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Important, ground-breaking news:

From the Mail Online:

Liam Gallagher mural on fish and chip shop in Manchester leaves people in stitches - as they all make the same joke

[www.dailymail.co.uk]

That parka is tasty, I got the Stone Island smock he wore on his 2nd solo album. Great piece. I use the same original guitars as Keith and wears the same stuff as RKid. I wish I could've afforded the YSL baseball jacket Keith wore on the Olé Tour in 2016 but it was 2 years before I sold my house....

Liam has ‘confirmed’ that there is no ‘new Oasis’ album in the works:

[faroutmagazine.co.uk]

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Liam has ‘confirmed’ that there is no ‘new Oasis’ album in the works:

[faroutmagazine.co.uk]

Absolutely zero chance that no new music is coming. Liam is playing with people(and as always it works a treat).

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Liam has ‘confirmed’ that there is no ‘new Oasis’ album in the works:

[faroutmagazine.co.uk]

Absolutely zero chance that no new music is coming. Liam is playing with people(and as always it works a treat).

Yes, I suspect it’s Liam ‘being Liam’; I do hope we get a new album!

2025: the year will be dominated by all things OASIS!

South Korea and Japan now added:

[www.nme.com]

The Daily Mirror reports that those fans excited for a forthcoming 'big news' radio announcement this week, may be disappointed:

[www.mirror.co.uk]

The set-list for Oasis' much anticipated reunion tour has been leaked:

[www.dailymail.co.uk]

It looks pretty heavy on the 1994-'95 era, with only 5 tracks from Be Here Now, onwards.



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Too much warhorses! Where are the deep cuts?

Just kidding.

Strongy deserves a bleedin' award for gettin' in early
and grabbin' a bucket hat before prices & demand go thru da roof ....



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The set-list for Oasis' much anticipated reunion tour has been leaked:

[www.dailymail.co.uk]

It looks pretty heavy on the 1994-'95 era, with only 5 tracks from Be Here Now, onwards.

No worries, Liam's just taking the piss mate. It won't have a proper flow and it stems from some Oasis fan on twitter. Acquiesce as the opener would be Mega obviously.

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The set-list for Oasis' much anticipated reunion tour has been leaked:

[www.dailymail.co.uk]

It looks pretty heavy on the 1994-'95 era, with only 5 tracks from Be Here Now, onwards.

Liam is a joker, remember?

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Big Al
The set-list for Oasis' much anticipated reunion tour has been leaked:

[www.dailymail.co.uk]

It looks pretty heavy on the 1994-'95 era, with only 5 tracks from Be Here Now, onwards.

Tour starts in July. Don't think they're rehearsing just yet.

Seems unlikely that a setlist has been determined.

In the meantime Liam will be sure to keep everyone posted...

No way they’ve already picked a setlist. In early May, they’ll take a look at the ‘08/09 set minus the songs from the current album at the time, add a few extras to make a 91 minute set, job done.

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No way they’ve already picked a setlist. In early May, they’ll take a look at the ‘08/09 set minus the songs from the current album at the time, add a few extras to make a 91 minute set, job done.

Yes, probably. The leaked set-list does look good, though. Cast Now Shadow is a possibility, considering it's written about Richard Ashcroft and he's an opener on the U.K. and Ireland leg of the tour. It's very rarely performed, too.

Yeah, the set without Wonderwall seems official lol

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Yeah, the set without Wonderwall seems official lol

I didn't clock that!

I wouldn't mind them skipping it, but it's surely one they 'have' to perform.

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Yeah, the set without Wonderwall seems official lol

I didn't clock that!

I wouldn't mind them skipping it, but it's surely one they 'have' to perform.

Yeah I can't imagine it being skipped. In all honesty I would imagine the crowd being very disapointed if it's left out.

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Big Al
Important, ground-breaking news:

From the Mail Online:

Liam Gallagher mural on fish and chip shop in Manchester leaves people in stitches - as they all make the same joke

[www.dailymail.co.uk]

This is hilarious

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Yeah, the set without Wonderwall seems official lol

I didn't clock that!

I wouldn't mind them skipping it, but it's surely one they 'have' to perform.

