The best pictures from Oasis' return in Cardiff

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Oasis's long-awaited reunion gig began with Hello and a chorus of "it's good to be back" after a 16-year break
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Huge screens projected live images of brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher side by side at Cardiff's Principality, although they haven't always seen eye to eye
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But at one point during the opening night of their reunion tour, Liam Gallagher held brother Noel's hand aloft as they were welcomed on stage by adoring fans
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Fans roared along to Oasis classics like Some Might Say and Half the World Away among others
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In a post gig review, Mark Savage, BBC music correspondent, described Liam as having "attacked the gig with wild-eyed passion - stalking the stage and biting into the lyrics like a lion tearing apart its prey" - so normal business has resumed!
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Noel Gallagher also performed several songs solo, and although Savage described his stage presence as more "studious", he said the it was "impossible to take your eyes off" the brothers
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The Verve's Richard Ashcroft supported the band along with Cast
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And it's fair to say fans raised the roof in the 74,500 capacity stadium
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The band paid tribute to Liverpool's Diogo Jota during the song Live Forever, after he and his brother died in a car crash in Spain on Thursday
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The singing started before the stadium doors even opened, with fans arriving in the city centre days earlier to start queuing for the gig
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And the party continued long after the gig with fans describing it as "unbelievable", "amazing", and the "best night of my life"

5 July 2025

It had been 16 long years for Oasis fans, but finally, they had the chance to see the Gallagher brothers and co back together again.

The band's much-anticipated reunion tour began to a crowd of about 74,500 at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Friday night.

They delighted fans, who revelled all day and long into the night, with classics from their back catalogue, as well as paying a touching tribute to the late Liverpool player Diogo Jota during the performance of Live Forever.

The band plays a second show in Cardiff later, before embarking on a UK and then world tour.

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