Any Oasis fan can tell you that when it comes to reunion rumours , they tend to come around every few months. But when things went into overdrive this last weekend, across social media and even in the broadsheet newspapers, something felt different . And when you follow Oasis news as closely as I do,it was obvious that this time was different.
And so, almost exactly 30 years since the release of their first album, and even more telling, 15 years since the band split – the reunion was confirmed this morning, with an initial 14-date run across the UK. The bitter back and forth between the two brothers has died down over the last two years and been replaced with more jovial banter, Noel even asked Liam to call him about a reunion plan in a radio interview about a year ago, and more recently, praised Liam’s voice. So with the news now confirmed, for super fans like me, it’s a time of mixed emotions: elation at the thought of seeing our musical heroes performing together, but also nervousness: Will they be as good? Will they even make it on stage without falling out again? I’ve been an Oasis fan for over three decades, and their first album Definitely Maybe, is still one of my favourite records of all time.
I was a tiny 15-year-old, brown girl from Wolverhampton when I heard that for the first time, probably not their target audience, but their working class roots, cocky swag and guitar sound resonated with me like nothing I’d heard before, and when I saw them on Top of .