Yeah I can't imagine it being skipped. In all honesty I would imagine the crowd being very disapointed if it's left out.

They did do one tour (2002) where they left out both Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova, and it was fine, but I think it was a different situation when they were still a working band touring other more recent hits.

According to the tour statistics on setlist.fm, Oasis played 86 performances in total in year 2002 (including promo shows and TV appearances). Of which, Wonderwall was played 31 times — a fair number if not a regular outing — while Champagne Supernova, only 6 times.

[www.setlist.fm]

I attended the two Osaka shows and luckily Wonderwall was played both nights although I was somewhat bewildered that it was a solo acoustic performance sung by Noel. The only other accompaniment was keyboard. Maybe he was in a mindset of reclaiming this Oasis classic as the original composer.

An interesting eyewitness account is posted on setlist.fm regarding the song’s aborted performance at the Royal Theatre, Canberra, Australia, Oct 14:

“Important note about "Wonderwall": Noel sat on stage solo with an acoustic guitar and begged the crowd 'Do not effing start singing along to this next one' and then started to strum "Wonderwall". Of course the crowd went crazy because it was well known that they would not be playing the song on this tour, and everyone started to sing along, so Noel grimaced, swore, and stopped playing it. Anyone who was there would struggle to forget this moment.”

[www.setlist.fm]

FTR Wonderwall was played at 8 out of the 10 shows in Japan which was preceding the Australian tour.



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According to the tour statistics on setlist.fm, Oasis played 86 performances in total in year 2002 (including promo shows and TV appearances). Of which, Wonderwall was played 31 times — a fair number if not a regular outing — while Champaign Supernova, only 6 times.

[www.setlist.fm]

I attended the two Osaka shows and luckily Wonderwall was played both nights although I was somewhat bewildered that it was a solo acoustic performance sung by Noel. The only other accompaniment was keyboard. Maybe he was in a mindset of reclaiming this Oasis classic as the original composer.

An interesting eyewitness account is posted on setlist.fm regarding the song’s aborted performance at the Royal Theatre, Canberra, Australia, Oct 14:

“Important note about "Wonderwall": Noel sat on stage solo with an acoustic guitar and begged the crowd 'Do not effing start singing along to this next one' and then started to strum "Wonderwall". Of course the crowd went crazy because it was well known that they would not be playing the song on this tour, and everyone started to sing along, so Noel grimaced, swore, and stopped playing it. Anyone who was there would struggle to forget this moment.”

[www.setlist.fm]

FTR Wonderwall was played at 8 out of the 10 shows in Japan which was preceding the Australian tour.

He knew that was going to happen. Typical Gallagher

Deleted —- tried to amend the misspelling in my post above (‘Champaign’ > ‘Champagne’), resulting in double post by mistake. Sorry about this.



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I’d forgotten they switched to having Noel do it acoustically toward the end of the tour. I maintain the gigs without it don’t seem the worse for it, though, but they’d be mad to leave it out this year.

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I’d forgotten they switched to having Noel do it acoustically toward the end of the tour. I maintain the gigs without it don’t seem the worse for it, though, but they’d be mad to leave it out this year.

On the final Oasis tour, I seem to recollect Noel performing an acoustic Don’t Look Back In Anger. He continued to perform it this way with his High Flying Birds band, but has recently reverted back to the original, electric rendition. Thank goodness! The acoustic version is utterly horrendous.

So now that GnR and Osis have made up what other "not before hell freezes over" are left?

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So now that GnR and Osis have made up what other "not before hell freezes over" are left?

Genuinely don't think there are any to an epic scale. There was a thread recently naming some bands, but any that truly could and haven't are unlikely. Hell, even the Misfits have reunited in recent years. Really think these were the last two, Oasis being the last with this massive draw.

The White Stripes probably will at some point, but that feels different. It would be big but its just two of them, and really Jack on his own is enough. But that would make headlines. Other than that that could? Technically Genesis and Talking Heads are still alive to do so but they very clearly won't.

Zeppelin and Floyd are missing key members and again, clearly won't and are too old to at this point. The Kinks are the same thing. REM could but eh, either doesn't seem like they have interest or again wouldn't be an Oasis situation where they sell out big places. Skid Row apparently would rather to continue having no name singers than take Sebastian back.

