Oasis have rolled back the years with a greatest hits set on the first night of their long-awaited reunion tour
"Nice one for coming with us over the years," Liam Gallagher says as the band finish up their set at Cardiff's Principality Stadium - their first in 16 years
Crowds were singing along to Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger as the night drew to a close - as our culture writer Paul Glynn says: "No need for Noel to sing the chorus. He doesn't need to"
Earlier, the brothers walked hand-in-hand on stage, as Liam Gallagher acknowledged the ticket pricing fiasco - we have more on that here
Outside the stadium the music has been blaring, as some fans experience Oasis's comeback from the "cheap seats"
Watch: Moment Oasis take to the stage for first gig in 16 years
Fans have been out and about in the city today, enjoying the sunshine.
From grabbing a pre-show pint, to checking out the official merchandise stands, a buzz is building.
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Image source, Getty ImagesLiam Gallagher, performing here at Manchester's Heaton Park in 2018, will return for five dates later this month
After kicking off with two nights in Cardiff, Oasis will head to Manchester for five nights at Heaton Park on 11, 12, 16, 19 and 20 July.
They will then play the following dates:
They will then fly to Toronto, Canada, for a tour of North America, before returning to Wembley for two more nights at the end of September.
The band will then Slide Away again, heading east to South Korea, Japan and Australia.
The tour wraps up with several dates in South America, with the final date on 23 November in São Paulo, Brazil.
Catriona Aitken
BBC News, reporting from Cardiff
Image source, Jasmine Griffin-JonesJasmine has seen lots of familiar faces in the queue, who she met at the brothers' previous solo gigs
As the very first person to join the queue for Oasis, 20-year-old Jasmine Griffin-Jones will soon become the first person to enter the stadium.
"I just want to be right in the centre, right at the front. Everyone knows all the words, everyone's jumping. There's no experience like being on the barrier for a massive gig like this," she told BBC Radio Wales Drive.
She says she came alone and started queuing on Wednesday night, but soon bumped into other fans she'd previously met when attending solo Liam and Noel gigs.
Image source, Jasmine Griffin-JonesJasmine has followed the brothers around the country - and world - in their solo careers
She says she's "all set" with a tent and sleeping bag, and that queueing overnight has been OK, if a little noisy, adding: "We've all got a number system to try and keep it as calm possible, so we just let people know if we need to go to the toilet , grab food, freshen up.
"We've all got mutual respect, we're all in the same position."
Jasmine, from Widnes in Cheshire, will be at six gigs on the tour, including two in Brazil at the end of the year.
Jasmine Griffin-Jones from Widnes has been queuing since Wednesday night
Image source, Getty ImagesFrontman of The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, is one of the support acts
Oasis's support comes in double from Richard Ashcroft, frontman of The Verve, and Liverpool-based Britpop band Cast.
The connection between Ashcroft and the Gallagher brothers goes back decades as Oasis supported The Verve in 1993 during their early days.
More recently, Ashcroft joined Liam on stage at Finsbury Park in 2018, and the two collaborated again in 2022.
John Power, frontman of the '90s indie band Cast, who rose to fame with The La's, also has a long history with Oasis.
Cast shared the stage with the band at one of their legendary Knebworth Park shows in 1996, and more recently supported Liam on his Definitely Maybe 30th anniversary tour in 2024.
Maria Cassidy
BBC News
Image source, Getty ImagesOn the live stream right now is a report from our correspondent Charlotte Gallagher, speaking to Brian Cannon.
Brian is the graphic designer behind the famous Oasis logo, their album covers from the 1990s and even down to the font on the cover Definitely, Maybe.
He still works with band and has designed the programme for this year's world tour.
"I got the call for that last December from Noel himself which was a beautiful thing. He's hands on but he doesn't contact everybody personally, so I thought that was a very nice touch," he says.
Matt Spivey
Reporting from Cardiff
The two-hour train from London to Cardiff Central felt different to the usual commuter journey.
