Oasis today have ended years of feverish speculation with the confirmation of a long awaited run of UK and Ireland shows forming the domestic leg of their OASIS LIVE '25 world tour. Oasis will hit Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin in the summer of 2025. Their only shows in Europe next year, this will be one of the biggest live moments of the decade.
Oasis commented: “Plans are underway for OASIS LIVE ’25 to go to other continents outside of Europe later next year.
“The guns have fallen silent.The stars have aligned.The great wait is over.Come see.It will not be televised.”
- Cardiff Principality Stadium - 4th / 5th July
- Manchester Heaton Park - 11th / 12th / 19th / 20th July
- London Wembley Stadium - 25th / 26th July / 2nd / 3rd August
- Edinburgh Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium - 8th / 9th August
- Dublin Croke Park - 16th / 17th August
Tickets on sale 9am (UK) & 8am (IRE) Saturday 31st August
Early versions of Definitely Maybe songs are also being released this week. Unheard renditions of songs such as Live Forever, Cigarettes & Alcohol and Rock'n'Roll Star were recorded at Monnow Valley Studios in south Wales.
"I kept saying there's no way they've gone missing, those tapes must be somewhere," Noel said. "The tapes went to our record label and were never seen again. It was canned. Turns out it was mislabelled. So I'd never heard that Monnow Valley record until six months ago."
In a record label video released last week to promote the 30th anniversary of Definitely Maybe, their debut album, Noel said of his estranged brother Liam: "When I would sing a song, it would sound good. When he sung it, it sounded great.
"I can't sing Cigarettes & Alcohol, Rock 'n' Roll Star and all that. I don't have the same attitude as him. My voice is half a Guinness on a Tuesday — it's all right. Liam’s is 10 shots of tequila on a Friday."
"What he did was inspire the kids at the front to do something, do you know what I mean? 'If he can do it, I can do it.' And he's still doing that now."
Formed in 1991, Oasis were signed by Creation Records in Glasgow on 31 May, 1993. The band had travelled from Manchester for a support slot at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut and were spotted by Glaswegian record label boss Alan McGee. Alan described the moment that changed music in the 90s: “I wouldn’t have got to see them normally, because when a band of mine’s playing I usually get in five minutes before they come on stage.
“However, because I’d gone with my sister Susan, who doesn’t happen to own a watch, I got there two hours early. I witnessed all the shenanigans, so I wanted to see what they were like.
“The first song was really good. Then the second was incredible. By the time they did this fantastic version of I Am the Walrus, I’d decided I’ve got to sign this group, now.
“I said, ‘Do you have a record deal? Do you want one? I wanna do it’.”
You will find Oasis tickets for all planned gigs here.
Here’s some pictures of the band and fans from the last time Oasis played in Scotland at Murrayfield.
1. Oasis in Edinburgh
We take a nostalgic look back at the times Oasis has visited Edinburgh over the years Photo: Third Party
2. Guitar hero
Pictured is Noel Gallagher on stage at Murrayfield in July 2000. Photo: TSPL
3. Hey, Mr Tambourine Man
Liam Gallagher with his tambourine as Oasis performed a now legendary gig at Murrayfield Stadium on July 29, 2000. Photo: NEIL HANNA Photo: NEIL HANNA
4. Full house
A picture of the crowd at Murrayfield Stadium during the Oasis gig in on June 17, 2009. Photo: TSPL Photo: TSPL