The teased Oasis return will reportedly make more than £400million.
Last night at Reading Festival, Liam Gallagher seemed to confirm an upcoming reunion when he teased a mysterious date on his screens towards the end of his set, suggesting some news would be dropping at 8am on ‘27.08.24’. Shortly after, the same image cropped up in Manchester following Blossoms‘ homecoming gig in the city, and on Noel’s, Liam’s and Oasis’ official Twitter/X after the set.
Now, The Sun is reporting that if the brothers’ highly-anticipated reunion goes ahead, it could gross £400million. In an interview with the newspaper, music industry expert Professor Jonathan Shalit OBE, chairman of talent agency InterTalent, claimed that “with tickets, sponsorship, merchandise and filming,” the income for Noel and Liam could be “over £50million each.”
“This is a tour that could easily gross over £400million,” Shalit claims.
According to the newspaper, an anonymous staff member of a major UK ticketing firm has claimed that annual leave has been banned for the coming weeks to cope with the predicted immense demand for tickets.
— Oasis (@oasis) August 25, 2024
The paper is also reporting that no other original Oasis member will be joining the reunion, with members of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds instead allegedly stepping in for the shows.
Though there isn’t any official confirmation that the date leads to a reunion tour announcement, fans are adamant that Noel and Liam Gallagher are getting the band back together.
While speculation and talks of a potential Oasis reunion aren’t new to fans – there have been numerous instances of reunion discussions since their split in 2009 – this latest round of teases are the most prevalent in recent memory.
At Reading, Liam played Oasis’ debut studio album in full ahead of its 30th-anniversary reissue dropping on August 30. And, in honour of the occasion, he took a moment to shout out his brother, dedicating ‘Half The World Away’ to “Noel fucking Gallagher”, and further stoked rumours of an Oasis reunion earlier this Friday (August 23) at his Leeds headline set: “It is very interesting init? It is a very interesting situation we’ve found ourselves in.”
NME caught the set, calling it “excellent” in a five-star review. “But what makes it truly epochal,” Jordan Bassett writes, “is what it may represent. In revisiting the past, Liam Gallagher has perhaps ushered in a whole new era.”
Oasis are also rumoured to be potential headliners for next year’s edition of Glastonbury Festival. If true, the set would come 30 years after the release of their seminal 1995 LP ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’
The rumours also follow Noel’s recent praise of Liam in a conversation with John Robb, saying: “I can’t sing ‘Slide Away’ and ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ and ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Star’ and ‘Columbia’ and all that.
The band will release a 30th-anniversary reissue of ‘Definitely Maybe’ later this week, which will include previously unheard recordings from early recording sessions of the album. The recordings – which went missing 30 years ago – come from Oasis’ first-ever studio session as a signed band.
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