Oasis and Sabrina Carpenter are currently competing to secure this week’s UK Number One single.
According to a new update from Official Charts, the American pop star is currently looking likely to secure her second week at the top of the singles charts this week with ‘Taste’ – the latest track from her album ‘Short n’ Sweet’.
Not only did the mid-week figures show the latest single leading the way, but her two previous singles, ‘Please Please Please’ and ‘Espresso’ – both of which formerly topped the charts – are close behind. They are currently in second and third place respectively.
However, there seems to be some major competition from Britpop icons Oasis, who are currently seeing various classic tracks storming up the rankings in light of the announcement of their Live ‘25 reunion shows.
Following them sharing the news last week, and creating a frenzy among fans when tickets went on sale over the weekend, their song ‘Live Forever’ has jumped from the Number 15 spot to Number 4.
If it is to retain this place or move up past some of Carpenter’s tracks, it will mark a new best for the 1994 song, which originally peaked at Number 10 upon its release.
With the long-awaited 30th anniversary edition of their ‘Definitely Maybe’ debut album finally arriving last week, other songs are making their way up the ranking too. ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ is now Number Seven on the charts, and ‘Wonderwall’ is just one place below at Number Eight.
With the immense hype about the reunion still going strong and hopes that extra tour dates will be added, it seems likely that both Liam and Noel Gallagher will be jumping further up the chart rankings this week. Find the current Top 10 below.
The current UK Singles Chart is:
1. Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Taste’
2. Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Please Please Please’
3. Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Espresso’
4. Oasis – ‘Live Forever’
5. Chase & Status/Stormzy – ‘Backbone’
6. Chappell Roan – ‘Good Luck Babe’
7. Oasis – ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’
8. Oasis – ‘Wonderwall’
9. Billie Eilish – ‘Birds Of A Feather’
10. Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – ‘Die With A Smile’
Following the announcement that Oasis had reformed, fans soon began to wonder which previous Oasis members could be joining Liam and Noel on the road in 2025.
At time of writing, it looks likely that co-founder Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs is reportedly on board, however, previous reports claimed that “no other original Oasis member is expected to join the reunion”, and that “the members of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will step in”. It is not yet known who will be playing the drums on the tour.
Alan White teased online that he might join the band over the weekend, while original Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll already hinted he won’t appear in the reunion tour. He said to MailOnline: “I’m happy for Noel and Liam. Really happy for them…They haven’t reached out yet and to be honest I’m not holding my breath.”
Tickets for the gigs went on sale Saturday morning (August 31) at 9am, and left many fans aggravated as countless reported issues with both Ticketmaster’s main website and the app apparently “crashing”.
Some that did eventually manage to get through the queue were then disappointed to see the cost of remaining tickets had increased due to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing policy.
Elsewhere, some fans complained about being kicked out of the queue after being mistaken for bots, while those attempting to purchase accessible tickets reported being unable to get through to the phone lines, despite some fans calling the designated number over 400 times.
Oasis announced tickets had officially sold out at 7pm the same day, and reports have since emerged that fans shouldn’t get their hopes up for more dates being announced anytime soon.
Set to kick off next summer, the dates will mark the Gallagher brothers’ first performance on stage together in 16 years.
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