Liam Gallagher says that he’s going to perform Oasis’ iconic debut album, Definitely Maybe, in full to celebrate its 30th anniversary next year. Oh hell yeah.
2024 will mark three whole decades since one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time was released, sending Oasis into the stratosphere and making them not only the biggest acts to come out of Manchester but one of the most well-known bands in the world.
Packed with some of the most legendary tunes — ‘Supersonic’, ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’, ‘Slide Away’, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’, ‘Live Forever’ and ‘Shakermaker’, just to name a few — it still remains a seminal piece of Manc and modern rock music heritage, so it’s only right it be properly celebrated.
With that in mind, Gallagher tweeted on Thursday, 11 May that he intends to put on a number of shows where he’ll be “playing the album from start to finish”. This just has to happen now, please.
As it’s 30 years since DM was released nxt year I’m gonna be playing the album from start to finish in it’s original order at a few BIBLICAL venues LG x
Responding to a commenter who said, “you can’t do this without Noel“, the younger Gallagher brother simply said, “watch me”.
ADVERTISEMENT
Liam has never shied away from playing Oasis songs on tour but given the majority of the iconic Britpop band’s discography was written by Noel, the older sibling kind of has dibs on a lot of the tunes and also mixes in a lot of his old songs into his current High Flying Birds sets.
Nevertheless, Liam has always defended his decision to play their hits and deep cuts down the years, arguing that “anyone who’s got a problem with [him] singing Oasis tunes ain’t real Oasis fans, there just massive C***Z” and that regardless of their 14-year-long spat, he’s “Oasis till I die”.
ADVERTISEMENT
Speaking of the lesser-played album tracks, Liam went on to say that even intends B-sides like ‘Cloudburst’, ‘Sad Song’ and ‘Whatever’. Even after this time, his love for that time in his life is still plain for all to see.
Liam said that these prospective shows will only be played at a few “BIBLICAL venues” and while that could mean anything from Knebworth to Wembley, we’re hoping we see more than one Manchester date on there.
Heaton Park, the Arena, the Etihad? To be honest, we’re not really fussed, just make it happen.
ADVERTISEMENT
As for whether it’s the kind of thing Noel would go in for given the momentous nature of the occasion, we’re going to go ahead and assume no.
Nevertheless, one Gallagher is still keeping the hope of an Oasis reunion alive as even besides Definitely Maybe‘s 30th anniversary, Liam say he’s more than up for getting the band back together in his football team finally do the business in Europe this season.
A$AP Rocky announces huge Manchester gig on new world tour
Daisy Jackson
A$AP Rocky is heading out on a massive world tour, and is including a gig here in Manchester.
The rapper, producer, actor and entrepreneur has just announced his upcoming 2026 tour, the Don’t Be Dumb World Tour, with a whopping 42 dates across the globe.
This will be fans’ first chance to hear his latest album and first release in eight years, Don’t Be Dumb, live.
The huge A$AP Rocky tour kicks off this May in the USA, before heading across to Europe in July.
That leg will include a gig at the Co-op Live in Manchester on Saturday 5 September, one of only three UK shows on the tour.
The announcement has come hot on the heels of the release of his fourth album last week, which Billboard has said ‘not only rewards patience but adds new wrinkles to the rapper’s approach — an evolved relationship with melody and a wiser lyrical slant’.
It became Spotify’s most pre-saved hip-hop album, with one million saves even before its release.
As well as his music career, A$AP Rocky has starred in films including the Golden Globe-winning If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, and has cemented himself as a fashion icon with his work as co-chair of the 2025 Met Gala.
He’s also been announced as the creative director for Ray-Ban, and was appointed as Chanel’s new house ambassador.
General sale for the Don’t Be Dumb World Tour will go live at 9am on Tuesday 27 January HERE.
There’ll be artist pre-sales, a Mastercard pre-sale, and various VIP packages available too.
‘Manc the Biff’: the Co-op Live crowd made the Clyro boys welcome on debut
Danny Jones
It feels like we’ve been waiting a long time to welcome Biffy Clyro back to Manchester, and they really didn’t disappoint on their Co-op Live debut.
Here’s our review of what was a proper rock show.
After a strong lineup of support acts with The Armed and Soft Play (formerly Slaves) injecting plenty of early energy into the crowds, already knew two things: the Scots wouldn’t disappoint, and a Manc crowd NEVER lets you down.
We knew everyone was on top form from the moment the Kilmarnock icons stepped out on stage under a swathe of blankets to the opener from their latest album, Futique.
Once the curtain was eventually lifted during ‘A Little Love’, which has quickly become one of the most popular singles for some time, you could see the sea of fans below start bouncing.
Rolling into the likes of ‘Hunting Season’ and Only Revolutions classic, ‘The Captain’, those bounces quite quickly turned into a healthy-sized pit, and those up in the stands with us finally got on their feet.
That was maybe our only complaint: we love seeing a seated section pretending they’re in standing from their start, but we get it and each to their own, of course.
In fact, the same goes for the rest of the session players joining them on the road this year.
One thing we weren’t expecting was quite how cool the production levels were going to be. We’ve never been Biffy fans for their creativity when it comes to toying with stage design or lighting rigs, but they threw in some fun effects regardless.
Highlights from the night included ‘Tiny Indoor Fireworks’, ‘Bubbles’, and ‘Black Chandelier’, though we were sad not to hear ‘Victory Over The Sun’, and it was especially gutting that one of our favourite tracks from the new record, ‘True Believer’, didn’t end up on the setlist.
Again, you can’t have anything – we’re just glad we got to be there and see a truly great British rock band proving that they are well and truly an arena-level band.
Lastly, even after all the years and an X-Factor cover trying its hardest to take the credit away from them, ‘Many of Horror’ is still an unbelievable rock ballad, and d’ya know who is an unbelievable rock band? “Biffy. F***ing. Clyroooooo.”
Danny Jones -
12th May 2023 
