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    I actually managed to finally get a ticket to this today, to the 28th September Wembley gig. Some newly released production tickets went on sale this morning and I got an email code amazingly. It's re

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    On my way to Wembley right now. Super excited!

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    Well that was an absolutely incredible night! Never thought I'd see Oasis together on stage again, it was surreal. And it was banger after banger! Absolutely epic

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Review: The 'new' Oasis leaves Croker in a daze

Updated / Sunday, 17 Aug 2025 13:34

Brothers in arms: Oasis at Croke Park. Photo credit: Big Brother Recordings

Brothers in arms: Oasis at Croke Park. Photo credit: Big Brother Recordings

Alan Corr

By Alan Corr

Multimedia Journalist

Oasis' songs about feeling happy and then feeling sad left the Croke Park crowd in a euphoric daze on Saturday night.

When the band walk out as dusk begins to settle on the stage of Croke Park on a glorious Saturday evening, Oasis is greeted with the kind of deafening, delirious roar one might expect if (and when) Mayo finally lift the Sam Maguire again.

Somewhere up there in an executive box, Peggy Gallagher of Charlestown was having a very special moment. Because it is she, more than anyone else, who has made hell freeze over, banged her sons' heads ever so gently together and brought about this miraculous reunion tour.

Liam Gallagher puckers up on stage in Croke Park Photo: Big Brother Recordings

Liam's in between song patter is akin to scrolling his Twitter feed and equally hard to decipher. Photo credit: Big Brother Recordings

It hasn’t quite been 16 years of hurt since Oasis last played Ireland in 2009 but Saturday’s opening show of the band’s two-night stand in GAA HQ was easily the most feverishly awaited Irish gig in many years.

The return of the unibrow brothers is a very big deal and yes, we all know, they’re in it for the money.

There is an atmosphere of giddy euphoria in the evening air and naturally it gives way to a mid-gig eruption of "Olé, Olé, Olé".

Man City had hammered Wolves 4-0 just before Oasis hit the stage but the only nod to that is the cardboard cutout of City manager Pep Guardiola standing behind one of the Marshall amps.

This was nostalgia with its ya-yas out. But it was also another business-like, choreographed show from the band as they approached the midway point of their reunion tour. In its now customary act of choreographed brotherly bonhomie, Noel and Liam stride on stage, arms aloft, hands clenched together, bang on time at 8.15pm to play a 21-song, two-hour set that left two generations of fans in a blissed-out daze.

Noel Gallagher playing guitar in Croke Park Photo: Big Brother Recordings

Noel Gallagher: The Chief has turned the new Oasis into a tightly-drilled machine. Photo credit: Big Brother Recordings

In other words, the old Oasis is well and truly gone. This was a very slick, very polished and very professional show.

Not words we’d usually associate with the Manchester band and it’s clear that Noel laid down some hard and fast rules before he signed up for this juggernaut of a world tour. The Chief has turned the new Oasis into a tightly-drilled machine.

And anybody who might have been expecting some kind of final rapprochement between the brothers now that they were back on "home turf" would have left disappointed on Saturday night.

Any signs of the age-old power struggle between the Gallaghers were well hidden and other than that opening show of unity, there was very little interaction between the siblings.

Not that Liam was going to let that spoil his fun. His in-between song patter is akin to scrolling his Twitter feed and equally hard to decipher; we are told we are "lunatics" and that we are the "bollocks" and his static stage showmanship, something he calls "stillism", rarely sees him leave the same spot. We are still not sure if he’s going to kiss or headbutt the microphone.

Oasis on stage in Croke Park Photo: Big Brother Recordings

A life-affirming night for the two generations of Oasis fans at Croke Park. Photo credit: Big Brother Recordings

Students of Oasis setlists wouldn’t have found much to dissect on Saturday night. Nearly everything they play is from their first two albums and their great compilation record, The Masterplan.

Opener Acquiesce sounds particularly vital in the summer night, as does Some Might Say and Cigarettes and Alcohol, two wicked, wicked things that no longer hold much interest for the thousands of young people in Croker.

Another stand-out is a blistering D’You Know What I Mean?, the snarling 1997 single that gave hope to keepers of the Oasis flame that the band had much more to offer.

