Britpop royalty Oasis return to stage tonight for their first gig in 16 years

Published on 04/07/2025 - 9:28 GMT+2

Britpop legends Oasis are due to return to nan shape coming successful Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, Wales, kicking disconnected their hotly anticipated reunion tour.

The return of the British rockers aft a 16-year hiatus is simply a awesome infinitesimal for fans, who are excited to spot Noel and Liam Gallagher together again – moreover if immoderate person started to spot bets connected whether nan sparring siblings will beryllium capable to clasp it together for nan full Live '25 tour.

“That’s 1 of nan attractions astir Oasis - they bring this constituent of risk,” said writer and euphony journalist John Aizlewood, adding that nan “alternative aura that they person cultivated pinch nan age-old popular communicative of fractious brothers” is portion of nan band's appeal.

A immense drone show showing Oasis’ classical logo moreover appeared supra nan Principality Stadium.  

Unless nan brothers’ combustible narration derails proceedings, 2 nights astatine Cardiff’s 70,000-capacity Principality Stadium connected Friday and Saturday raise nan curtain connected a 41-date Live '25 tour. After 19 dates successful in nan UK and Ireland travel stops successful North and South America, Asia and Australia - ending successful Sao Paulo, Brazil, connected 23 November.

Fans successful mainland Europe will either person to travel, extremity crying their hearts out, aliases conscionable rotation pinch it.

Founded successful nan working-class streets of Manchester successful 1991, Oasis released their debut album, 'Definitely Maybe', successful 1994 and became 1 of nan ascendant British acts of nan 1990s.

They released 8 UK No. 1 albums, producing hits including 'Wonderwall', 'Roll With It' and 'Don’t Look Back successful Anger' - each from nan medium '(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’, which turns 30 this year.

Oasis yet divided successful 2009, pinch Noel Gallagher quitting nan set aft a backstage dustup pinch Liam astatine a show adjacent Paris. Liam destroyed a reddish Gibson guitar belonging to his relative successful a heated statement earlier nan gig, and this infinitesimal is said to person triggered nan break-up of nan band, sparking years of nationalist feuds betwixt nan brothers.

The Gallagher brothers, now aged 58 and 52, haven’t performed together since, though some regularly play Oasis songs astatine their solo gigs.

They agelong resisted unit to reunite, moreover pinch nan committedness of a multimillion-dollar payday.

Now they person agreed connected a circuit that will spot them joined by erstwhile Oasis members Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Gem Archer connected guitars, bassist Andy Bell and drummer Joey Waronker.

The announcement of nan UK circuit successful August sparked a ticket-buying frenzy, complete pinch correction messages, hours-long online queues, dashed hopes and anger astatine prices that surged astatine nan past minute. Some fans who waited online for hours astatine nan Ticketmaster tract complained that they ended up paying £355 for regular opinionated tickets alternatively of nan expected £148.

The ticketing troubles sparked questions successful Britain’s Parliament, wherever Arts Minister Chris Bryant criticized “practices that spot fans of unrecorded events blindsided by value hikes.” Britain’s title regulator has since threatened Ticketmaster — which sold immoderate 900,000 Oasis tickets — pinch ineligible action.

Tickets for nan UK shows sold retired successful hours, pinch immoderate soon offered connected resale websites for arsenic overmuch arsenic £6,000. More than 50,000 tickets were cancelled by nan band for being sold connected secondary platforms.

No plans person been announced for Oasis to grounds immoderate caller music. Their past medium was 2008's 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

This year's world circuit is being presented arsenic a one-off. For now.