Liam Gallagher issues 'stern warning' as start time revealed ahead of Edinburgh Oasis gigs
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Oasis star Liam Gallagher has revealed details for the first show of the reunion tour, alongside a stern warning.
In a post on X< Liam told fans in Cardiff when the highly-anticipated first show would kick off - and urged them to be on time. The Oasis frontman said: "OASIS on stage 8.15pm Cardiff don't be late or we'll start without you and you don't want that now do ya see ya there LG x."
The Mirror revealed support acts Cast will perform at 7pm, with Ashcroft taking to the stage at 7pm.
Some fans moaned that was a bit early for the Stand By Me rockers with one writing: "That's a bit early Liam." Another said: "8:15 is early but I'm NOT complaining." Liam cheekily hit back: "I think it's late if it was up to me we'd be having it at 5am. Don't blame me I do the singing and scowling."
Fishing for more details of the band's set list for the tour, a third fan asked: "What ya walking out too ? Will you say the first word or will Noel?" "Bad boys wham," Liam joked.
When one fan innocently asked: "Is it the same for Murrayfield LG? Happy Saturday," Liam got a bit of backlash from fans when he posted: "I've been asked to share this information with you all I'm not doing this every f***ing gig I'm not the TM."
One fan said: "Oh don't be aggressive it was a little question." Another wrote: "OKAY DON'T GET MAD AT US NOW URE THE ONE WHO TOLD US WE DIDN'T EVEN ASK." A third pointed out: "YOU'RE THE ONE THAT RANDOMLY SAID THIS DON'T BLAME US." When a fourth fan joked: "You're the band scheduler now?" Liam replied: "Looks like it."
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The legendary Manchester band will take to the stage together for the first time in 16 years next month for their mammoth Oasis Live '25 tour. It comes as previously warring brothers Liam and Noel patched up their differences to get the band back together last year.
After almost two decades of arguing, the brothers left fans in a state of disbelief when they announced their sensational return – almost 15 years to the day of their split in August 2009.
Their first comeback gig will be at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on July 4. This will be followed by a string of homecoming gigs in their native Manchester at Heaton Park and London's Wembley Stadium. They then play Edinburgh and Dublin before turning it into a world tour with dates in Chicago, Mexico, Tokyo, Melbourne, Sydney and Sao Paulo.
But if you missed out on getting Oasis tickets the first time round, there will be another chance to nab one - as the band confirmed this week that more tickets will be released very soon - just ahead of the Gallagher brothers hitting the road.
Speaking out in a statement on their social media accounts, Oasis wrote: "As the shows are getting closer, Oasis promoters may be able to release a very limited number of additional tickets for sale once final sight lines are checked and the production is fine tuned." It added: "These final production releases will happen over the coming days."
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Ahead of the Cardiff show, Noel shared: "We finished rehearsing last Tuesday. We've got a few days off now and it's sounding huge, so we're all, well this is it, there's no going back now. It's good."
Speaking to Talksport he was asked if he would be at Glastonbury this week. Noel joked: "I might have a look at it on the iPlayer, yeah, but everyone was saying 'are you coming?' I was like, 'I think it's probably best if I sit it out this year as I've got something going on next weekend.'"
Though things appear to be fine between the brothers now, Liam recently opened up to reveal what his one major regret about the band was. A fan asked him on social media: "How does it feel singing songs with ur brother again? Like old times?" Liam responded: "You know what it's spiritual, but I can't help think about all those wasted years, what a waste of PRECIOUS time."
But could fans see the once-warring brothers again after their upcoming tour? Replying to a fan, Liam teased: "Let's see how this tour goes and if we still love each other after it."
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My passion and journalism throughout this period, working closely with both Oasis and Coldplay, in print, digital and broadcast media, would ultimately combine and contribute to my rise to become The Sun's Editor and my appointment was announced on August 26, 2009. Strange timing because, two days later, Oasis would implode and split up in France, dominating those early papers. But, in a 2017 interview with GQ magazine, Liam would claim that it was my presence in the band's dressing room, before the Paris show, which sparked an incendiary row with Noel, ending the band. Dead forever. Or so we thought. I was mortified. He recalled: 'I saw Dominic Mohan and some other fing clown from The Sun waltzing around backstage, necking our champagne. Not having it.' As if I would be ligging backstage, sipping the Gallagher bubbly, just as I'd landed the biggest job in British journalism. Yes, I've been fortunate enough to witness Oasis live on more than 25 occasions — in Manchester, Tokyo, California, Milan, Oslo, Majorca and even Exeter — but never Paris. It was a case of mistaken identity. I was not there. Sixteen years on, these monumental 2025 congregations and the soul-stirring anthems which will reverberate around Britain's most cavernous venues shall serve to remind us all of a less complex time, where life felt more light-hearted, fun and colourful. A pre-pandemic, analogue world where all our dreams were made before we were chained to an iPhone and a Facebook page.