The less than stellar 1995 hit Roll With It gets one of the biggest reactions of the night and clearly it’s been adopted as an anthem for a crowd who are here for a good time all the time.

Noel’s mid-show solo turn is also excellent. Mr Melancholia’s pleading voice on superior compositions like Talk Tonight and Half a World Away is a highpoint of the evening. A return to the full band wall of sound for the ever great Supersonic and Live Forever brings the place to its feet again. (The sound on Saturday was very, very good and maybe even made an impression in Croker’s nosebleed seats).

Watch: Liam and Noel Gallagher walk on stage hand in hand as Oasis make their electrifying return to Ireland.

The encore is, of course, the Oasis power set; there’s a mass singalong to Don’t Look Back in Anger, a song that still delivers a satisfying wallop all these years later; Liam pours everything into an emotional reading of Wonderwall, which turns GAA HQ into a constellation of mobile phones; and who cares that a spiralling Champagne Supernova ends with the giant screens showing the sun going down over a shimmering ocean. Subtly was never an Oasis thing.

So, this is the new Oasis in action - huge energy, military-like precision, not a foot or note out of place. Part of its thuggish charm and their eventual failure all those decades ago was their edge and their sense of danger, the unpredictability of it all.

That is gone now but these songs about feeling happy and then feeling sad are still very much vital and life-affirming for the two generations of Oasis fans who turned Croke Park into one mass celebration on Saturday night. It was worth the wait.

Review: The 'new' Oasis leaves Croker in a daze



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Oasis Blast Chicago Fans With Sonic Overload at First U.S. Reunion Show: ‘We Invented All This Madness'

Story by Gil Kaufman


Oasis Blast Chicago Fans With Sonic Overload at First U.S. Reunion Show: ‘We Invented All This Madness'

Oasis Blast Chicago Fans With Sonic Overload at First U.S. Reunion Show: ‘We Invented All This Madness'

It's been said countless times since Liam and Noel Gallagher buried the hatchet last year to launch their rapturously received Oasis Live '25 reunion run, but the formerly quarrelsome siblings who used to make Cane and Abel look like the Kelce brothers have found that special magic again. And then some.

When the tour finally hit U.S. shores on Thursday night (Aug. 28) at a sold-out Soldier Field in Chicago for one of only five American dates, there was an unmistakable, heart-warming majesty to the display of true brotherhood between the Gallaghers. From their now signature hand-in-hand walk out to subtle nods and hip-check nudges between them, the years of estrangement seemed like an ancient memory, leaving in their place a dedication to playing their most beloved songs as loudly, brashly and tightly as ever.

Despite the unwavering setlist and even somewhat similar between-song banter, the first Oasis show on U.S. soil in nearly 17 years made it feel like no time at all had gone by the second the band's signature party-starting go song - the beat-attack, mostly instrumental "F-kin' in the Bushes" -  blared from speakers to a jubilant mob geeked for the return of the Britpop kings.

One thing that hasn't changed is singer Liam Gallagher's punkish swagger, as evidenced by the shades that never left his face for the duration of the two-hour, 23-song gig and his playful shout-out to the "drug takers" and "glue sniffers" before "Bring It On Down." Whereas in years past the band's formerly volatile vocalist might have tossed the occasional tambourine or maraca in frustration - he's now banned from letting any instruments fly for safety reasons, if you can believe it -  the closest he got to maligning one of his instruments in Chicago were the few times he playfully clamped his tambo between his teeth during instrumental passages.The professionalism extended to the sharp, all-black ensembles worn by the entire band, which gave off an us-against-the-world gang vibe as tight as the song's arrangements. When Liam leaned into the microphone to howl the chorus of "Morning Glory" as the 60,000-plus crowd expertly backed him with an elongated "wellll," it was clear American fans have studied the tapes from the group's U.K. and Irish gigs last month and came prepared to do their part.

And boy did they. From the unending sea of Adidas stripes on track suits, football jerseys and sneakers, to what must have been a Midwest record for the most bucket hats in a single place at once, the crowd came to sing along and hoover up as much merch as possible. And off course they did the turn around and jump up and down Poznan dance during "Cigarettes & Alcohol," making the ground shake like a Britpop earthquake.

