With a shoutout to Noel and a teaser of an Oasis reunion announcement, Liam Gallagher has closed Reading Festival 2024 Liam Gallagher closed Reading Festival tonight – here’s a recap of what went down during his highly-anticipated performance. READ MORE: Reading & Leeds 2024 liveblog: all the action as it happens Gallagher’s set came in the midst of growing Oasis reunion rumours — spurred by the frontman himself on Twitter/X in the leadup to him taking the main stage. So, by the time his set started, fans had already spent the day anticipating a potential appearance from Noel Gallagher — one that would mark the end of their two-decade public rift and see a return of Oasis .
That’s not quite what happened, but the set seemed to confirm that an end to the band’s infamous hiatus is approaching. Gallagher played Oasis ‘ debut studio album in full tonight ahead of its 30th-anniversary reissue dropping on August 30 . And, in honour of the occasion, he took a moment to shout out his brother.
Before launching into ‘Half The World Away’, he told the crowd: “I wanna dedicate this song to Noel fucking Gallagher.” "I wanna dedicate this song to Noel fucking Gallagher" Lovely stuff. pic.
twitter.com/tInvMXWFla — Andrew Trendell (@AndrewTrendell) August 25, 2024 Other dedications included handing ‘Digsy’s Dinner’ to “all the vegetarians” and prefacing ‘D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?’ with “who’s still sniffing glue in Reading? This one’s for all the space cadets”. Gallagher also teased a mysterious date on his screens towards the end of his set, with some news allegedly dropping at 8am on ‘27.
08.24’. The same image cropped up in Manchester following Blossoms ‘ homecoming gig in the city, and on Noel’s, Liam’s and Oasis’s official Twitter/X after the set .
pic.twitter.com/brojDaVHpx — Noel Gallagher (@NoelGallagher) August 25, 2024 Oasis!? Video teaser for the long awaited reunion appears straight just after Blossoms finished their homecoming gig at #livefromwythenshawepark @MENnewsdesk @CityLifeManc #oasisreunion pic.
twitter.com/JuCdTla69s — Aidan McCartney (@aidanmccartney) August 25, 2024 When not fuelling Oasis-reunion speculation, Gallagher took a moment to acknowledge those in the crowd at Reading for the rite-of-passage celebration of their exam results, altering the lyrics of ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ to include the line: “It doesn’t matter how many fucking GCSEs you’ve got.” It’s a sentiment he continued to the end, admitting he had pre-conceptions about the audience before taking to the stage.
“They all fucking think they’re clever clogs, too cool for school and shit like that. ‘I’m gonna be a doctor on Monday, fuck Liam G and all that bollocks, his Rock and Roll nonsense’,” he said. “Well, you actually turned out nice like good kids.
” And, with that, he departed with a cover of The Beatles ‘ ‘I Am the Walrus’, closing Reading for another year while, perhaps, opening the door to a new era for Oasis. Liam Gallagher (Credit: Andy Ford for NME) Check out the full setlist below. Liam Gallagher’s Reading Festival 2024 setlist was: ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’ ‘Columbia’ ‘Shakermaker’ ‘Up in the Sky’ ‘Digsy’s Dinner’ ‘Bring It On Down’ ‘Half the World Away’ ‘D’Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?’ ‘Fade Away’ ‘(It’s Good) To Be Free’ ‘Whatever’ ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ ‘Married With Children’ ‘Supersonic’ ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ Related Topics Britpop Liam Gallagher Oasis Rock.
