Oasis is officially back after nearly 16 years and the Gallagher brothers are reuniting for the Oasis Live ’25 tour, which kicks off with two sold-out nights at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium this weekend.
More than 900,000 tickets were snapped up within hours of the tour announcement last August, marking one of the most frenzied concert sales in UK music history. According to organisers, over 10 million fans from 158 countries joined the online queues.
The tour opens in Wales before heading to Manchester, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin as part of the UK and Ireland leg. The full 41-date run will span multiple continents, making it one of the most anticipated live events of the decade.
“It’s sounding huge,” Noel Gallagher told talkSPORT radio during rehearsals. “This is it, there’s no going back now.”
The excitement in Cardiff is palpable, with fans flying in from Kenya, Peru, Japan, and the US to witness the iconic band’s return. “For me, Oasis represents an overwhelming optimism about being young and loving music,” said Jeff Gachihi, a fan from Kenya. “To write simple music that relays the simple truth of life is very difficult. For me, they do that better than anyone.”
The live lineup reunites Liam and Noel with Gem Archer, Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, and Andy Bell. They’ll be joined by drummer Joey Waronker, a veteran of Beck and REM’s touring bands, and a full brass section, plus backing singer Jess Greenfield of the High Flying Birds.
While the setlist remains under wraps, rehearsals hint at a nostalgic journey through Oasis’s biggest hits—Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, Live Forever, and Supersonic among them. Noel is also expected to take lead vocals on tracks like Half The World Away and The Masterplan.
The band’s rise from Manchester’s working-class estates to global stardom in the mid-90s reshaped British rock. Their first three albums—Definitely Maybe, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory, and Be Here Now—sold tens of millions, reviving the swagger of British guitar music in the post-grunge era.
“In Manchester you either became a musician, a footballer, a drugs dealer or work in a factory,” Noel once said. “And there aren’t a lot of factories left, you know?”
Yet for all the musical chemistry, the Gallaghers’ volatile relationship became the stuff of legend—culminating in their abrupt 2009 split minutes before a Paris gig. “People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer,” Noel said at the time.
Even a consumer watchdog investigation into Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing hasn’t dulled anticipation. The company faced scrutiny from the Competition and Markets Authority for rebranding £135 standard tickets as “in demand” and hiking prices to £355 without added perks. Ticketmaster said it “welcomed” the guidance and will revise how it labels and prices tickets.
But for now, Cardiff belongs to Oasis—and to the fans who’ve waited 5,795 days to see them share a stage again.
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