The sibling rivalry between Liam and Noel Gallagher that forced a fifteen-year hiatus for Oasis is coming to an end.
Around the 30th anniversary of Oasis’s debut album “Definitely Maybe,” on Aug. 27, the rock band’s X account announced a 2025 tour in Great Britain and Ireland, surprising fans who had been anxiously theorizing over a potential comeback.
In 2015, Noel told Chris Moyles on Radio X to “never say never” regarding a reunion. It took almost ten years for the artist to own up to his words.
“This is it, this is happening,” posted the Oasis official account on X.
Oasis marked the 90s and 00s pop-rock scene with songs such as “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” and “Live Forever,” which has achieved the 19th spot on UK’s music charts since the reunion announcement.
Liam and Noel Gallagher last performed together in 2009, with Noel abruptly leaving the band before the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.
The breakup was not amicable, which was no surprise. The heated Gallagher brothers were constantly seen violently discussing, fighting and disagreeing with each other over the years. They then discovered the troubles of mixing family and work. At that point, all there was to do was leave before one turned Oasis into the Romulus and Remus of 90s rock.
Since then, both pursued solo careers and maintained a no-contact policy, apart from the times they would share offensive comments regarding each other on social media.
Now, the animosity of the tour has already turned to a raging and controversial online feud, where generation X fans argue that younger female fans should not have the right to attend the concert. The mishmash even got Anaïs Gallaghar, Noel Gallagher’s daughter, involved, who accused some users of ageism and misogyny.
She posted on her X account, “Sorry, if a 19-year-old girl in a pink cowboy hat wants to be there, I will have my friendship bracelets ready.”
Whether the brothers plan on making the comeback a permanent deal or a one-time event is unknown. However, fans could not be less excited to finally see Liam and Noel playing together again.
The official announcement reports the Manchester band’s tour will start at Cardiff Principality Stadium, Wales, on July 4 and end with fourteen shows on Aug. 17 at Dublin Croke Park. Tickets have been on sale since Aug. 31.
