Tipped for a few dates inc Glasto next year. Whenever it happens (and it’s about as likely as rain in Manchester) but did you notice Liam played only Oasis songs at the Leeds festival? Plus Walrus but inc that classic Digsys Dinner. Bit unfortunate if you were expecting tunes from his solo oeuvre.
I’ve no interest I saw them enough back in the day and loved them live but it looks like there’s now enough money on the table.
LG is in the midst of touring Definitely Maybe. Noel criticised that he’s playing “my songs”. Liam replied “I sung, they are as much mine as yours”
(the sort of tit for tat pess argument one would expect)
Maybe Hell has frozen over again (it dod for The Eagles) and maybe the cash is there.
If it does happen, think it will be a one-off event though
Not enough money in a one off
Hurrah! I get to tell everyone how crap I think they are all over again.
I always thought they had a small handful of OK songs but they all seemed to go on for far too long. Way too long in some cases. Oddly they are very popular with my kids’ generation, ie early 20 somethings who I wouldn’t mind betting will be very well represented at any shows, as well as the balding, beery Dads who you might also expect.
I think that if a band appeals to a generation that comes 20 years or more after their heyday then it’s usually a sign that they had something.
I thought Oasis were a pretty good band. I think Alex Gold made a very acute comment on a recent word Podcast about how Noel Gallagher had a talent for writing songs at the intersection of nostalgia and euphoria (I think I’m paraphrasing him correctly here). Good band. I don’t think they sound like The Beatles that much, either. I think they sound more like Slade. Not a bad thing, I like Slade too.
@fentonsteve
@nick-l
You are both right.
Columbia and Acquiesce are about all you need. I’m right you know…
I liked the first 2 albums, but thought they were terrible live.
Yawn. The acts that DON’T reform are now the more impressive. But money often provides leverage. The Smiths, The Clash, Talking Heads, post-Live 8 Pink Floyd, The Jam (before Bruce Foxton exited wounded) … A Dave Stewart involved Hatfield and the North …. is there anyone else of import who hasn’t reformed when the wedge was sufficient?
Talking heads I believe and of course ABBA
Er…. Abba did reform
The Beatles didn’t, not properly anyway but there was only a decade when that could have happened. They might have done it by now if John (and George) had lived longer
Yes you are right about Abba I was thinking more as a live act
Well they did reform because of live performance (in a different way). Sometimes I think Voyage is my favourite Abba album. Wonderful!
The Kinks could have done it, but I’m really not sure whether they should have – maybe sometimes it’s better as an idea rather than a reality!
After a tiny gig featuring Spencer Davis a few years back I was thrilled to have a conversation with him, and we did touch on a 50th anniversary type event for the SDG, but he said that Steve Winwood wasn’t interested and that Muff Winwood hadn’t picked up a bass since the split.
It became very apparent in the early 2000s that Eric Clapton seemed intent on getting back with old mates – there was the Cream reunion, and one onstage with John Mayall as well as a number of gigs with Steve Winwood, and they were all well worth doing. I think there is a sweet spot with these things – in Eric’s case I think it was doing it while his old band mates were still around.
The Jam won’t reform – Weller would never do it. But From The Jam fills that gap nicely. Bruce is there (and will return after knee replacement) and Russel Hastings is a close PW sound (very close at times)
The original albums done under the umbrella give a hint of Jam Mark 2.
Rick Buckler though – relationships with Weller and Foxton may never be repaired
Weller still refers to them as Bruce and the drummer … I always think it’s so sad that the likes of Morrisey and Weller won’t do it for the sake of the fans. Remember the joy when the Specials reformed.
No Jerry Dammers though
Rumour has it the clash were on the verge of reuniting when joe died
Northside.
Just one fleeting live appearance by Dermot since their implosion , with Jah Wobble. He wants to keep the mystique around the SWTATH intact.
Depends what you define as the classic lineup, but guitarist Tim Walsh (d. 2019) might be a bit tricky.
Ah, feel a bit flippant now.
I’d love to see a Flowered Up reunion, but that’s not going to happen, either. I bought the Weekender blu-ray, and watched the documentary, which ended with credits along the lines of “he’s dead, and he’s dead, and so is he…”
So it’s not on?
Just barry mooncult with a backing band
Maybe he should go on tour with Bez and Wojtek Dmochowski?
Hasn’t Noel Gallagher mentioned in an interview that his pal Weller will punch him in the face if he gets involved in an Oasis reunion?
Ginger, get the popcorn!!
Oh. OK.
I’m all for a few major chords, the occasional 7th and some onstage attitude but when they were all the rage I was mystified. All I heard was lot of plodding bollocks.
I piss on no one’s chips though. Have at it if you love them. Go see them and may they bring joy.
I, however, would rather paint my balls orange.
This is the right answer. LG is such a townie knob, I find it hard to get past the idea of Biffa Bacon fronting a rock band. But “Acquiesce” is indeed a good one (though should have been left on the Stone Roses’ “Second Coming”, which is far better than the O group).
