Reading and Leeds 2024: Fans react to rumours of an Oasis reunion
With rumours circulating that a long-awaited Oasis reunion may be on the cards, fans at Reading and Leeds 2024 have told NME whether they could see the band coming back together. Watch our video above.
READ MORE: Reading & Leeds 2024 liveblog: all the action as it happensSpeculation that the iconic Britpop group could be reforming has come to a head in recent days, and that Liam and Noel Gallagher have finally buried the hatchet since their split in 2009.
Liam responded to a fan’s question about the rumoured gigs taking place in Manchester in London, before antoher fan reached out to the ex-frontman on X, asking: âLiam reunion dates when?â Soon afterwards, the vocalistâs response got people talking, when he shared the potentially very revealing: âNxt Fridayâ.
That being said, in a separate response to a fan who accused him of âgetting everyone’s hopes up with all your wind-upsâ, the singer shared: âYour winding yourselfs up Iâve said NOTHINGâ.
Nxt Friday
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) August 25, 2024
It isnât yet clear whether next Friday (August 30) will see Oasis make an announcement about a reunion, however, that hasn’t stopped fans from getting their hopes up about the possibility.
On the final day of Reading And Leeds 2024 (Sunday, August 25), NME caught up with some fans waiting to see Liamâs headline set, and asked them to share their thoughts on the rumours.
On the whole, there seemed to be a pretty even divide between fans at the site. Some remained hopeful that the speculation could come to fruition, while others were adamant that the plans for a comeback â which would make their first performances since the appearance at V Festival in 2009 â would fall through.
âI do think an Oasis reunion is closer than we expectâ one fan told us while at the festival site earlier this afternoon, while another added: âBoth Noel and Liam are on tour at the moment, theyâre still producing music⦠I think theyâre going to go for it.”
Some, on the other hand, werenât quite so optimistic. âItâd be great to see it but the chances of them getting back together today is very unlikely,â one said, while someone else agreed, stating: âI donât think itâs going to happen. It’s the same thing every year, someone pasts something, it gets taken out of context.â
Speculation about an Oasis reunion has been rampant for some time, with both members taking a hot-and-cold approach to the idea of getting back together. Liam, said earlier this year that Noel was âstill playing hard to getâ, and also claimed that he would send him a box of chocolates as an apology for being âreally meanâ to him around the time of Oasisâ split in 2009.
There were also reports that dates had been booked for an Oasis reunion at Wembley Stadium this summer, but that never materialised.
Noel has discussed the possibility of an Oasis comeback in an interview with NME in the past too, adding that the reason why it hasnât happened yet was because there had ânever really been a serious offer about âThe Big Oâ getting back togetherâ.
More recently, Gene Gallagher â Noelâs nephew and Liam Gallagherâs son â previously weighed in on the Oasis debate, and explained in a new interview that his dad wants the reunion to come to fruition.
Former Oasis guitarist Bonehead has said that he would like a reunion to go ahead because of what it would mean to the âyounger fansâ of the band, and Andy Bell â who played bass for the band between 1999 and 2009 â said Oasis would âprobablyâ get back together at some point in the future.
Liam would later respond to Bellâs comments about a potential Oasis return, criticising him for âgetting peopleâs hopes upâ. Noel also took aim at Dave Grohl for bringing up the idea of a reunion at this yearâs Glastonbury â adding that he told him to âwind his fucking neck in about Oasisâ.
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Reading and Leeds 2024: Fans react to rumours of an Oasis reunion
Reading and Leeds 2024: Fans react to rumours of an Oasis reunion
Reading and Leeds 2024: Fans react to rumours of an Oasis reunion
Reading and Leeds 2024: Fans react to rumours of an Oasis reunion
Reading and Leeds 2024: Fans react to rumours of an Oasis reunion
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