Liam Gallagher is perennially on social media these days and in his latest spell killing timeonline, the Oasis frontman has hinted at a potential setlist for the long-awaited reunion tour.
We’ve still got to wait until summer before the Oasis Live ’25 world tour fully kicks off, with Manchester’s Heaton Park set for five massive hometown dates in July, but people are already starting to lick their lips at the mere idea of what songs the legendary Britpop band might play now they’re back.
Now, of course, you can rightly assume we’ll hear the likes of ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, ‘Live Forever’, ‘Champagne Supernova’ and all the other hits, but it’s trying to fill in the blanks between the famous singles that people are having most fun with.
One Twitter—sorry, X user looks to have come pretty close in fact, as Liam Gallagher himself replied to a fan asking if a rumoured Oasis reunion setlist ‘leaked’ online was genuine – to which the 52-year-old had this to say.
As you can see, his reply to the heavily reshared mock-up of the suspected Oasis Live ’25 setlist looks to be one largely of confirmation, admitting that it’s not far off what the Burnage boys have cooking up.
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LG himself confirmed that rehearsals had begun back in October which means that, yes, the Gallaghers haven’t just been in the same room as each other for a few quick pictures but they’ve actually played music together for the first time in over 15 years – and have been doing so for the past few months.
Whether or not the creator of this supposed setlist has managed to guess roughly the right running order or manage to guess a few of the less obvious album tracks that the Manchester icons, we’ll just have to wait and see.
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If it’s even a little bit the latter then fans of deeper cuts like ‘The Hindu Times’ and ‘Shakermaker’ will be buzzing, but the greater likelihood is that the duo have just packed their upcoming performances with as many well-known and much-loved bangers as possible.
We’ll be happy with whatever they come out with, to be honest – we just want to finally see scenes like this in this flesh.
One of Oasis’ last-ever gigs.
Noel sings ‘Half The World Away’ with his brother Liam sitting down on stage looking on.
That being said, they were of course still touring the last album they put out, Dig Out Your Soul (2008), back then and, as much of a soft spot we have for some of the tracks on there, we expect much very few of the songs off that record will make the final cut.
What about you lot, then: what tunes would you most like to hear on the ‘Oasis Live ’25’ setlist when the reunion finally rolls around?
We’ve certainly got our favourites – and in order, no less…
Watch Johnny Marr join Franz Ferdinand on stage in Manchester for a Smiths classic
Danny Jones
Franz Ferdinand are the latest act to play Aviva Studios as part of the ongoing Amazon series here in Manchester and were joined by a local music legend during the performance: none other than the mighty Johnny Marr.
Amazon Music UK’s ‘City Sessions’ has already seen the likes of Bastille and Ella Henderson kick off the programme of live performances at Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, and this past weekend saw the alternative indie veterans become the third.
Better yet, the Manchester crowd got to see one of their hometown heroes as well, as the former Smiths guitarist turned lyricist and solo artist joined the Glaswegians on stage for a spell.
A ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’ cover by Franz Ferdinand featuring Johnny Marr himself was on absolutely no one’s bingo card for 2025 but we’re very happy we’ve lived to see this cameo.
The 61-year-old musician still has all the effortless swagger he always did and although anyone would struggle to match the same distinct vocal style as Morrissey, lead singer Alex Kapranos did a great job.
Reacting to the clips shared online, the excitement in the room was clearly palpable, with one person writing, “I let out the biggest scream” and another adding, “The crossover I didn’t know I needed!”
A third wrote: “I’d like to see them do an album together like the magnificent FFS album” – referring to the standalone collaboration record created by the Franz Ferdinand and Sparks supergroup in 2015.
Local social media and marketing company, Altrincham HQ, also shared footage of the two artists colliding to perform the Franz fan favourite ‘Do You Want To’, with Marr playing lead throughout.
— Altrincham HQ – Social Media Marketing in Manc (@altrinchamhq) January 18, 2025
The entire performance was livestreamed on Amazon’s Twitch channel as part of the City Sessions series, so you can back and watch the full thing, but it’s fair to say this was the highlight.
It was only back in September that we saw the re-release of Johnny Marr’s only solo album with The Healers, Boomslang, but we’re glad to see the Manc icon is still finding plenty of opportunities to get on stage and do what he does best.
As for whether we’ll see more live performances of The Smiths tunes in the near future, Morrissey recently said that Marr now has full rights to all of their music and could feasibly tour with someone as lead should he wish.
However, the latter was quick to deny the controversial frontman’s claims and insisted that he had simply refused to sign an important document. His response also detailed previous talks about a potential reunion, though the chances of it ever happening now looked slimmer than ever.
An unmissable Whitney Houston tribute event is returning to Greater Manchester
Thomas Melia
A much-adored and cherished Whitney Houston tribute show is returning to Greater Manchester later this year for not one but two different shows, each channelling the charisma and energy of the pop legend.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the phenomenal theatre production, ‘Queen of the Night’, the show is visiting a multitude of stages and venues all across the UK.
0161 had to receive at least one date on this tour, partly due to being the music capital of the North and also due to the fact that this is a city many fans of the 80s diva will forever hold close to their hearts.
Houston played her final ever concert performance of her career here in this very city back in 2010, taking up residence in AO Arena for two nights of world-renowned ballads and mesmerising live vocals.
This tribute show is set to include some of the diva’s biggest and much-loved hits like ‘I Will Always Love You’, ‘How Will I Know’ and ‘The Greatest Love of All’, the audience is sure to be singing along.
Adenike Adewale is taking on the role of the American R’n’B Pop singer and is no stranger to the stage or TV, featuring on The Voice in 2021 where she sang a Whitney classic, making it to the semi-finals.
Fast forward to 1 June and the tour returns to Greater Manchester and legendary city centre space, Bridgewater Hall: an incredible room more than fit for renditions of the powerhouse vocalist.
A pair of stunning venues, two stunning shows and one incomparable voice.
It’s not only our lovely region the Queen of the Night experience will be visiting; our friends over at The Hoot have plenty of nearby opportunities to sing along too, with Yorkshire dates in Hull, Halifax, Harrogate and Bradford to name a few.
I’m definitely saving all my love for when this show visits us later this year in March, and after I buy out the front row for all my friends I’ll certainly relate to the smash 1993 single ‘I Have Nothing’.
Tickets are on sale already now – you can grab yours HERE.
Danny Jones -
7th January 2025 
