Oasis

Ever since the Oasis reunion tour was announced, rumours have been relentlessly piling up about a new album from the Gallagher brothers' band, roughly 17 years after their last one, "Dig Out Your Soul".

Fuelling the speculation has been Liam above all, who back in September, via X, said that an Oasis album exists, has been completed, and that more news would come in November; then, again on the platform formerly known as Twitter, his social media of choice, Liam once more stoked fans' hopes. Responding to a fan who asked what he thought of the new songs Noel had written for Oasis, Liam didn't deny it — in fact he added: "They blew me away". And now, to a fan who asked him to sum up the band's new material in one word, Liam promptly replied: "Spiritual".

It's actually not clear if or when the two rival brothers got together in the studio to record the songs, but it appears Liam is growing increasingly convinced about returning to the band he founded in Manchester in the early '90s, which, with the arrival of his brother Noel, became one of the most successful phenomena of the Britpop era ("Here's what we'll do: we'll play my songs and we'll become the biggest band around", is how Noel is said to have first put it).

Liam Gallagher has debuted at number one on the UK charts three times in a row (with "As You Were" in 2017, "Why Me? Why Not" in 2019 and "C'Mon You Know" in 2022), but he seems strongly motivated to start over under the Oasis name: "I'll behave myself on this tour, I hope Noel sees my potential and writes a few rock'n'roll songs - Liam wrote, replying to a fan's question about his future, ruling out the idea of making another solo album - I'll sing them. And if that doesn't happen, I'll be on holiday for the next thirty years". And when a fan asked him whether Oasis could still live up to their reputation in 2025, Liam Gallagher replied bluntly: "Even on an off day, we're capable of wiping out most of the bands out there".

The 2025 tour's support acts, Richard Ashcroft and Cast, had also been announced beforehand by Liam on social media. Meanwhile, after the dates in Europe, North America and Australia, Oasis have announced five stadium shows in Argentina, Chile and Brazil: November 15 and 16, 2025 in Buenos Aires, November 19 in Santiago, and November 22 and 23 in São Paulo.

There's no shortage of precautions, however, for the extremely delicate tour marking the reunion of Oasis. In recent days it was revealed that the two Gallagher brothers would not be doing any joint interviews to promote their reunion tour after 15 years apart. Then came the news that Liam and Noel Gallagher will only be paid after performing at each show. That's according to the British tabloid The Sun, which reports that organisers insisted this clause be made especially prominent in the contractual agreements, in order to avoid a repeat of the band's falling-out in 2009, in the middle of the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, when clashes between the two grew so irreparable that they led to the band's breakup.

According to the tabloid, which cites sources within the concert touring industry, the Manchester brothers will receive a joint fee of £6 million per show, payable only after they've performed. A fresh row between the Gallaghers would have a huge knock-on effect if it led to the cancellation of Oasis shows, especially given the worldwide scramble among fans to buy tickets, and the recent announcement of the cancellation of around 50,000 tickets caught up in the case of inflated prices set by some online resellers, which must now be relisted on Ticketmaster's site at face value.

In recent days, a source close to the tour told the Mirror that management's goal is to keep Liam and Noel Gallagher together as little as possible: "Noel and Liam are getting back together and will reunite, but don't for a minute think this is a tour built on brotherly love, nights out and hanging around together 24/7 like the old days - the source told the Mirror - if anything, the whole operation is being run more like a military operation".

The organisers of the hugely anticipated Oasis Live '25 are thus worried about the possibility of another falling-out between the two brothers, which would be an economic disaster for everyone involved. With the reunion now official, while 57-year-old Noel remains fairly guarded, 52-year-old Liam keeps professing his love for his brother: "Peace has prevailed, he's the man I can't wait to be on stage with, blowing me kisses between songs". But the source assures the Mirror that the two will remain "apart for much of this reunion", complete with separate dressing rooms and travel arrangements designed to keep them at a distance.

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14/01/2026