All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we may earn affiliate revenue.
OASIS announced their epic comeback yesterday with a cheeky clip of Noel and Liam Gallagher kissing.
Guitarist Bonehead is also seen in the 90-second video of past gigs — and it was confirmed he will join the band’s hugely anticipated 14-date tour.
As the brothers make up after a 15-year feud, the X/Twitter video ended with them laughing, joking — and the peck on the lips.
A note added: “The guns have fallen silent, the stars have aligned, the great wait is over. Come see.”
Tickets for the shows in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin go on sale on Saturday morning.
None will be televised, the band revealed yesterday.
Insiders told The Sun that extra concerts will be announced once this run sells out.
A total of 1,066,888 tickets will be available over the 14 gigs with demand set to be four times that.
A source said: “These shows will sell out in less than three minutes. Extra dates will be added for sure.”
Bonehead, real name Paul Arthurs, was part of the original 1991 line-up.
The 59-year-old is close pals with the brothers and played on Liam’s Definitely Maybe tour this summer after overcoming tonsil cancer in 2023.
Some of Noel’s High Flying Birds band will also feature in next summer’s Oasis line-up.
A source said: “Bonehead is confirmed. They both wanted him in the fold and he was one of the drivers of the reunion. Noel has brought in some of his band too.
“The Oasis family has really come back together. Bonehead is ecstatic.”
By Joanne Kavanagh
NOEL and Liam’s feuding stretches back 30 years and is among music’s best known. Here’s a recap.
September 1994: Noel temporarily quits after Liam throws a tambourine at him.
Summer 1995: While recording (What’s The Story) Morning Glory, Noel reportedly hits Liam over the head with a cricket bat.
August 1996: Liam pulls out of an MTV Unplugged gig, heckling his going solo brother from the audience.
May 2000: After Liam questions the legitimacy of Noel’s daughter Anais, he quits again. He returned, but did not complete their European tour.
June 2005: At the Heineken Jammin’ Festival in Italy, Liam leaves the stage during Champagne Supernova. Noel tells Spin magazine: “He’s actually frightened to death of me.”
April 2009: Noel calls Liam “the angriest man you’ll ever meet” in Q mag, adding: “He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup”.
August 2009: Oasis pull out ‘V’ Festival gig at the last minute. Liam reportedly had laryngitis but Noel claims he’s “hungover”.
Late August 2009: As the band prepare to play in Paris a row breaks out and, as we reported, Liam wields Noel’s guitar “like an axe”. The tour is axed. Noel states: “It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis.”
June 2017: After the Manchester terror attack Liam slates Noel for not attending the Old Trafford tribute gig. Noel’s camp say he was out the country.
Bonehead said of a reunion last year: “I’m ready, got me dancing shoes.”
Music insiders told The Sun how excitement levels between the Gallaghers reached fever-pitch at 8am yesterday when an online post confirmed Monday’s Sun story that Oasis were reforming.
Last night Wembley’s famous arches were lit up in blue and white in a nod to Noel and Liam’s devotion to Manchester City.
Noel, 57, was spotted outside a North London studio yesterday. Liam, 51, performed at Sunday night’s Reading Festival.
New photographs of the pair were also published, with insiders telling The Sun the top-secret snaps were taken three weeks ago in London.
A second source said: “Once the deal was signed seven weeks ago, Noel and Liam confirmed they would meet in person for a shoot.
“The shoot happened around three weeks ago and the few people in the room signed non-disclosure agreements to stop it leaking.
“Noel and Liam haven’t had an easy relationship but they were very comfortable with each other.
“They were messing around and having a laugh. You could feel the magic and chemistry. Being with them in that studio felt like being transported back to the 1990s.”
The band’s founder Alan McGee yesterday told Virgin Radio that the brothers’ mum Peggy, 81, was a major reason for the reunion.
Noel and Liam haven’t had an easy relationship but they were very comfortable with each other and were messing around and having a laugh
Sun source
He said: “I’m sure she is behind the whole thing.
“Peggy is great, she is rocking on.”
He added of the brothers: “They’re really professional. I don’t think it (falling out) will be an issue.”
Insiders also said Liam and Noel’s children were key in the shows coming together.
Noel’s daughter Anais, 24, was with Liam before he went on stage on Sunday.
She is also close to Liam’s sons Lennon, 24, and Gene, 23, who said earlier this month they had discussed their parents reforming Oasis.
Gene said of Anais: “We have jokes about it. She knows what her dad is like and I know what my dad is like. Hey, we’re a big happy family everyone.”
Tickets for the tour will go on sale on Saturday at 8am in Dublin and 9am for the UK.
The band start at 74,500-capacity Cardiff Principality Stadium on July 4 and 5.
Next will be 80,000 Heaton Park in hometown Manchester on July 11, 12, 19 and 20.
Oasis play Wembley Stadium on July 25, 26 and August 2 and 3
Oasis will play to 90,000 sellouts at Wembley Stadium on July 25, 26 and August 2 and 3.
Then come Edinburgh’s 67,144-capacity Murrayfield Stadium on August 8, 9, and Dublin’s 82,300-seater Croke Park on August 16, 17.
On Monday, Spotify revealed that streams of Oasis music had rocketed by 160 per cent globally in a week thanks to fans listening to songs from their eight No1 albums.
Music sources have told The Sun that bands including Fontaines DC and Kasabian are among acts being discussed to open the shows.
A source said: “Opening for Oasis is the hottest ticket in town.
“Talks are ongoing with groups like Fontaines DC and Kasabian, as well as Gene Gallagher’s band Villanelle who opened for Liam’s Definitely Maybe tour.
“As Liam would say, the chance to perform at those shows would be ‘biblical’.”
Bookies are offering 4/1 on the band splitting before the concerts are completed.
Rock ‘N’ Roll Star is evens favourite to be the curtain-raiser for their first Cardiff gig.
THE BEATLES: FOURTEEN years after the death of John Lennon in 1980, surviving members Paul, George and Ringo reunited for The Beatles Anthology project.
SPICE GIRLS: POSH, Scary, Baby, Sporty and Ginger topped the charts in the ’90s, but Geri Halliwell left in 1998. They got back together in 2007.
ABBA: THE Swedish megastars rose to prominence after winning 1974’s Eurovision with Waterloo. They made their last album in 1981 but returned with ninth LP Voyage in 2021.
TAKE THAT: THE boy band rose to fame in the ’90s, releasing their biggest hit single Back For Good in 1995. But they split up a year later, returning without Robbie Williams in 2005 with new single, Patience.
FANS were warned to be alert to ticket scams after it was estimated Taylor Swift followers lost about £1million to fraudsters.
Lloyds Bank fraud prevention director Liz Ziegler warned against buying tickets on Facebook or other social media platforms and said buyers risked losing all their money if they paid by bank transfer.
Reported scam cases relating to concert tickets increased 158 per cent last summer compared with the same period a year earlier.
Ms Ziegler said: “Hot on the heels of Taylor Swift’s UK tour, fraudsters will be anticipating another run of sell-out shows next summer.
“Missing out on these landmark gigs would be devastating for Oasis fans who have waited so long for this reunion. But you can be sure that criminals are getting ready to Slide Away with their cash.
“Most of these scams begin on social media, where impostors create fake profiles to sell non-existent tickets. The simple rule for fans is always to stick to official ticketing platforms and avoid deals which look too good to be true.”
By Richard Moriarty
