshire, where they recorded nine of the 11 tracks from their debut album Definitely Maybe.

The Oasis management at the time felt the tracks lacked the raw intensity of their live sets, so the recordings were binned and redone before Definitely Maybe went on to become the UK's then fastest-selling debut album of all time.

The previously unheard cuts of anthems like Live Forever, Cigarettes & Alcohol and Rock 'n' Roll Star will be released this Friday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the album.

Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher (left) and his brother Noel at the Cardiff International Arena in 1997

The front cover of Oasis' debut single Supersonic was also shot in Monnow Valley's recording space, in front of the studio's famous cartwheel doors.

Liam later claimed he was haunted by a ghost in his bedroom during their stay at the south Wales studio.

In an attempt to save the Definitely Maybe sessions, Oasis' manager asked a Welsh producer called Owen Morris to have a go at capturing the essence of the band without even meeting them.

Morris transformed songs like Live Forever, Cigarettes & Alcohol and Supersonic into generation-defining anthems that helped make Oasis one of the biggest British bands of all time.

Morris went on to become Oasis' producer for the their next three records - and his first proper session with Oasis in the studio was to record their first number one single Some Might Say at the old Loco Studios, just outside Newport in south Wales, before its release in April 1995.

Oasis classics from their second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory - like Wonderwall and Don't Look back in Anger - were also recorded in Monmouth, but at Rockfield Studios where Queen had recorded Bohemian Rhapsody.