Rumors abound
Earlier this year, you could get odds of +300 for legendary British band Oasis to reunite in 2025. Now, sportsbooks have halted betting markets as frontmen the Gallagher brothers hint at a reunion for the first time since their dramatic split in 2009.
shows the date of August 27 and the time of 8am in classic Oasis font
Liam and Noel Gallagher have now both posted the same image to their social media. It shows the date of August 27 and the time of 8am in classic Oasis font. Fans believe that the posts indicate that they will announce a new series of shows as Oasis for 2025, with tickets to go on sale in the next seven days.
Rumors of a reunion grew stronger on Sunday night when Liam Gallagher headlined Reading Festival in England. In a rare demonstration of affinity with his older brother, Liam dedicated Half the World Away to Noel:
Meanwhile, Noel has been unusually complimentary to Liam over the past few weeks. In a recent interview, he likened his own voice to “half a Guinness on a Tuesday,” while referring to his brother’s as “ten shots of tequila on a f*cking Friday night.” Fans saw this as a softening of Noel’s unwavering criticism of his brother.
A sibling rivalry
Oasis officially split in 2009 when an argument broke out before a gig in Paris, France. Liam broke one of Noel’s favorite guitars in the notorious incident, the band cancelled the gig, and Noel announced “with some sadness” that he had quit Oasis. “I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer,” he stated.
Noel fired insults at the rest of the band, who were in disarray from various levels of intoxication
The incident was the culmination of years of grievances between the pair. Noel actually quit once before in 1994 after an infamous gig in Los Angeles. Noel fired insults at the rest of the band, who were in disarray from various levels of intoxication, before storming off. He then disappeared for a couple of days before rejoining the band.
This sibling rivalry was never clearer than in an interview that same year in which the brothers discussed an incident in which Liam was deported from the Netherlands before a gig in Amsterdam:
In another famous moment, Noel reportedly hit his brother over the head with a cricket bat during the recording of the band’s second studio album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory. Liam brought a group of people back from a pub while Noel was working, and the elder brother didn’t take too kindly to the intrusion.
The reunion of all reunions
Fans have been desperately hoping for an Oasis reunion ever since the band fell apart in 2009. This has been further fueled by the success of Liam and Noel’s solo projects.
top hit If I Had a Gun has more than 75 million listens
Unlike his brother, Noel has never taken any time out from the music business. His band Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have 1.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and top hit If I Had a Gun has more than 75 million listens. Noel formed the rock band the following year after he quit Oasis.
Liam’s journey since Oasis has been more turbulent. He started new band Beady Eye in 2009, but with Noel taking care of nearly all the song-writing for Oasis, Liam struggled in his absence. Beady Eye released two albums both with limited success. The band split in 2014 as Liam complained about a lack of connection between members.
Liam then spent three years out of the limelight, even considering giving up music altogether – that is, until 2017 when he returned with a bang. He released As You Were as his first album under his own moniker, and its similarity to the classic Oasis style proved a huge success. Top track Wall of Glass now has more than 85 million plays, surpassing anything his brother has managed.
If the pair truly do reunite, no doubt tickets are going to sell out fast.