Oasis T-shirts, bucket hats and windcheater jackets replaced the usual suits, laptops and business calls. But there’s no denying it was busy.
Reservation lights glowed red and seats became a luxury, with many people standing - but they didn’t seem to mind.
At the station, which is overlooked by our BBC offices, huge crowds of people made their way out into sunny Cardiff.
The barriers in the station were open to avoid a backlog - instead, queues formed outside for ticket checks.
Despite the crowd it was pretty quick to get out into the city, where pubs and bars are already busy with people wearing Oasis shirts, sitting outside, lapping up the sunshine.
Mark Savage
Music correspondent
Image source, Getty ImagesOasis pictured during their final tour in 2009
The last time Oasis played before they split, the band were headlining the V Festival in Staffordshire on 22 August 2009.
They topped a bill that also included Biffy Clyro, Lady Gaga, Elbow and Paolo Nutini - playing a 19-song set that opened up with Rock 'n' Roll Star.
Reviews were not kind.
"From the opening notes, you could tell that something wasn't right," wrote Luke Seagrave on eFestivals, external. "There wasn't any passion, no sparkle whatsoever. Liam's vocals just sounded pathetic, rusty, despondent, and out of tune. I've never seen a band disappoint as much."
The last song of the set was a cover of The Beatles' I Am The Walrus... and it ended up being the last song Oasis would play together for 16 years.
The following night's performance at the second leg of the V Festival was called off after Liam was diagnosed with laryngitis. A week later, they broke up after a backstage altercation in Paris.
Paul Glynn
Culture reporter
I must say, I'm a bit jealous of young Stanley here who is attending his first ever gig tonight.
I'm too old to remember my first gig but whatever it was it was not as cool as this, I know that.
He's come from Gloucestershire with his mum and dad, Heather and Chris - the self-proclaimed "coolest dad in the word" after having bagged tickets.
Stanley can't wait to hear Supersonic. He reckons it's gonna be "loud" inside the stadium and that he'll have "no voice by the end of it".
"It's massive," his dad added of the occasion. "And to be there to see it, we're very lucky."
The sun is shining in Cardiff and the atmosphere is building around the stadium - especially the merchandise stall - which is bang in the middle of the city centre.
There's buckets of bucket hats too, as expected.
Mark Savage
Music correspondent
How Oasis tickets appear inside the Ticketmaster App
Oasis's comeback was the biggest concert launch ever seen in the UK and Ireland, with more than 10 million fans from 158 countries queuing to buy tickets last summer.
Fewer than one in 10 were successful - with around 900,000 tickets sold for 18 dates.
But many fans complained that standard standing tickets, which had been advertised at £135 plus fees, were re-labelled "in demand" and changed on Ticketmaster to £355 plus fees.
Oasis insisted at the time that they did not know so-called “dynamic pricing”, where ticket prices rise according to demand, would be used for the tour.
When one fan messaged Liam Gallagher on social media, saying he “didn’t expect them to rip the fans off as much as they have done”, the musician simply replied: “Shutup.”
The debacle led to an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) which said Ticketmaster may have breached consumer protection law by selling "platinum" tickets for almost 2.5 times the standard price, without explaining they came with no additional benefits.
The CMA ordered Ticketmaster to change the way it labels tickets and reveals prices to fans in the future.
Ticketmaster said it "welcomed" the advice; and Oasis ditched "dynamic" pricing for their US tour dates.
There's a full road closure around the stadium in place from 12:00 BST until midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Some of the closures include Duke Street, Castle Street, Westgate Street and Wood Street. Full details on road closures are on this guide., external
The M4 is likely to be very busy in advance of both concerts and drivers are encouraged to check Traffic Wales website, external before setting off.
Cardiff council says event parking will be available at Sophia Gardens and the civic centre and a park and ride service is being offered from Cardiff Bay's Sports Village from 09:00.
Transport for Wales, external says it will provide extra capacity on trains where possible, but warns it'll be very busy.
GWR, external is operating six extra trains out of Cardiff and buses are being diverted due to road closures, with full details online, external.
