Oasis convinced to reunite by one star after years of pleas to Noel and Liam
Oasis fans can't wait to see Noel and Liam Gallagher back in action when their tour kicks off in July after the brothers' bitter feud left them estranged for 16 years
Liam and Noel Gallagher sent fans into a frenzy when they announced they were reuniting last year and now it's been revealed who was behind the plan to get the band back together. The long-feuding brothers barely spoke for 16 years amid a bitter war of words between the Don't Look Back In Anger stars.
Oasis fans had just about given up hope that they would ever see the stars together on stage again. However, after years of radio silence, the band announced that they were embarking on a world tour and it's all, reportedly, thanks to Noel's daughter, Anais. Anais, 25, whose mum is former It girl, Meg Matthews, is good pals with Liam's sons, Lennon and Gene and is said to have spoken to her cousins about getting their dad back in the rehearsal room with Noel.
Following Noel's split from ex-wife, Sara McDonald in 2023, a source told The Sun: 'Anais was one of the biggest sources of comfort and support for Noel following his divorce. She was the one that was helping him get back on his feet and return to doing things he loved that had fallen by the wayside.'
Claiming Noel had tried to reconcile with Liam over the years, but to no avail, they continued: 'Over the years, Noel had offered an olive branch to Liam, but he'd never taken it up.
'Anais could tell her dad really wanted both his brothers, Liam and Paul, by his side after the split so was determined to get them back in touch. She gets on great with Liam's sons Gene and Lennon so she asked them if their dad would be willing to hear her out.
'They said they thought he would be receptive, so she then asked Liam to reach out to his brother to lend support. Liam's always wanted Oasis back together so he got in touch.'
Anais, who is said to have played a part in picking the tour's set list, recently spoke out in defence of younger Oasis fans, who were accused of not being able to appreciate the Britpop sensation's music because they were not of the same generation.
Insisting her dad's catalogue of hits was 'timeless', the photographer told Hello! magazine: 'I see this all the time actually - where someone will post a funny video or a cover song and people would say '[Oasis] would hate this'. No, no, you hate this.
'Sometimes people put this hyper-aggressive masculine ideology into what they think that my dad and my uncle are going to be like. They're actually a lot more accepting than the fans are.'
She added: 'People really love to hate on anything that young women like and it's really fascinating to me that young women want to go and see Taylor Swift and they're criticised because apparently it's not cool or it's embarrassing - and then young women want to go see Oasis and they're not allowed.
'So, where are young women allowed to take up space? People used the excuse of saying 'you weren't around', as a huge music fan myself, loads of bands that I like split up or were dead even by the time that I came to listen to them."
Noel and Liam will walk on stage for the first time together since the band split on July 4 at Cardiff's Principality Stadium. There will also be dates in Manchester, London and Dublin as well as Brazil and the US as part of the epic tour.
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