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So now that GnR and Osis have made up what other "not before hell freezes over" are left?

Genuinely don't think there are any to an epic scale. There was a thread recently naming some bands, but any that truly could and haven't are unlikely. Hell, even the Misfits have reunited in recent years. Really think these were the last two, Oasis being the last with this massive draw.

The White Stripes probably will at some point, but that feels different. It would be big but its just two of them, and really Jack on his own is enough. But that would make headlines. Other than that that could? Technically Genesis and Talking Heads are still alive to do so but they very clearly won't.

Zeppelin and Floyd are missing key members and again, clearly won't and are too old to at this point. The Kinks are the same thing. REM could but eh, either doesn't seem like they have interest or again wouldn't be an Oasis situation where they sell out big places. Skid Row apparently would rather to continue having no name singers than take Sebastian back.

Kinda feels like the end of an era. Makes me a bit sad honestly.

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So now that GnR and Osis have made up what other "not before hell freezes over" are left?

Genuinely don't think there are any to an epic scale. There was a thread recently naming some bands, but any that truly could and haven't are unlikely. Hell, even the Misfits have reunited in recent years. Really think these were the last two, Oasis being the last with this massive draw.

The White Stripes probably will at some point, but that feels different. It would be big but its just two of them, and really Jack on his own is enough. But that would make headlines. Other than that that could? Technically Genesis and Talking Heads are still alive to do so but they very clearly won't.

Zeppelin and Floyd are missing key members and again, clearly won't and are too old to at this point. The Kinks are the same thing. REM could but eh, either doesn't seem like they have interest or again wouldn't be an Oasis situation where they sell out big places. Skid Row apparently would rather to continue having no name singers than take Sebastian back.

Kinda feels like the end of an era. Makes me a bit sad honestly.

It's funny, it does and it doesn't to me. Don't get me wrong, I cut my teeth on reunions. I was not born when a lot of these bands were in their prime so starting with the Eagles reunion in 95 and continuing through to GNR and the Misfits in 2016 and 2018, was a great ride. I saw so many bands put on excellent second career act shows, and so many I never thought I'd see. Its been a great ride. But for going on 10 or maybe 15 years now, there's been less and less of people I really care about. In a way, that's more sad for me than reunions of consequence being done.

I wish there was more I could really connect with, but most of it just really isn't that consistent to me, or its so obviously trying to be something else. Vintage Trouble, Greta Van Fleet, great small bands like Silvertide and The Parlor Mob. There are a LOT of bands that have made some really good albums, but its usually a flash in the pan thing. Lightning in a bottle. For a number of reasons. In the last 20 years its been so hard to really break through. And there's only become more distractions. The biggest bands are usually the ones that change their sound to suit the mainstream. I loved Kings Of Leon, then they put out Sex On Fire, changed their sound to stay alive, and just became less interesting to me. A lot of bands like that.

So reunions have really been a big part of my life. But like everything else, it becomes less genuine and kinda inevitable. EVERYONE knew Oasis would eventually reform. They were just too big not to. No one knew how, and they are stubborn @#$%&, but there was just too much money on the table to never do so. I kinda got turned off when it was just overloaded bills of bands playing stadiums because there needs to be enough money in it. I don't need the overhype. Overall, I think that lessens a lot of the fun. If its big enough, it'll make waves. But very few bands make that kind of impact, which is only natural. I don't want it to just keep happening to keep the business alive, if that makes sense. I'm sad that there isn't much left to set the world on fire with reunions, but I also feel its a necessary turning of the page for a half a century that has overshadowed a business. No one gets to a Stones or Beatles level anymore, besides Taylor, and you still have the shadow of those bands that are still big sellers. I'd rather it end gracefully than pathetically, for people that used to be amazing. I don't know, I'd love to keep seeing classic bands but there was a moment they could have their second life and most of them did. Happy I saw it, but wouldn't be sad to call it quits. Everything has its time and can't go on forever.

