Famously feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher are teasing a comeback of their band Oasis, 15 years after its dramatic breakup. Here’s a brief timeline of their tumultuous history.
Fifteen years after Oasis imploded, the dueling brothers at the heart of the beloved British band are once again teasing a comeback.
On Monday, Noel and Liam Gallagher — the band’s main songwriter and singer, respectively — each tweeted out an 11-second video with the date and time of August 27 at 8 a.m., flickering in the Oasis font. The Oasis Instagram account shared it too.
The posts come a day after Britain’s Sunday Times reported that anonymous industry insiders are “adamant” that the two will reunite for a series of high-profile concerts next summer, including a headlining slot at the Glastonbury Festival and what would be a record 10-night run at Wembley Stadium.
“See you down the front,” Liam then replied in a thread about the article on the social platform X.
He also posted a cryptic tweet of his own: “I never did like that word FORMER.”
The apparent hints are causing a stir on social media, where scores of the group’s fans are posting about the cultural significance — and personal finance implications — of an Oasis reunion tour. Several have joked that those looking to buy tickets should aim for the first night only, lest the famously fight-prone brothers break up the band once again.
Oasis, which started as a five-person band out of Manchester in 1991, is credited with reviving the genre of Britpop music, fueled in part by its rivalry with the London-based band Blur.
The group rose to fame with its 1994 album Definitely Maybe, and cemented its legacy with such hits as “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Champagne Supernova.” As of three decades later, Oasis has sold 75 million records worldwide.
The Gallaghers, who were the only constant members of the band’s ever-changing lineup, became known for their splashy antics both onstage and across the tabloid pages — as well as their own deepening rivalry.
Years of insults, incidents and infighting culminated on Aug. 28, 2009, when the band broke up minutes before they were set to take the stage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.
“People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer,” Noel wrote in a statement at the time. He would later recount a backstage argument in which his younger brother grabbed his guitar and started “wielding it like an axe.”
The Gallaghers went their separate ways, but continued their careers in music: Liam and other Oasis members kept the band going under the name Beady Eye, while Noel formed his own band, High Flying Birds.
The two have performed their old hits separately over the years, though never with each other.
And they’ve publicly floated the prospect of a reunion more than once, including in 2015 and 2018.
