Noel Gallagher has admitted the Oasis Live ’25 Tour was “better than” anything they did in the ’90s. Speaking backstage at the BRIT Awards in Manchester on Saturday night (28 February) after collecting the Songwriter of the Year Award, he hailed the reunion as “the most incredible thing that any of us have ever done. “
The 58-year-old guitarist was speaking to radio 1 DJ Sarah Storey fresh from his award win, when he told her: “To come back after all these years, to get number one albums and all that is pretty mad, but we loved every minute and every second of it.”
Noel added: “The gigs were amazing, particularly the ones in Manchester, and I’m kind of lost for words for it, really. The gigs spoke for themselves, they were all 10 out 10, I know every band says that but they were truly astonishing and it was overwhelming in places to see the love for the band after all these years.
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Paying tribute to his bandmates during his acceptance speech earlier in the evening, Noel said: “Yes, Manchester! I’m going to start by saying I’ve got to thank my brother and Bonehead, and Guigsy, Tony McCarroll, Alan White, Gem, and Andy.
“They brought those songs to life, without them, I’d just be a singer-songwriter, and nobody gives a shit about singer-songwriters. More importantly, I’d like to thank you, the people who’ve kept those songs alive for the last 35 years. Without you, you’ve given us the most extraordinary life, and thank you very much for that. Have a great night.”
While the tour may be over for now, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is producing an Oasis Live ’25 Tour documentary, with renowned filmmakers Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace on board to direct – the duo behind LCD Soundsystem’s concert film Shut Up And Play The Hits.
Cameras rolled throughout rehearsals and pre‑tour meetings, giving fans the ultimate fly‑on‑the‑wall look at the reunion. He’s only watched fragments of the cut so far, yet Noel told Sarah he’s convinced it’s going to be “astonishing.”
He said: “I’ve only seen a tiny little bit of it, and it’s difficult to have an opinion on it because I’m only looking at little snippets.
“But everyone who has seen it, or seen more of it than I have, has said that it’s amazing. If it even captures five per cent of what that tour was, it’ll be astonishing. Looking forward to it.”
Fans were asked to send in their special memories associated with the Live Forever hitmakers’ songs for potential inclusion in the film.
A post on the oasis-film.com website read: “Now, in the year of Oasis’ sell-out reunion tour, Magna Studios and Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, A Thousand Blows) – in association with Oasis – are making a film exploring how this band’s music has become so important to so many.
“We are asking people all over the world if there is a particular Oasis song that has deep meaning for you. A song that tells the story of a life-changing moment, a love, a loss, a heartbreak, or a break for freedom. Whatever the Oasis song, whatever the story – tell us…”
Oasis’ UK and Ireland shows – their first in 16 years – kicked off in Cardiff on July 4 and saw them joined by special guests Richard Ashcroft and Cast. The hitmakers also played dates in the USA, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
The Oasis reunion marked the first time the band performed together since 2009, when they split after a backstage altercation between siblings Liam and Noel Gallagher at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris. Their reunion also meant that their children got to see the band for the first time as adults.
“They had never seen Oasis before and now they’ve seen it 38 times and they travelled all over the world and got to see as well,” Noel added.
“Unfortunately they want to move to Australia now. Took them for a trip around Sydney Harbour for fish and chips and now they want to move their now.”
Also in attendance at the BRITs, Noel’s daughter told reporters she is hopeful Oasis will “live forever” – and there could still be more to come from the Britpop legends after their Live ’25 reunion tour.
The 25‑year‑old photographer spent the summer following her dad, Noel Gallagher, 58, and uncle Liam Gallagher, 52. Speaking to NME, she admitted the experience left her wanting the band’s revival to continue.
She said: “I would love for Oasis to live forever, and I think it does in our hearts, but who knows!
“We had memories of Oasis before, but then I mainly cared about how many Milky Way Stars were in the dressing room or how many beef-flavoured Hula-Hoops were there for me to eat. So it was nice to now be able to go to the shows and experience it with a relatively clean head.”
She didn’t just attend a handful of gigs – she went to 12 nights in a row at one point, starting with the opening show at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4 and continuing through Heaton Park in Manchester, Wembley Stadium in London, Edinburgh’s Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium and two huge nights at Dublin’s Croke Park.
