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Britpop band Oasis announce reunion tour

Aug 27, 2024, 6:15am EDT
Europe
FILE PHOTO: Members of British rock band Oasis rhythm guitarist Gem Archer, lead guitarist Noel Gallagher, bass guitarist Andy Bell and lead vocals Liam Gallagher pose during a news conference in Hong Kong February 25, 2006./File Photo
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Noel and Liam Gallagher confirmed that Oasis will reform for a series of live shows in the UK and Ireland next year.

The brothers have not been on speaking terms since they broke up in 2009 following a backstage brawl at a gig in Paris, but have apparently kissed and made up.

Oasis was one of the biggest bands of the Britpop movement and a standard-bearer for Britain’s brief 1990s cultural resurgence — more than 2.5 million people tried to get tickets for one 1996 concert — despite being, in essence, a Beatles knock-off even down to the funny little round glasses Liam wears.

A band statement announced “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over.”

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