Oasis tour resumes as Liam and Noel Gallagher seek to end feud legacy

Oasis is nearing the end of a lucrative 41-date stadium tour, with Liam and Noel Gallagher each estimated to earn about £50 million as the run heads toward its final dates. The band has just taken a two-week break after wrapping the North American leg of the Live ’25 outing and will return to the stage with two Wembley Stadium shows beginning Sept. 27. They then head to South Korea, Hong Kong and Australia before moving on to South America and five final shows, culminating in São Paulo on Nov. 23. The reunion comes after years of public feuding and a string of chart-topping singles that cemented Oasis as a defining force in British music.

Oasis rose to fame in the 1990s with hits like Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger and Stop Crying Your Heart Out, becoming one of Britain’s most iconic bands. Yet the duo’s relationship has been defined as much by chaos as by music: tambourines used as weapons, no-shows and booze-fueled clashes stretched over three decades. Their volatile dynamic has shaped their legacy almost as much as their discography, and fans have long watched for signs of a lasting truce.

The first major fracture occurred on their first American tour in 1994, when Liam Gallagher repeatedly altered Noel’s lyrics to provoke both his brother and American audiences. The tension peaked at a Whiskey A Go Go showcase in Los Angeles, where Liam hurled a tambourine at Noel, prompting Noel to walk off stage and vanish for days. He later returned in Las Vegas and recast the moment in the song Talk Tonight.

Around the same period, the public heard the brothers’ spat in the infamous Wibbling Rivalry interview with NME. A 14-minute audio recording released the following year captured explosive bickering, with Noel likening Liam to a football hooligan and Liam retorting with a line about taking money “up your f*ing ae till it comes out your big toe.” The public airing of their quarrels became an enduring symbol of their volatile relationship.

In 1995, Noel sought to one-up the tambourine incident by hitting Liam with a cricket bat while the band worked on What’s the Story, Morning Glory? in Wales. The head-to-head fight, which Noel later called their biggest, erupted after Liam returned from the pub with partygoers in tow, while Noel was trying to concentrate. A fire extinguisher was activated in the farmhouse studio during the chaos, and the bat incident left Liam with a tale he remembers with a blend of humor and disbelief. The cricket bat was later recovered and sold at auction in 2011 for £1,000, a quiet footnote to a feud that defined an era for British rock.

Liam’s temper flared again in August 1996 when he pulled out of Oasis’ MTV Unplugged performance at the last minute, citing illness. Noel announced Liam wouldn’t be with the group, only for Liam to watch the show from the crowd, heckling his brother with a beer in hand. A few years later, tensions spiked again on tour in Spain in May 2000, when Liam’s questions about the paternity of Noel’s daughter Anaïs led Noel to headbutt him and split his lip. Noel left the band for a second time, and the European tour continued without him.

From there, the feud moved from physical clashes to verbal dueling. In a 2005 Spin magazine interview, Noel described the fight as “psychological warfare” and said he could “read him” and manipulate outcomes without fighting. He compared their dynamic to playing a slightly disused arcade game, a vivid metaphor for how their relationship had evolved. By 2009, Noel summed up the dynamic in Q Magazine: “He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet,” a line Liam would later echo in social media, albeit with a playful tone when thanking fans for tickets to his own tour.

The rupture culminated in Oasis’ breakup at Rock en Seine in Paris after a final backstage bust-up, with Liam allegedly wielding Noel’s guitar “like an axe.” Noel announced his departure in a statement saying he could no longer work with Liam, and Oasis disbanded. In the years since, the Gallagher brothers pursued separate careers, with occasional, carefully managed reunions that kept the flame of Oasis alive for dedicated fans.

Yet this summer, the Gallaghers rejoined for a global reunion tour that has drawn enormous demand and financial expectation. The 41-date trek is anticipated to deliver substantial proceeds for both brothers, including a potential experience at Knebworth in the coming year. After the North American leg, the pair paused to regroup, signaling a cautious but real step toward stability as they press into Europe, Asia, Australia and beyond. The current schedule reflects a broader cultural moment where late-career comebacks can be both lucrative and emotionally laden for artists who lived for years in the shadow of their own feud.

As Oasis heads toward the finish line of what some see as a tentative peace, observers note that the dynamic between Liam and Noel remains the most compelling element of the band’s ongoing story. The duo has managed not to fall into old routines of onstage or backstage sparring, a notable shift given the history. If the trend holds, the final chapters of this era could redefine what a reunion looks like for a band defined by its storms as much as its songs.