In the bad old days, Liam would sometimes wander off stage, or sulk on the drum riser during his vocal breaks over some perceived slight or agitation. But what a difference time has made, as 2025 Liam now blows kisses before "Some Might Say" before making the sign of a cross after dipping his fingers in his water bottle to get some holy mojo rolling.

He joked "we invented all this madness" before brother Noel unleashed the primal roar of "Supersonic," peeling off the gigantic, clear-as-a-bell riffs that had Liam swaggering over after "Roll With It" to give his older brother a friendly hand slap. The band's songwriter and occasional singer returned the favor by giving Liam a break during a mid-set ballad showcase featuring the Noel-led "Talk Tonight," "Half the World Away" and clear crowd favorite "Little By Little."

The Stones-y opening set from Bowling Green, Ky. brother band Cage the Elephant set the stage with a tight, kinetic performance that had singer Matt Shultz leaping into the air and bounding from one end of the stage to the other like a Bluegrass State Jagger, with no signs of the 2024 foot injury that had him scooting around stage in a medical boot for a while. In keeping with the sibling revelry on display all night, at one point Shultz sauntered over to older brother guitarist Brad Shultz and gave him a sweet brotherly shove after a bit of teasing.

Liam didn't say much to the crowd, but when he did speak it was to spread the love, telling his Chicago fans that it was "f–kin' mega to be back in America," noting that "we always loved ya" as the band dove into 1997's Be Here Now classic "Stand By Me." There were other playful gestures, such as the "c'mon now" flick of the ears urging the audience to sing along to that song or his cheeky search for "any lovers in the house" before the 1994 Definitely Maybe track "Slide Away."

For a band that used to be dogged by obvious Beatles comparisons, Thursday's show felt less wedded to Fab formula and more focused on delivering waves of sonic overload and straight-up melodic stadium rock, as when "Live Forever" roped tens of thousands into reaching onto their tiptoes to get high enough for the falsetto "You and I we're gonna live forever" bit.

"Rock ‘N Roll Star" needed no such encouragement, with the audience doing the heavy vocal lifting on the track that ends in a swirl of psychedelic eddies. There were still the low-key, subtle nods to the Beatles, though, as in the familiar inclusion of a bit of Ringo Starr's "Octopus's Garden" at the end of "Whatever."

But truth be told, this set was mostly focused on giving the people what they came for, packed in one of the most epic show closers in rock. Noel took lead vocals on 1998's "The Masterplan, a lesser-known track that got No. 1 hit treatment from the passionate audience, who jumped up and down and pumped their fists with a kind of polite mayhem that never tipped over into loutish behavior.

On a perfect 65-degree night, Oasis landed the plane with the undisputed murder's row trifect of encores, beginning with the unmistakable rolling piano and drum roll intro to "Don't Look Back in Anger," a song so titanic that Noel didn't even have to sing lead on the chorus. That kind of artistic abdication can sometimes come off as lazy, but in this case there was something heartwarming about letting the enthusiastic crowd carry that weight with joy and high fives all around.

His hoodie now up over his head so his face was nearly obscured, Liam returned for a pair of songs that are basically eternal Great Britpop Songbook classics at this point beginning with a majestic "Wonderwall" and ending with an absolutely levitating "Champagne Supernova."

Oasis have nothing left to prove. Their songs have, and do, stand the test of time. Their rancorous days seemingly are behind them, they have mastered the art of turning a football stadium into a pub sing-along with 60,000+ of their closest fans. But perhaps most impressive of all, they returned from a potentially career-killing hiatus just as strong, if not stronger than they were, minus the baggage and plus the hard-earned wisdom to trust that the songs are more than enough.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/oasis-blast-chicago-fans-with-sonic-overload-at-first-us-reunion-show-we-invented-

  

Edited by Sydney11

I was lucky enough to be at the first night in Croke Park Dublin and it was honestly an amazing concert, the atmosphere was electric from start to finish.

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    On 10/09/2025 at 00:13, Padamic_Tension said:

    I was lucky enough to be at the first night in Croke Park Dublin and it was honestly an amazing concert, the atmosphere was electric from start to finish.

    Lucky you . Two great nights I believe ....

    2 hours ago, Sydney11 said:

    Lucky you . Two great nights I believe ....

    Amazing i have to say, i think the crowd really really added to it and lifted the roof of the place for most of the night.

    All going well we will get a new live album release from them at some point.

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