The Britpop group abruptly disbanded in 2009 after years of tension between the pair, though fans never gave up their hope of a reunion.
One of the UK’s best regarded bands will now make a return to the stage following news that the feud between the brothers, who have both toured separately in the years since, has thawed.
They will play two dates in Croke Park on August 16 and 17 next year, the end of a 14-date tour for which tickets will go on sale this Saturday 31 at 8am Irish time through Ticketmaster.
“This is it, this is happening,” the band said in an announcement this morning, sharing a video of the band through the years as they revealed they would come together for ‘Oasis Live ‘25’.
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They will also play dates in Cardiff, Manchester, London and Edinburgh, with the stretch of dates including four nights at Wembley.
“The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over,” the band said. “Come see. It will not be televised.”
Plans are underway for the reunion tour, which will coincide with the 30th anniversary of ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’, to go to other continents later next year.
Formed in 1991, the Manchester band rose to fame with iconic hits like ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ and ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’.
They became one of the biggest bands in British music history – spurred in part by their rivalry with Blur – before their ultimate break-up on August 28, 2009, when they split before taking to the stage at a Paris festival.
It was the culmination of years of infighting, with Noel later saying he quit the group after Liam smashed his guitar backstage in their final blowout as a band.The Guardian reported that the guitar was sold at auction for €385,500, or about $405,000, two years ago, after it had been restored and used by Noel throughout his performances with his solo band, the High Flying Birds.
In 2012, Noel told NPR: “We were backstage waiting to go onstage to 30,000 people in Paris. The tour manager came in and said, ‘Five minutes!’ We broke up within that five minutes. I’m not proud of that, but all things come to an end.”
Reunion rumours which had faded into hopeful whispers over the years escalated on Sunday evening after the pair shared the same video on social media, written in the Oasis style, teasing an announcement at 8am this morning.
It comes ahead of the release of tracks from the first recording session for Oasis’s debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’ on Friday, marking its 30-year anniversary.
Unheard versions of songs including Live Forever, Cigarettes & Alcohol and Rock ‘N’ Roll Star were taken from their first recording session as a signed band, at Monnow Valley Studio in Rockfield, Monmouthshire.
The recordings were scrapped before the band re-recorded the album at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall.
Fans had been surprised to hear Noel pay Liam a string of compliments in an interview released last week with music journalist John Robb at Manchester’s Sifters Records in honour of the album’s 30th anniversary.
Reflecting on Liam’s performance on a number of their hits, Noel said: “It’s the delivery or the tone of his voice and the attitude. I don’t have the same attitude as him.”
He also jokingly compared Liam’s voice to “10 shots of tequila on a Friday night” and his own as “half a Guinness on a Tuesday”.
The brothers went on to have successful separate careers, with Noel fronting the group Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
Liam has been touring the UK this summer on his Definitely Maybe tour to celebrate the 30 years since its release in 1994.
