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Oasis 25: Heaton Park send off Oasis like only Manchester could – with biblical rain

Biblical.

Clementine Hall - 21st July 2025

Oasis are well and truly back on top as they performed for the final night at Heaton Park and what could still be the very last time in Manchester.

There are countless moments every night that show how uniting this full-on cultural moment has been.

The guy in the wheelchair being lifted overhead by a group of strangers for a better view. The couple getting engaged before being enveloped in a sea of bucket hats. The thousands of people gathering on ‘Gallagher Hill’ every night just to be close to this historic music event.

Then the celeb-spotting too: Jack Grealish, Shaun Ryder and Andy Whyment off Corrie in the same frame of a video; Orlando Bloom waving at fans. Liam and Noel’s kids all together on a big cousins’ night out. It’s had it all.

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For a lot of Mancs, the Oasis reunion has felt like Christmas morning ever since it was announced last year following a number of post-gig teasers like that Blossoms headliner at Wythenshawe Park.

And it certainly felt like that as we braved the soggy ground over at Heaton Park for their fifth and final live show in Manchester.

The atmosphere in the crowd was almost surreal, a mass of Britpop-loving super fans who have been waiting for this exact moment for almost twenty years – and you could tell.

As the brothers strutted on stage, hand in hand, a feeling of euphoric joy surged from the crowd of 80,000.

For two hours, they deliver anthem after anthem, each song transcending generations as the older lot look back to their ‘Live Forever’ days and the youth can’t quite wrap their head around the band in front of them being here and now.

Oasis are just as good as ever; Liam’s gritty vocals and Noel‘s ripping guitar slot together perfectly as though they were made for one another.

They’re loud and they’re unapologetic, they are the sound of the people, and we were absolutely lapping it up.

Every song was a hit, from bangers like ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ to fan favourite ‘Live Forever’, and of course ‘Wonderwall’, the brothers gave the people exactly what they wanted.

Liam, maracas in hand and parka zipped to the top, not only might be the coolest man to walk the planet, but was undoubtedly born to be a frontman of a band. The head nods, the frowning eyebrows, the fists clenched behind his back – we were fully gripped by his sheer stage presence.

There was a moment where he put the tambourine in his mouth, closed his eyes and lifted his head to the sky, taking it all in and getting lost in the music – an icon.

And of course, in true Manc fashion, the heavens opened an hour into their set as the grey cloud everyone had an eye on took centre stage.

Did we care? No, we did not. It only made the moment that more special as we united as one unit, singing as loud as we could to combat the elements.

It’s clear to see how much Oasis means to so many; their music is embedded into the national psyche with a presence that simply defines generations.

Who knows when they’ll be performing back in Manchester again, and if this was their last time, then they can rest assured that by returning, they’ve made themselves the biggest band in the world again. And that’s an accolade they truly deserve.

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