{"id":292021,"date":"2025-07-26T01:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T01:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/292021\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T01:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T01:19:14","slug":"5-takeaways-from-the-nostalgia-packed-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/292021\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Takeaways From the Nostalgia-Packed Gig"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cRight then, London, you knobheads\u2026 It\u2019s good to be fucking back.\u201d Words only Liam Gallagher<\/a> could say.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe and brother Noel finally decided to make amends after years of familial feuding in a move that prompted frenzy last year.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn September, Oasis<\/a> confirmed their reunion gigs<\/a> were set to take place across the U.K. \u201cThis is it, this is happening,\u201d they had said, as fans prepared to spend hundreds \u2014\u00a0maybe even thousands \u2014 of pounds on tickets. Then, North America dates were released<\/a>. The duo announced they were playing Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey and Mexico City across August and September.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this month, the year-long wait ended: the brothers kicked off the year\u2019s buzziest tour in Cardiff, playing together for the first time in over 16 years for a vast crowd in Wales.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Friday, it was London\u2019s turn. The famed Wembley venue was practically vibrating with excitement ahead of their arrival on stage, and The Hollywood Reporter was witness to all of it: the decade-old hits, the cheeky one-liners and all the bucket hats in England ferociously bobbing up and down.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, we take you through some of the biggest takeaways from Oasis\u2019 reunion tour, as the edgy Manchester-born duo return to epic form, and the dizzy heights of Britpop notoriety, in style.<\/p>\n

\t\t1. It\u2019s a Crowd-Pleaser\t<\/p>\n

\n\tLet\u2019s state the obvious first. This was always going to be a \u201cbest of\u201d tour, filled with all of the music<\/a> that fans have been dreaming of hearing live again for a decade-and-a-half now. The brothers performed their biggest hits and then some: \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger,\u201d \u201cSlide Away\u201d and, of course, \u201cWonderwall,\u201d which was aptly introduced by Liam: \u201cIt\u2019s that song again\u2026\u201d They closed with \u201cChampagne Supernova,\u201d the entire 90,000+ crowd still hanging on to every lyric after two straight hours of passionate dancing. The \u201990s visuals up on screen were every bit as nostalgic as you\u2019d hope: clips of the two, in their heyday, messing around at the height of their fame.<\/p>\n

\n\tNone of this came as a surprise, but the emotion palpable in that arena was nothing short of overwhelming. The atmosphere was contagious, and on some occasions the ground shook from the weight of a sea of standing fans bouncing up and down (especially during 1995\u2019s \u201cRoll With It\u201d). What was even more evident, however, was how meaningful this concert was to those in attendance. Couples kissed, strangers hugged and fist-bumped, men screamed like they were at a soccer match. Some were even crying. This was a homecoming for thousands of people\u2026 even if a lot of alcohol was consumed.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLiam and Noel Gallagher<\/a> of Oasis play Wembley, London on July 25, 2025.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Big Brother Recordings<\/p>\n

\t\t2. They\u2019re Still the Same Boys From Manchester\t<\/p>\n

\n\tOne thing about Oasis? They\u2019re patriotic when it comes to their native Manchester. Northern accents as strong as ever, the long-time Manchester City Football Club fans were joined by a cardboard cut-out of team manager Pep Guardiola on stage. \u201cThe greatest manager of all time!\u201d Noel said before dedicating the next song to fellow Man City supporters, to which he received a chorus of boos (there\u2019s likely to be far more fans of rival teams in the crowd at this venue).<\/p>\n

\n\tA montage of family photos, snaps of where they grew up, baby photos and more loomed over Wembley behind Liam and Noel as they played \u201cFade Away\u201d and \u201cStand by Me.\u201d Manchester tower blocks and rows of houses featured, as well as buzzing bumble bees \u2014\u00a0the city\u2019s symbol \u2014 crawling over the visuals. There was no shying away from the origin story of Oasis, no matter how tumultuous their childhood was. Only celebration here.<\/p>\n

\t\t3. Noel Gets His Time to Shine\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThis isn\u2019t to say Liam (and his maracas) didn\u2019t get to be his outrageous self. \u201cEvery time I open my mouth these days I seem to get myself in fucking trouble,\u201d he said early on in the set. \u201cSo I\u2019m just gonna sing.\u201d There were, of course, moments where Liam did do exactly what he does best: poking and prodding the audience. \u201cSort it out,\u201d the younger brother told some tussling crowd-members. \u201cFighting at this fucking time of the day? At least wait until it gets dark.\u201d Later, as Wembley settled into the evening, he told the fans: \u201cYou\u2019re looking better as the night goes on. Turn those fucking lights off!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut Noel, in fact, was the only brother to perform every song \u2014\u00a0and got some epic guitar solos in, too. As Liam took a couple of breaks throughout the performance, Noel delighted fans with songs he\u2019d taken the lead on over the years, including \u201cLittle by Little\u201d and \u201cHalf the World Away.\u201d Noel even dedicated \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger\u201d to the staff at Chiltern Firehouse, the luxe celebrity hotspot in Marylebone that partially burned down in February. \u201cIn London, there have been many tragedies,\u201d he began. \u201cThe plague, the great fire of London, the blitz. And this year a tragedy happened that was bigger than all of them combined, which was\u00a0my favorite bar the Firehouse fucking burned down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t4. Liam Pays Tribute to Ozzy\t<\/p>\n

\n\tOzzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath frontman who died<\/a> aged 78 on Tuesday, was on Liam\u2019s mind as \u201cRock \u2018N\u2019 Roll Star\u201d kicked off. Before playing the opening track on their debut album Definitely Maybe, the singer proudly declared: \u201cI want to dedicate this next song to Ozzy Osbourne,\u201d prompting cheers across the stadium.<\/p>\n

\n\tA picture of the heavy metal singer was projected behind them as they began to play. His death, just less than three weeks after Black Sabbath\u2019s last performance<\/a> in Birmingham, shocked the world earlier this week. A myriad of stars, including Elton John, Judas Priest and fellow English band Duran Duran, payed tribute via social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\t\t5. The Feud is Quashed \u2014\u00a0For Now\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe brothers were constantly exchanging jabs over the years, with Liam especially taking pleasure in calling Noel \u201ca potato\u201d and slamming his musical talent. Noel, on the other hand, famously told The Guardian not long ago: \u201cI liked my mum until she gave birth to Liam.\u201d So when the news broke that the pair had patched things up \u2014\u00a0at least, long enough to go on tour \u2014\u00a0a lot of people were surprised.<\/p>\n

\n\tYet, there was no trace of ill-feeling on stage Friday. Liam and Noel walked out hand-in-hand, after an opening montage played that poked fun at the years-spanning press coverage on Oasis. In the moments that Liam was being particularly cheeky \u2014\u00a0such as, when he told the crowd to sort out their \u201csulky faces\u201d \u2014\u00a0his older brother could be seen giggling in response. Concerns over Liam\u2019s vocals should also be overruled; Oasis are back to their best, and so obviously missed playing together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cRight then, London, you knobheads\u2026 It\u2019s good to be fucking back.\u201d Words only Liam Gallagher could say. He…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,522,14576,257,269,25182,25181,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-292021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-international","12":"tag-liam-gallagher","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-noel-gallagher","16":"tag-oasis","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114916908328468724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}