Oasis have advised followers they won’t be headlining Glastonbury in 2025.
Liam Gallagher performing with Oasis on the 2004 Glastonbury Pageant
This week, brothers Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher ended their 15-year feud to reunite and announce the ‘Oasis Stay ’25’ tour, which kicks off on the Cardiff Principality Stadium on July 4.
Hypothesis has been rife that the ‘Supersonic’ rockers would additionally prime the invoice at Michael and Emily Eavis’ world well-known pageant held on Worthy Farm in Somerset, South West England, on the finish of June, however the siblings have categorically acknowledged that they won’t be performing.
A press release launched on Oasis’ official social media channels on Wednesday (28.08.24) learn: “Regardless of media hypothesis, Oasis won’t be enjoying Glastonbury 2025 or some other festivals subsequent 12 months.
“The one option to see the band carry out can be on their Oasis Stay ’25 World Tour.”
Oasis made their debut at Glastonbury in 1994 and their Sunday afternoon set is taken into account to be one of many pageant’s greatest ever.
The band – whose 1994 LP ‘Undoubtedly Possibly’ had develop into the fastest-selling debut album in British music historical past on the time – returned a 12 months later in 1995 as Friday night time headliners for the pageant’s twenty fifth anniversary.
In 2004, Oasis headlined for a second time bringing a biggest hits set to the Pyramid Stage on the Friday night throughout a break between albums.
Following their break up in 2009, Liam has been a daily performer at Glastonbury.
In 2013, his short-lived band Beady Eye performed a shock gig on the Different Stage at 11am on the Friday morning.
In 2017, Liam returned as a solo artist to the Different Stage on Saturday afternoon, closing his setlist with a model of ‘Don’t Look Again in Anger’ – initially sung by Noel – which he devoted to the victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the Manchester Enviornment assault, prompting a mass singalong from the large crowd that had gathered to look at him.
The 51-year-old singer was again on the Pyramid Stage in 2019 enjoying earlier than headliners The Killers, delivering a set filled with Oasis hits, together with ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’, ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Champagne Supernova”.
Noel, 57, introduced his Excessive Flying Birds to the Pyramid Stage in 2022 for his solely solo Glastonbury look. Performing earlier than Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney headlined. He additionally handled followers to a number of Oasis classics similar to ‘The Significance of Being Idle’, ‘Little By Little’, ‘No matter’ and 1995 primary ‘Do not Look Again In Anger’.
The guitarist has been a daily customer to Glastonbury, selecting to benefit from the occasion as a punter.
Talking in Michael and Emily Eavis’ ‘Glastonbury 50’ guide, he stated: “There are actually tons of of festivals on this planet, and I ought to know as a result of I’ve performed most, if not all, of them. The humorous factor is, although, there’s actually just one pageant on this planet – within the truest sense of the phrase, anyway. Glastonbury is extra vital than Christmas. Glastonbury is extra enjoyable than New Yr. Glastonbury could be brutal. Glastonbury could be magical.”
Oasis have introduced 14 stadium reveals throughout the UK and Eire subsequent summer season. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Saturday (31.08.24).
