Rumours are gathering pace that Noel and Liam areburying the hatchet and planning a record-breaking number of shows at Wembley Stadium in summer 2025.
With the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Definitely Maybe, this week, music fans are dreaming of a return of Oasis glory – and possibly the days of Cool Britannia in the mid-1990s.
Industry sources claim that Oasis, who have sold more than 75 million albums across the world and amassed 21.5 million monthly listens on streaming service Spotify, are close to reforming almost 15 years after they broke up following a gig in Paris.
Oasis are rumoured to be reuniting for a string of shows at Wembley Stadium. Photo / Sony Music
Alan Edwards, a music PR consultant, who has worked with the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Amy Winehouse and the Spice Girls, told the Telegraph there could be some truth to the Oasis reunion.
“Either they are happy for the narrative to be out there, possibly increasing the size of offers, or alternatively there is some truth in it,” he added.
The Manchester band, whose rock anthems and swagger heralded the arrival of the Britpop movement along with bands such as Blur, Suede, The Verve and Pulp, are rumoured to have been lined up to play 10 gigs at Wembley Stadium.
If it happens, the Gallagher brothers will overtake US superstar Taylor Swift who played the venue eight times this year as part of her billion dollar-grossing Eras tour.
Noel has remained silent since the rumours were first aired in the Sunday Times, but Liam did not exactly hose down the speculation on Sunday.
On social media site X, Liam said he “had not heard a peep” about the reunion, before teasingly noting he did not like being referred to as the “former Oasis singer”.
“I never did like that word FORMER,” he tweeted.
Noel and Liam have gone on to forge successful solo careers since Oasis broke up in 2009, but they have never reached the heights, commercially or artistically, of their former band whose hits included Live Forever, Supersonic, Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger.
The brothers have flung barbs and vitriolic comments at each other over the past decade.
Liam has baited his twice divorced brother as old and boring, while Noel has returned fire saying his younger brother might have a great voice but cannot write his own songs.
“Without my voice [Noel] would still be ironing Clint Boon’s knickers,” Liam said on Twitter in 2020 in relation to his older brother’s former job as a roadie for Inspiral Carpets, another Manchester band.
Noel has returned fire saying Liam’s solo albums sounded like “Adele singing into a bucket”.
Over the years, Liam has appeared more keen to reform the band, with Noel saying he did not even want to be in the same room as him.
“I think we’re both the problem and the problem is that [Noel] thinks he’s not the problem,” Liam told The Jonathan Ross Show in 2020.
But a more conciliatory note has been struck in recent interviews to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Definitely Maybe, which was the fastest-selling UK debut album of all time.
“If songs were drinks - Liam’s is a shot of tequila and mine’s half a Guinness,” he told music website Louder Than War.
“Mine’s half a Guinness on a Tuesday. Liam’s is 10 shots of tequila on a f***ing Friday night. I can’t sing Slide Away, Cigarettesand Alcohol, Rock N’ Roll Star and Columbia and all that.
“I mean, I could do it, but it’s not the same. It’s the delivery and the tone of his voice and the attitude. I don’t have the same attitude as him.”
Noel, who has spent the past decade belittling his little brother and his behaviour, also recently complimented him on inspiring the next generation of singers.
Liam has completed his own headline tour this year with John Squire, a fellow Manchester legend and former Stone Roses guitarist, as well as a string of shows playing Definitely Maybe.
His voice may not be quite the same as 30 years ago, but in relation to an Oasis reunion, music fans are definitely “mad for it”.