Honestly, think Zep not continuing after that one show was a big turning point for me. I realized then its not worth it just to do it for the money. Around the same time Floyd didn't either and I was really upset, cause there were few people I never got to see. But on another level I was happy to see people not just going through the motions. Maybe that doesn't make sense but that was the turning point of "don't just do it so I can say I saw you." I respected bands that got over a lot of shit, then I started respecting a lot of bands that didn't want to desecrate their legacies or had moved on.

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So now that GnR and Osis have made up what other "not before hell freezes over" are left?

Genuinely don't think there are any to an epic scale. There was a thread recently naming some bands, but any that truly could and haven't are unlikely. Hell, even the Misfits have reunited in recent years. Really think these were the last two, Oasis being the last with this massive draw.

The White Stripes probably will at some point, but that feels different. It would be big but its just two of them, and really Jack on his own is enough. But that would make headlines. Other than that that could? Technically Genesis and Talking Heads are still alive to do so but they very clearly won't.

Zeppelin and Floyd are missing key members and again, clearly won't and are too old to at this point. The Kinks are the same thing. REM could but eh, either doesn't seem like they have interest or again wouldn't be an Oasis situation where they sell out big places. Skid Row apparently would rather to continue having no name singers than take Sebastian back.

Kinda feels like the end of an era. Makes me a bit sad honestly.

It's funny, it does and it doesn't to me. Don't get me wrong, I cut my teeth on reunions. I was not born when a lot of these bands were in their prime so starting with the Eagles reunion in 95 and continuing through to GNR and the Misfits in 2016 and 2018, was a great ride. I saw so many bands put on excellent second career act shows, and so many I never thought I'd see. Its been a great ride. But for going on 10 or maybe 15 years now, there's been less and less of people I really care about. In a way, that's more sad for me than reunions of consequence being done.

I wish there was more I could really connect with, but most of it just really isn't that consistent to me, or its so obviously trying to be something else. Vintage Trouble, Greta Van Fleet, great small bands like Silvertide and The Parlor Mob. There are a LOT of bands that have made some really good albums, but its usually a flash in the pan thing. Lightning in a bottle. For a number of reasons. In the last 20 years its been so hard to really break through. And there's only become more distractions. The biggest bands are usually the ones that change their sound to suit the mainstream. I loved Kings Of Leon, then they put out Sex On Fire, changed their sound to stay alive, and just became less interesting to me. A lot of bands like that.

So reunions have really been a big part of my life. But like everything else, it becomes less genuine and kinda inevitable. EVERYONE knew Oasis would eventually reform. They were just too big not to. No one knew how, and they are stubborn @#$%&, but there was just too much money on the table to never do so. I kinda got turned off when it was just overloaded bills of bands playing stadiums because there needs to be enough money in it. I don't need the overhype. Overall, I think that lessens a lot of the fun. If its big enough, it'll make waves. But very few bands make that kind of impact, which is only natural. I don't want it to just keep happening to keep the business alive, if that makes sense. I'm sad that there isn't much left to set the world on fire with reunions, but I also feel its a necessary turning of the page for a half a century that has overshadowed a business. No one gets to a Stones or Beatles level anymore, besides Taylor, and you still have the shadow of those bands that are still big sellers. I'd rather it end gracefully than pathetically, for people that used to be amazing. I don't know, I'd love to keep seeing classic bands but there was a moment they could have their second life and most of them did. Happy I saw it, but wouldn't be sad to call it quits. Everything has its time and can't go on forever.

Honestly, think Zep not continuing after that one show was a big turning point for me. I realized then its not worth it just to do it for the money. Around the same time Floyd didn't either and I was really upset, cause there were few people I never got to see. But on another level I was happy to see people not just going through the motions. Maybe that doesn't make sense but that was the turning point of "don't just do it so I can say I saw you." I respected bands that got over a lot of shit, then I started respecting a lot of bands that didn't want to desecrate their legacies or had moved on.

Very interesting perspective. And I agree that it seems very difficult for bands to get any kind of success these days. It seems only K-Pop ones reach any kind of stardom recently.

Basically, it's kind of similar story to the Stones. There was a point at which both Alphatians couldn't get along with each other any longer. Probably both egos were big enough to suppose being successful without the other. In both cases it didn't work because the project is greater than the sum of all participants.
And it goes without saying that money has huge influence and is the glue to repair all clacks ...