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Oasis shut down Glastonbury rumours with strong statement after reunion announcement
Oasis have told fans they will not be playing at Glastonbury Festival next year, following rumours of a headline slot.
Noel and Liam Gallagher confirmed the band’s reunion on Tuesday morning, following weeks of speculation.
Some reports ahead of the announcement suggested the band would be playing a record 10 nights at Wembley Stadium and also headlining Glastonbury Festival.
However, the tour so far includes four dates at Wembley and four in Manchester, Oasis‘s home city, as well as gigs in Edinburgh, Dublin and Cardiff. When the announcement was made, they said these would be the only European shows.
Liam and Noel Gallagher – the first new picture. Pic: Simon Emmett
Speculation about Glastonbury continued on social media and in some press reports, and Oasis have now addressed the rumours directly.
“Despite media speculation, Oasis will not be playing Glastonbury 2025 or any other festivals next year,” they said in a statement. “The only way to see the band perform will be on their Oasis Live ’25 World Tour.”
Plans are in place for further dates outside Europe, the band confirmed in the original announcement.
The comeback comes 15 years after Noel quit the band, spelling the end of Oasis.
Both brothers shared the reunion news on their social media sites, saying: “This is it, this is happening.”
The gigs will take place in July and August 2025. Glastonbury Festival is held at the end of June.
“The guns have fallen silent,” Oasis said in their initial statement. “The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”
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The brothers have been pictured together for the first time in years to mark the announcement, with the photograph understood to have been taken in London in July. It is not known whether they had met up prior to that.
Revealing details about why the reunion is finally happening now after years without speaking to each other, the band’s statement said there had been “no great revelatory moment”, but rather “the gradual realisation that the time is right”.
However, they said the timing “must be a subconscious influence”, coming so close to the anniversary of Definitely Maybe, which was released 30 years ago this week.
Details of who else from Oasis’s previous line-ups will rejoin them, or of other musicians in the pipeline, have yet to be confirmed.