Summary

  • Oasis confirm a long-awaited reunion tour in 2025 - they'll play shows in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin

  • Tickets go on sale on Saturday, with more shows outside Europe later in the year

  • "The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over," the band says 15 years after their split

  • Oasis are one of the best-selling bands in British history, with a series of era-defining singles and albums in the 1990s

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Edited by Johanna Chisholm and Jamie Whitehead

  1. Where can you catch Oasis on their reunion tour?

    As we've just reported, Oasis have just announced they will be reuniting for the first time since 2009.

    Though they're calling it a world tour, the shows confirmed so far include sets only in the UK and Ireland.

    Here are the shows where you can expect to see the English rock band playing in 2025:

    • 4, 5 July - Cardiff, Principality Stadium
    • 11, 12, 19, 20 July - Manchester, Heaton Park
    • 25, 26 July and 2, 3 August - London, Wembley Stadium
    • 8, 9 August - Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
    • 16, 17 August - Dublin, Croke Park

  2. Oasis announce reunion dates for next year
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    Liam and Noel Gallagher (R) of the band Oasis perform on stage in the southern German city of MunichGetty Images

    Oasis have just announced that they will play reunion shows next year in a world tour.

    This marks the first time that the band's brothers - Noel and Liam Gallagher - will have played together since 2009.

    Stay with us as we bring you all the latest updates and analysis.

  3. Liam once said Noel would 'have to change' for a reunion to go ahead

    As rumours swirl, here's a 2016 interview in which Liam Gallagher describes what it would take to bring the band back together.

    Gallagher was speaking at the premiere of Supersonic, a film charting the rise of the band.

    Oasis: Liam Gallagher discusses band reunion in 2016

  4. 'It feels like this time it is going to come together' - Greater Manchester mayor

    Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester, speaks to BBC

    Fans of the Manchester rock band Oasis can now count its mayor among them, as Andy Burnham is now joining in on the speculation that Liam and Noel Gallagher might reunite after 15 years apart.

    Speaking to BBC Breakfast this morning, Burnham says that a reunion tour would be "the news we've all been waiting for" and it would be "a massive day for Manchester".

    Burnham, though a self-proclaimed Oasis fan, says he's not fully bought in that the warring brothers have made amends.

    "It would be the most Noel and Liam thing ever if one of them woke up this morning and decided they'd had a change of heart," he says.

    "I really hope that doesn't happen. It feels like this time it is going to come together. And as I say, it's gonna be huge for us as a region."

  5. What’s the real motivation here?

    Noor Nanji
    Culture reporter

    Noel and LiamGetty Images

    For now, the motivation is unclear – and whether the Gallagher brothers are chasing more fame, more headlines, or maybe more money.

    It could be the lure of the limelight that’s attracting them. Then again, they’ve already had seven albums, and eight UK number 1s. Do they need more fame?

    Then you’ve got the fact that Liam and Noel have always had a combative relationship. For them to reconcile in this way, perhaps there are larger forces at play.

    Helen Brown, a music critic at The Independent, told me: "After the decades of going at each other with cricket bats and fire extinguishers, it's extraordinary that [the Gallagher brothers] seem to be getting along better – and maybe money is an incentive here."

    She added: "Maybe they can put aside their differences to fill their coffers."

  6. Sneering, glaring, angry - and we love them for it

    Noor Nanji
    Culture reporter

    Liam and Noel GallagherPA Media

    Noel and Liam Gallagher, pictured in 2008

    It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this could be.

    For many, they're the band that defined the Nineties and changed the face of rock and roll.

    It’s about knowing every word to Wonderwall. It’s about the love-hate relationship between the brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher. It’s about the energy in the lyrics.

    The bandmates were sneering, glaring and angry. And weirdly, you loved them even more for it.

    I still remember them storming off stage at the end of a festival headline set, after refusing to play an encore. Did it dent my affections for them? Not even slightly.

    It’s the prospect of having those moments repeated in 2025 which is proving so exciting to so many people.

  7. What's the story...?

    Watch: Oasis reunion teased after Liam Gallagher Reading set

    Rumours started swirling on Sunday, followed by a video clip posted on Liam and Noel Gallagher’s social media accounts as well as on the official Oasis X account.

    Eleven seconds long, the clip shows the date “27.08.24” before flickering to “8am” - all in the font and style of the band’s famous logo.

    The same clip was shown on the mainstage screens after Liam Gallagher’s Reading headline set on Sunday evening.

    Meanwhile, Liam’s posts on X that day included the cryptic: "I never did like that word FORMER."

    At the start of the day, a Sunday Times report, citing unnamed industry insiders, claimed the brothers were set to perform a string of gigs next year.

    Stay tuned - we'll hopefully know more in 20 minutes' time.