These are the right answers…
Second Coming rivals Be Here Now as most disappointing follow up album, at least Oasis didn’t take 5 years over it. Probably same drugs involved though.
This is the wrong answer…
Second Coming is great!
What you on about.
The first album is great, Second Coming is overwrought, messy and the songwriting and singing is nowhere near the level of The Stone Roses. Few good tracks but they had already peaked
Sounds like the “Received Wisdom”.
Listening with an open mind demonstrates that it’s a better album than was suggested – see also Marquee Moon/Adventure.
I agree @fitterstoke – I bought it cheap at some stage with no great expectations and it’s far better than its reputation.
Second Coming is a fantastic album. I used to play it on the way home every Friday at the end of a long week away, sometimes twice through – it made the long drive so much easier.
It is a truly great album.
Just not as good as the first.
Biffa Bacon, yes. With a smidge of Aldridge Prior.
It seems the guns have fallen silent. Sheesh.
Cue the onstage Beanotown fighting (arms, legs and fists emerging from a dust cloud) by the final Wembley date.
Do you think they’ll set the record for cheapest and most easily available original releases (50p max. per CD – frankly, I’d hold out for 10p) and most expensive ticket prices?
They definitely will.
On second thoughts, maybe they won’t
I will be waiting with baited breath for an update, which will surely come
1 night at the Etihad and one at Wembley.
£300 for a basic ticket.
Surely more money to be made doing stadiums here, there and everywhere.
Be interesting to see if their resurgent brotherly love of money will keep
them sharing a stage for the duration
Alan McGee said that Noel left Manchester with one guitar and an Adidas bag full of songs. Those made up the first album, most of the second album … but he never wrote a decent song after he left that flat.
Lots of excellent B sides too collected on The Masterplan. So he had 3 albums of good material, more than most
What’s the betting Cast will wangle a support slot?. Personally I’d like to see them make a day of it with Northern Uproar, The High and Northside.
Shed Seven would be a great support band. Top tunes and still going.
Like Northside, Northern Uproar are another who would struggle to reform their classic lineup, because of mortiferous differences.
That’s a bit sad, weren’t they all teenagers when they had their moment in 1995?
Ok … Kasabian and Jake Bugg it is then
Shows at Knebworth had Bootleg Beatles, Manics, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy and Ocean Colour Scene as support acts. Most of the 90s right there
That sounds like a wonderful opportunity to be on the other side of town
Blooming heck @Clive– Cast have been announced and it looks like Northside are warming up in the wings
https://www.nme.com/news/music/madchester-northside-comeback-2025-uk-tour-buy-tickets-3808006
“Throughout the years, the band have reunited for shows occasionally but their final performance together was at a hometown gig in Manchester back in 2015.”
The death of guitarist Tim Walsh in 2019 probably had something to do with it.
I think they bottled lightning for a while, up to and including Be Here Now (really!) The first album is an era-defining noise, and they made an earth-shaking noise live. Unfortunately they have blotted their copy book many, many times by behaving dreadfully in public, and often to the detriment of their fans. I wish them luck with their reunion shows, and hope that it lives up to the hype and that they don’t kill each other on stage.
If the reunion event is in support of What’s The Story Morning Glory, will Tony McCarroll be invited to perform the first song and the replaced on stage?
I was thinking along similar lines this morning. Does it mean the end of the Ride comeback?
Could be the support act with Andy Bell doing a double-shift
How about an Oasis reunion with Kathy Burke as Perry, instead of Liam? I’m happy that once the reunion is all done and dusted, that’s the end of all the hoopla.
If they do the Tiv in Buckley again, I’m in.
Great news for men who wear big coats and affect a little monkey-walking after a pint or two
Will they even bother with a support act? BS and TESB don’t seem to
They play longer.
Probably because they have more (and a lot better) songs to choose from
Be Here Now was released on GCSE results day (Thursday 21 August 1997) acting as a reward for those that did well & a consolation prize for those that did badly. Timing the announcement now, gives that added nostalgia/memory for those in their mid forties,
Liam and Noel probably think GCSE is a chord progression that they’ve not yet managed to master
Bravo!
Have an up!
I think an Oasis reunion is a fantastic thing. Towns around the country will have less divs running amok in them if they play big enough venues.
Remember them this way.
I’m up for this. Many who were young around the time of britpop like me who missed them first time round will kill for a ticket at any price
My only worry is they fill the set with the tedious songs off the last 3 albums or they brawl and don’t make it past concert 1..
@Thegp
While can’t help you with a ticket, you can have my place in the queue.
Hope you get the night when when L suddenly works out what N meant when he described him as being “a man with a fork in a world of soup”*,
* Borrowed as are so many elements of N’s artistry
Just re-visited some live DVDs from back in the day.
They would put on a top show and easily fill 2 hours with no filler.
I might be up for this.
God help us if these jumped up wankers come back again
Who Blur?
