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A week ago, the idea of Oasis performing any of its songs live was laughable. But now, fans are getting their first chance in 15 years to see Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher together on stage again, with the long-estranged brothers finally burying the hatchet and announcing a reunion tour Tuesday (Aug. 27).

After some light teasing on social media — but enough to make fans hold their breath — Oasis broke the news that the band is back together by sharing a photo of them standing side by side. “The guns have fallen silent,” the Gallaghers wrote. “The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”

With that came confirmation of 2025 concert dates across Europe — including four nights at London’s Wembley Stadium — plus a promise that more shows would soon be announced for other continents. The whole ordeal left fans stunned, with an outpouring in social media posts ranging from excitement to disbelief over what one person called “a historic peace treaty.”

“liam and noel working it out on the remix was NOT on my 2024 bingo card,” another person tweeted.

Now that it’s official, though, it’s time to get excited about setlist possibilities. Between their formation in the early ’90s to their split in 2009, the Gallaghers released seven studio albums — three of which reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200. They charted three songs on the Billboard Hot 100, achieving their highest peak when “Wonderwall” hit No. 8 in ’96, and logged 14 entries on the Alternative Airplay chart.

Of those classics, which are you most excited to potentially hear Oasis play live for the first time in years? Cast your vote below.

After 15 years apart, Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher are no longer looking back in anger — and Oasis fans are feeling everything from euphoria to disbelief over the Britpop duo’s surprise reunion.

Following the long-estranged brothers’ announcement Tuesday (Aug. 27) that they’d buried the hatchet, setting their sights on a 2025 tour featuring four nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, there was an outpouring of stunned reactions from listeners all over the world on social media. Many of them joked about the lengths they’d go to in order to secure tickets to the reunion shows — including selling their cars or houses — while others poked fun at the Gallaghers’ yearslong feud, predicting that the performances will culminate in “Liam swing[ing] a guitar at Noel’s head.”

Some fans could barely wrap their heads around it. “Whoever made this happen has to head to the United Nations immediately because we got some conflicts here that need solving,” one person quipped, while another wrote, “liam and noel working it out on the remix was NOT on my 2024 bingo card,” referencing how Charli XCX and Lorde squashed their beef by duetting on “Girl, So Confusing” earlier this summer.

“While everyone else was focused on the DNC, Biden was secretly brokering a historic peace treaty between Liam and Noel Gallagher,” another fan added.

One person, inspired by the brothers’ peacemaking, tweeted their hopes for another British band to do the same. “If Oasis can do it, so can One Direction,” they wrote.

The last time Oasis performed as a band was in 2009, after which the Gallaghers split up and fanned the flames of a bitter feud for a decade and a half. In 2011, Liam took legal action against Noel for allegedly saying that the former’s hangover had led to the cancellation of a festival performance two years prior, but the suit was later dropped. After breaking up the band, both artists formed successful musical careers of their own.

After years of firing shots at one another and squandering fans’ occasional hopes of a reunion, an announcement on the Gallaghers’ social media accounts this week officially put an end to the public feud: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”

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