Oasis Reveals the One Way Their New Tour Will Be Nothing Like the '90s
Despite releasing some of the most beautiful and beloved rock ballads of the past thirty years, the British rock band Oasis has a messy, bad-boy reputation. After infamously splitting up in 2009, band members (and brothers) Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher shocked fans and haters alike earlier this year by announcing a worldwide reunion tour for 2025. Never shy with the press, the Gallaghers are just as famous for their quips and disses in interviews as they are for their music. And now that Oasis is back, the rough-and-tumble antics of the ‘90s are back—right?
Not so fast. In a new interview with The Sun, songwriter Noel Gallagher says that both he and his his brother Liam will be on good behavior this time. Honest. “It won’t be as raucous as back in the day,” Gallagher said. “Because we’re on the wrong side of 50 now, so we’re too old.”
During Oasis’ first American tour in September 1994 at Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, Noel left the band after an incoherent, drug-and-alcohol fueled performance, and disappeared for several days. 1996, Liam infamously ditched performing with the band for their MTV Unplugged performance but later showed up to heckle his older brother. And these are just two examples from the 1990s. In the year 2000, Noel again ditched the band for part of a world tour, while Liam lost his two front teeth in a barroom brawl in Munich in 2002. The final 2009 fight between the brothers apparently consisted of Liam wielding a guitar like an axe.
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But, in the intervening years, both Gallaghers have appeared to calm down, and in their own solo projects become consummate professionals. Liam’s 2022 album C’Mon You Know was critically acclaimed, while Noel’s most recent effort, Council Skies led to a sold-out 2023 U.S. tour, co-headlining with another 90s rock band, Garbage.
In October, when a fan tweeted at Liam about the upcoming setlist for the band, Liam tweeted back seemingly unironically, “Noel’s the boss I’ll do what I’m told as I’m a good boy.”
Some rumors have suggested that because of their reputation for canceling tours, neither Gallagher brother won't receive profits from ticket sales until after the tour has been completed. But, if Noel is to be believed, it doesn’t matter, because, as he said: “We’re too old to give a sh-t now. There won’t be any fallouts, there won’t be any fighting.”