I liked Oasis but I’m not bothered about the reunion. I will give them credit for a great live show. The only time I saw them live was at Slane Casle in 2009, when they were supposedly well past their peak. With support from Kasabian and The Prodigy it was a very memorable gig – one of my favourite ever. 80,000 people singing along as one to Half The World Away is one of my concert highlights.
Blur should announce a comeback gig on the same day. London stadium
I like the way you’re thinking
There’s no other way.
Think they already came back a few years ago
Its a world tour! Inc Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin in July and August … 4 nights Wembley 4 at Heaton.
I don’t think they can promote it as a “world tour” though. Not if it doesn’t include Eastbourne.
Nothing else announced yet not even the Winter Gardens.
Lots of gaps in there. Room for more dates depending on uptake, or the Brothers Gallagher can’t take more than 2 nights in a row in each others’ company?
This is nothing compared to the much mooted Farmers Boys reunion in North Norwich Community Centre.
Wooh-hoo!
I’ll be down the front, screaming out for Funky Combine, John!
Not a fan and have no plans to go to their show at Croke Park (Horri.ble, horrible venue), but knowing how fast Dublin hotels are to gouge those going to big gigs, had a look at prices for Aug 16 next year. Still seem to be pretty normal as of 30 mins ago if anyone is planning on going from here.
Wish I could say the same of this Thursday night in Dublin when I’ll be seeing Phospherscent at the lovely 450-capacity venue that is Whelans.
Horrified to find that Coldplay were on the same night and hotel prices in Dub were double and sometimes treble the normal rate.
Who will be selected from the current solo act backing bands ? Perhaps they all will, in a Yes Reunion era style, or the King Crimson double trio. Or even go for the Showaddywaddy approach, with surplus band members being repurposed as backing singers and dancers, albeit monkey walking in parkas rather than dancing in drapes.
Look out for a warm up gig in Bristol
Frome’s Cheese and Grain is usually the Glastonbury warm up venue of choice, expect there to be a randomly named group booked in for July 1st next year. With that in mind- would they be able to come up with a comedy secret gig name as good/bad as Bingo Handjob?
If they’re going to play all their hits, tell me they’re going to recreate Liam Gallagher having his front teeth knocked out after being testy with an Italian student.
The funniest story to ever make the Melody Maker by a considerable distance.
The one about Van Morrison, his gob iron and an aggrieved roadie was good
They’re already cashing in … Wembley Holiday Inn is £600 on the first night
£500 of that is for the insurance.
The band behind them is basically Noel’s High Flying Birds plus Bonehead (and an un-named bass player that might be Andy Bell.
Wonder if any solo or Beady Eye stuff will creep in?
Unlikely … discussion probably went:
“Oasis material only, and I want to bring my band”
“No. Only former Oasis members”
“They were in Oasis you plum!”
… cue the first argument of the reunion period
That’s interesting, where did you read about the band?
I would imagine Noel has more of the bargaining cards than Liam so can demand the band he trusts.
Can’t honestly remember which, but one of the many many over-excited “will they have a fight” press reports.
Makes sense to have the last line-up on board.
The thing I was reading absolutely discounted a return for Tony McCarroll (unsurprisingly) and stated Alan White and Liam are still unlikely to be seen in the same room together again.
Very much doubt that Guigsy will be persuaded out of retirement, so Andy Bell may be bass plonking come next year
Reading elsewhere that Noel has insisted on his High Flying Birds band
I guess there will be a press conference soon where all will be revealed!
Not beyond the realms of possibility not communicating properly with bookers and fixers and getting Andy Bell from Erasure along for the ride.
Now, that I would go to see!
The YouTube ad for the reunion clearly features bonehead
If you want to hear them just put a record on. Jeez. All they do is stand still anyway.
This must make a Stealers Wheel reunion more likely. Anyone heard from Gerry Rafferty?
Doing an album for ECM with Jan Erik Konshaug
Howdy partner, I’m off on my Harley to get me a hot dog in Wiscont… (er) in Wiscons… (er) in New Jersey.
Say what you will about America, but they sure sussed the Manc eyebrow crew at an early stage. They weren’t going to take the bait and should be commended for it. Maybe it was the anoraks, not an unreasonable reason to take flight.
One Top 10 single, and just two other very minor… so minor, they could have been by the clash… chart entries.
In 2025, I am a Yank all the way! I’m quite looking forward to it.
According to a spokesperson for HMV sales of Oasis back catalogue on vinyl and CD have soared since the most compelling “news” story of the week broke on what day was that now? Not wanting to succumb to feelings of FOMO I joined in and finally bought a copy of I Trawl The Megahertz by Prefab Sprout from somewhere other than HMV and feel I have more than done my bit.
That’s a great album, specially the opening track. I still have my CD copy from when it was a Paddy McAloon side-project.
Yep. It’s something I’ve been meaning to purchase for a very long time but only just got around to doing so. It’s still a Paddy McAloon project as far as I am concerned emerging from his sight problems of some years past I believe.