There is one very good sign pointing to a possible Oasis reunion tour sequel next summer: the lack of a major football tourney. At least according to songwriter/guitarist and co-founder Noel Gallagher. In a call-in chat with his good friends at England’s talkSPORT’s Drive this week, when asked by co-host Andy Goldstein if he could respond to fans about the potential need to start saving up for Oasis tickets — specifically for a return to Knebworth, a persistent rumor — even in a cryptic way, Gallagher gave the most Gallagher answer possible.
After a brief pause, Noel did what Noel does and he put it on younger brother, singer Liam Gallagher. “It’s Liam, innit? He’s not into it,” Noel said of the band’s mercurial vocalist. “He’s not?” Goldstein responded with some measure of caution. “He’s not into Oasis anymore,” Noel assured him.
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When Goldstein noted that Liam had seemingly quit social media recently, Noel seemed surprised at the news about the vocalist notorious for generously answering fans’ queries, theories and trash talk with pointed quips on X. “Did he?” Noel said with a hearty laugh. “Yeah, I think he said, ‘I’m done.’ You didn’t know that?” Goldstein wondered.
He wasn’t wrong, on Aug. 25, Liam issued an all caps missive that read, “IM OUT OF HERE LOOK AFTER YOURSELVES AND REMEMBER DONT TALK TO S–T C–TS.” That said, just a day before Liam sent a not-so-coded message to Noel via the tweet, “ffs RKID announce the tour we’re all losing our minds.”
“Oh, well, then there must be something happening,” Noel said about the surprise social media leave-taking. “There must be something happening,” Gallagher continued, noting, “Well, let’s put it this way: there’s no football tournament next year, so we’ve got to do something in the summer, right?”
It wasn’t exactly a no, but neither was it a yes. And, to be fair, Noel is half-right. While there is no men’s soccer tourney next summer, the FIFA Women’s World Cup is taking place in Brazil in June and July. Just saying.
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Regardless, Oasis have not officially confirmed another round of reunion dates to follow their triumphant Oasis Live ’25 tour, which featured 41 sold-out, rapturously received gigs across Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia. Fans have been clamoring for a sequel amid a series of reports about a possible second run, including a potential return to the site of one of their greatest triumphs: a pair of 1996 gigs where they played to 250,000 over two nights at Knebworth in England.
At press time a spokesperson for the band had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment on possible 2027 dates.
Before seemingly bouncing off his socials, last month Liam threw ice cold water on the incessant round two chatter, writing on X, “It’s not HAPPENING so all you croc wearing flag waving s–t c–ts can calm the f–k down.” And while that seemingly definitive statement appeared to shut down any talk of a second go-round after the band’s unexpected get-back following a legendarily nasty 2009 split, it’s worth noting that it’s not the first, or twelfth time, Liam has made a seemingly contradictory or negative statement about more dates.
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At the end of the first run, during the final show in London on Sept. 29, 2025, Liam thanked the crowd and said teasingly, “Most of all, I wanna thank you lot for keeping the faith and putting this band back on the map … See you next year!”
Though the band has been off the radar since the final show on Nov. 23 in São Paulo, Brazil, they will be back, on movie screens anyway, next week when the reunion tour doc Don’t Look Back in Anger hits IMAX screen on Sept. 11 before screening on Hulu and Disney+ later this year.