Paul Glynn
Culture reporter, reporting from Cardiff
Jonathan, who is hoping to hear Slide Away, and Giada
I arrived into Cardiff late on Thursday night and the city's bars were already starting to fill up with Oasis fans.
I spotted one man, with a fantastic Oasis/Beatles haircut and a George Best jacket on and assumed, like me, he'd travelled down from the north west of England.
I was wrong. Jonathan and his girlfriend Giada had travelled to Wales from Sicily, Italy, just for the gig.
Jonathan was supposed to have seen Oasis at a festival in Milan in 2009, but annoyingly they split up in Paris just two days before. Ouch.
So this trip - Giada's first to the UK - has been almost 16 years in the making for Jonathan.
"It's my musical culture," he told us.
"Oasis taught me how to know about music. I like so much every kind of music, but I didn't really know the Beatles, Radiohead, the Smiths or the Stone Roses before I heard Oasis."
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Paul Glynn
Culture reporter
The last song Oasis played live was a cover of the Beatles' I Am the Walrus at the V Festival in Staffordshire in 2009.
Back then it was standard for them to walk on stage to their instrumental track [Bleeping] in the Bushes before launching into Rock 'n' Roll star, and there's a chance they will do the same tonight.
However, it would be fitting on their big return if they opened with Hello - the opening call to arms on their biggest album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, which marks its 30th anniversary this year.
The lyrics go: "Hello, hello... It's good to be back!"
I'd have an outside bet on Colombia too, perhaps the grooviest Oasis offering - their first ever white label radio demo release too - which they opened with at their most iconic gigs at Knebworth.
Stay tuned folks.
Maria Cassidy
BBC News
For all the rock 'n' roll stars that want to get there early for tonight's gig, the Principality Stadium doors open at 17:00 BST.
Some fans have even been queuing since Thursday morning in an effort to get to the front.
Liverpool-based Britpop band Cast will kick-off the evening at 18:00 before Richard Ashcroft of The Verve follows with his set at 19:00.
Oasis are due on stage at 20:15, with a curfew set just over two hours later at 22:30.
You can find out everything you need to know about the gig in our handy guide.
Mark Savage
Music correspondent
Image source, PA MediaIt's been 16 years - or 5,795 days, to be precise - since the last Oasis gig. But hardly a day has gone by without Liam or Noel Gallagher being asked about the potential for a reunion.
Why? Because there was always a sense of unfinished business. This was a band who defined a generation of British guitar music. A band whose second album sold 22 million copies. A band who were dubbed by The Face magazine as "The Sex Beatles".
Their story shouldn't have ended with Noel quitting after Liam threw a plum at his head backstage in Paris.
But that's how it happened... Well, kind of.
According to eyewitness reports, Liam also marched into a dressing room and started threatening people with a guitar, but as Noel later said, "plum throws plum and finishes Oasis", is a much better story.
Ever since, fans have clamoured for the band to re-form. Liam hinted at a truce in 2017 but called it off a month later. In 2018, he tweeted his brother to suggest a reunion, but after Noel failed to reply, he wrote, “I’ll take that as a NO then.” During the Covid-19 pandemic, he suggested getting back together to support the NHS, again to silence.
We don't know what's changed to make it happen. But if the band can recapture the electric, confrontational energy of their 1990s heyday, this tour could be the greatest rock reunion since Led Zeppelin's legendary one-off show in 2007.
Image source, Getty ImagesHello, hello and welcome to our live coverage of Oasis's first gig in 16 years.
It's a night that thousands of fans have been waiting for, long before the reunion was announced in August 2024.
The feuding brothers infamously broke up in 2009, spending years on their solo careers.
Cardiff's Principality Stadium will play host to Noel and Liam Gallagher's highly anticipated show, with their set kicking off at 20:15 BST.
The gig kicks off their 41-date world tour, which sold 1.4 million tickets in the UK alone.
So whether you're preparing to go to the gig or following from home, we'll have all the news and colour you'll need - Little by Little - building up to their comeback.