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Liam Gallagher humorously hints at (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? anniversary shows

He's going to keep playing Oasis tunes whether you like it or not, Noel - might as well get involved.

Danny Jones Danny Jones - 12th June 2024

Amidst his current run of Definitely Maybe anniversary shows, Liam Gallagher has hinted at the possibility of doing a similar tour for when (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? turns 30 next year.

The younger Gallagher brother is currently playing Oasis’ iconic debut album in full along with some cult favourite B-sides across the UK as we speak, and is set to return to Manchester this weekend for two massive shows at the Co-op Live Arena.

So far, the current anniversary tour has gone down an absolute storm and given that their similarly acclaimed sophomore album reaches the same landmark birthday in 2025, fans are now wondering whether the 51-year-old will see fit to do another back-to-back anniversary tour.

As it happens, while Noel Gallagher continues to play down any hopes of a fully-fledged reunion between the two, Liam is more than happy to keep rolling out the Oasis hits on his own terms and could very well be repeating a winning formula with (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? next year.

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He had to get the (What’s The Story) rumours circling in typical LG fashion (Credit: Liam Gallagher via X)

As you can see, LG quipped that he hasn’t got much else on next year so far and while we can never tell how seriously to take the legendary Manc singer ramblings online, you never know…

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In fact, the whole Definitely Maybe anniversary tour was announced via nothing more than an out-of-the-blue tweet (when it was still called Twitter) from the man himself back in October 2023 and here we are a few months later preparing for four sold-out nights at Manchester’s newest and biggest arena.

The thing is with Liam: he often says and does whatever he wants, so if he does genuinely desire to do another anniversary tour not only for their follow-up album but everything the band ever released, we wouldn’t be surprised one bit if he gets his way.

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That being said, Noel does regain the rights to all the music Oasis ever released next year, so who knows how that might affect any plans for more greatest hits-type tours. On the other hand, you get tribute bands doing exactly that all over the globe so what’s stopping the former frontman himself?

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Until Noel finally caves in, we’re content listening to these blokes and Liam just rolling back the years.

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We’re sure we speak for most fans when we say we’d much rather the two just kiss and make up already but, in the meantime, we’ll absolutely keep buying tickets to see Liam representing both Gallaghers and decades of the biggest and best music this country ever produced.

As he put it in another post earlier this week: “There’s only 1 way forward and it f***ing backwards. Definitely Maybe”.

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In fact, hopeful whispers have once again been picking up after fans spotted seats reserved for Noel at his little brother’s shows at London’s O2 Arena.

As for those of you heading to any of the four Definitely Maybe anniversary shows this month, you can find out all the important information you need down below.

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Co-op Live announce unreal trio of gigs as debut calendar hots up even more

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Music fans, strap in because Co-op Live has just confirmed a frankly ridiculous trio of gigs, and all in the space of a few hours as their first year of events only gets tastier.

The brand-new music and entertainment venue, the biggest indoor facility of its kind anywhere in Europe, only opened back in April and has already attracted some ridiculous names but they’re not slowing down with the announcements. Not even one bit.

After barely taking a beat between welcoming the Eagles, Liam Gallagher, Smashing Pumpkins and The Killers just to name a few, Co-op Live has revealed that iconic 80s singer Cyndi Lauper would be coming to the arena early next year.

Then, before even getting the chance to catch our breath, they followed that up by revealing that hip-hop and R’n’B legends Lauryn Hill and The Fugees will be arriving in just a few months, along with rock and pop-punk veterans Sum 41 just a couple of later.

Insanity.

To make things even more special, not only will it be Cyndi Lauper’s farewell tour following a career spanning nearly 50 years but these will also mark Sum 41’s final ever shows after confirming their split ahead of their new album.

And there’s The Fugees – an equally legendary trio in their own right – who they have decided to extend their current ‘Miseducation Anniversary Tour’. It’s music Christmas all come at once.

It feels like we get a whole of new acts announced for Co-op Live pretty much every week but it’s so rare you get a run of gigs dropped on you pretty much in go. The atmosphere in the immensely impressive space hasn’t disappointed even once just yet either.

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Although you’ll have to wait until 9 February next year to scream your heads off to ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ at the top of your lungs, Lauryn Hill and The Fugees arrive in Manchester on 12 October, while Sum 21 says their goodbyes just over a fortnight later on 28 October.

Presale tickets for all three events go live to Co-op members at 10am on Wednesday, 26 June and general admission will follow at the same time on Friday, 28 June.

At least in Lauper and Sum 41’s case, this is your last chance to see them live in Manchester, so don’t sleep on lining up for tickets in the morning.

You can book yours via Co-op Live’s events page HERE.

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Troye Sivan at AO Arena, Manchester – a celebration of self-expression

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In the seven years since Troye Sivan’s sexual awakening on 2018’s semi-explicit ‘Bloom’, the Australian has emerged as a sex-positive powerhouse.

He’s been soundtracking queer nightclubs across the globe with the dancefloor-ready earworm ‘Rush’ – the lead single from his third studio album ‘Something To Give Each Other’, itself a further step into self-embrace and expressionism and one that has seen Troye embark on a global tour endlessly spilling out online videos of brilliantly sexy and sultry dance routines and on-stage playfulness.

His Manchester outing at the AO Arena is no different, oozing with sensual choreography that wouldn’t be out of place on the Magic Mike Live stage, yet set to make those with a more reserved outlook blush.

But that’s largely the point here, the third step in a chronological journey that carefully treads from the self-questioning of ‘Heaven’ on his 2015 debut ‘Blue Neighbourhoods’ through to his unapologetic onstage gyrating, a symbol of his self-acceptance.

Anybody uncomfortable in tonight’s crowd is undoubtedly at the wrong show, an open celebration of all-round gayness and its culture.

It’s inherent in everything he says, informing the crowd that he made a b-line direct to Manchester’s iconic Canal Street the night before, and tantalisingly hinting that he may do the same after the show, before immodestly suggesting that this may cause some type of stampede.

Perhaps it’s the reason why the show both starts and ends unusually early, and why at just 17 songs, it’s one of the shorter headline sets an arena is used to.

It’s also telling that Troye doesn’t go further back than ‘Bloom’, with the title track, the anthemic ‘My My My!’ and the Ariana Grande-featuring ‘Dance To This’ just about making the cut.

The song choices are in-keeping with the mood of the evening, more mature and more adult than anything off his debut, or ‘Bloom’s retrospective numbers that failed to make the setlist.

Tonight is evidently an acknowledgement of lust, love and sex; a call to live in the moment and not to look back, and a hedonistic masterclass.

With that, each set piece is brilliantly positioned, the performance split into six acts each broken with Troye running off stage for an outfit change or for structures to be seamlessly assembled or disassembled.

Fan favourite ‘One Of Your Girls’ sees him don a lacey corset as he shares an intimate lap dance with one of his dancers, while the sultry ‘STUD’ glides like silk both in its vocal and on-stage performance.

But the biggest reaction is saved for the Charli XCX featuring (although sadly not on stage) ‘1999’, which rounds out the main set with a party befitting its lyrics, and gay anthem ‘Rush’ – complete with full dance routine and mesmerising light show to bring the decadent thrill ride to a close.

As Pride Month draws to a close, and with Salford’s Pink Picnic acting as the show’s pre-party for many, Troye Sivan delivers easily one of the biggest and most freeing celebrations of queerness Greater Manchester has to offer – via Perth, Australia, of course.

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