Outside of the UK, Jakarta boasts some of the biggest streaming numbers for Oasis on the planet. Here’s how the Britpop kings built an adoring fanbase in a country they’ve never played W hen Indonesian comedian and content creator Aldi Taher posted a video of himself performing Oasis ’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ in 2022, it swept the country, quickly going viral. The clip, which now has 226,000 views on just one TikTok account, landed him a spot at the 2023 edition of Pesta Pora, one of Indonesia’s biggest music festivals.
Since then, he has officially adopted the Aldi Taher Gallagher persona as one of his shticks and changed his Instagram bio to “aldi taher gallagher, SE”. When the British band announced their unexpected reunion in August, he reposted it with the caption: “Alhamdulillah, my brothers are getting along now thanks to my advice.” READ MORE: How Oasis captured the hearts and minds of Gen Z: “Oasis will outlive us all” The response to Taher’s performance is no one-off when it comes to Indonesia’s voracious appetite for Oasis.
Although the band have never performed in the country – to date, Thailand and Singapore are the only Southeast Asian countries to have hosted their concerts – their fanbase here is massive. At present, the country’s capital, Jakarta, boasts the second-highest number of Oasis listeners on Spotify in the world – nearly 900,000 in early October 2024 – only beaten by London. Tribute bands paying homage to t.