Oasis have officially announced a HUGE reunion tour, with 14 shows across the UK and Ireland.
Liam and Noel Gallagher have finally put aside their differences and will be performing back on home turf in Manchester in July 2025.
It’s the news music fans have waited 15 long years for, ever since the brothers’ feud began.
Oasis have teased the reunion for the last couple of days with hints dropped on screens at Blossoms’ show and at Reading Festival, as well as on their socials.
And now it’s official – Oasis will be heading back to the fields of Heaton Park (as well as stadiums across the UK and Ireland) in 2025.
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In an official statement, they said: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over.
“Come see. It will not be televised.”
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The brothers have also been photographed together for the first time since the band’s split in 2009.
The black-and-white photo of them standing together has had many questioning if it’s a Photoshop job and they actually haven’t been in the same room yet.
But based on the below Tweet – this is for real.
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This one yes but the photoshoot was real I don’t know why they keep using this one pic.twitter.com/Pbufw6D4pi
The news of the Oasis reunion was shared with a nostalgic video of the band’s heyday, with them saying: “Me and him are like telepathic, know what I mean?
“I know my brother better than anybody else.
“When we both come together, you have greatness.”
The video, filled with clips of their performances over the years, then continues: “We make people feel something that’s indefinable.
“I’d do it all again, in a f**king heartbeat.
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“This is it, this is happening.
“People will never ever forget the way that you made them feel.”
Oasis 2025 tour dates in full
Cardiff Principality Stadium – 4 and 5 July
Manchester Heaton Park – 11, 12, 16*, 19, 20 July
London Wembley Stadium – 25, 26, 30* July; and 2, 3 August
Edinburgh Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium – 8, 9, 12* August
Dublin Croke Park – 16 and 17 August
* new dates
How to get tickets for the Oasis reunion tour in 2025
Tickets for the run of Oasis gigs in 2025 will go on sale at 9am on Saturday 31 August.
A pre-sale will take place on Friday 30 August, with fans selected through a ballot process – you can find out more and register here.
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When the news was announced, Oasis’ website actually crashed, so the demand is high.
‘Powerhouse’ Manchester named in top 10 global cities for music in 2026
Emily Sergeant
The top 10 cities across the globe for music in 2026 have been named, and Manchester has earned its place.
If there’s one thing Manchester is known and loved for over anything else, it’s music.
From Oasis and Joy Division, to Happy Mondays, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The 1975, and even more modern-day acts, there’s no end to the amount of talented artists this city has produced or been home to over the years, all contributing to Manchester being one of the most prestigious music cities there is.
The city’s live music scene has always been thriving, and that continues right through to this very day, as you’ll see big-name musicians including Manchester as a destination in their UK tour schedules more often than not.
Manchester has been named in the top 10 global cities for music in 2026 / Credit: Mylo Kaye | Nathan Mullet (via Unsplash)
Last summer was a sensational celebration for Manchester, as an immersive art trail, Music for the Senses, took over the city, and the annual Manchester Day was music-themed too, marking one of the biggest years for Manchester music in a long time.
Oh, and there was also the small matter of Oasis reforming for a UK tour, including a run of gigs at Heaton Park in June… in case you don’t remember, somehow (*wink wink*).
These next two months are also set to be huge for Manchester too, given the fact it is hosting both the 2026 BRIT Awards and MOBO Awards, on 28 February and 26 March respectively, for the first time at Co-op Live.
So it would only seem right that our city has earned itself a place in SeatPick‘s top 10 list of global music cities for 2026 – slotting right in there at a respectable number four.
Overall, Manchester claimed a score of 7.90 out of 10, as the city apparently hosts a total of 1,204 concerts per year across 116 venues, and even supports 380 music artists and 72 music-related businesses in the process, as well as hosting 26 different music festivals annually too.
“From indie and electronic to arena-filling acts, Manchester continues to punch above its weight as a powerhouse of British music,” SeatPick said in its new rankings of global music cities.
Other UK cities that feature in the top 10 are London at number two, and Glasgow and Bristol and number eight and nine, while claiming the coveted top spot of the list of global music cities for 2026 is the German capital of Berlin.
“What really stands out in this data is that the best music cities aren’t always the ones with the most artists,” explained Gilad Zilberman, who is the CEO of SeatPick. “Rather, they’re the ones where live music is tightly woven into everyday life.
“Cities like Berlin and Manchester have fewer artists than London, but higher audience concentration per venue, which typically leads to stronger ticket demand and more consistent sell-outs.”
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First batch of special releases for Record Store Day UK 2026 announced
Danny Jones
Yes, it’s nearly time for Record Store Day 2026, and the list of the first dozen or so limited edition releases here in the UK has just been announced.
With a fair few familiar and, more importantly, Northern names on there (but of course), #RSDUK26 is set to be another great one.
A total of 15 songs have been named on the lineup for this year so far, and yet again, the drops are in support of War Child, who will also be hosting a number of very special and intimate charity gigs during BRITs Week.
The two organisations have collaborated for the sixth time after having first joined forces back in 2020, and it feels like both the annual observance and its catalogue have only got better ever since.
Plenty that have caught our attention already, and there’s only more set to come…
As detailed in the post on social media, the Record Store Day team have retierated that “£1 from every single copy sold of these releases will be donated to the charity, helping to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of the children who are living through conflict around the world.”
We quickly noticed the likes of The Cure, Fleetwood Mac, Kaiser Chiefs, Mark Knopfler and Bring Me The Horizon, just to name a few.
Once more, here is the RSD 2026 release list in full:
Record Store Day release list | 2026
Corinne Bailey Rae – Live In New York
The Cure – Greatest Hits and Acoustic Hits (compilations)
Divorce – Live at Get Together 2025 for War Child
Dr Feelgood – Oily City Confidential (OST)
Fleetwood Mac – The Original Fleetwood Mac (compilation)
James Dean Bradfield – The Great Western
Kaiser Chiefs – The Future Is Medieval
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris – ‘All The Roadrunning’
Nicky Wire – Intimism
Primal Scream – Echo Dek
Rory Gallagher – Calling Card
Sigrid x BMTH – ‘Bad Life’
The Streets – Computers & Blues
The Vaccines – What Did You Expect…. Demos and B-sides
As always, all of these titles will be available behind the counter exclusively at indie record shops all over the country on Saturday, 18 April to celebrate Record Store Day UK 2026.
Oh, and if you need help with where to start, look no further.
Daisy Jackson -
27th August 2024 
