“Oasis is over,” Liam Gallagher told us in 2019. “If you miss them, you’re really bad luck.” Five years later, Oasis fans seem to be in luck, with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher widely rumoured to be planning a reunion tour next year. It’s huge news for a band that has been defunct since 2009 – and whose two most important members have categorically denied any chance of a reunion more times than Robert Plant has spoken the words “Led Zeppelin.” (Though the brothers made some great music together during the band’s run, they have had a falling out that dates back to Liam’s birth.)
While we still have some burning questions about the reunion, here's a brief timeline of all the times Noel and Liam said Oasis would never get back together.
[Note: Well, not ALL the times, because that list would potentially approach infinity and tax the server capacity of the Internet. The Gallagher brothers have spoken about this constantly in interviews and on social media over the years, with Liam frequently referring to his brother as a potato. “[I’m asked] “Every day of the week,” Noel told us in 2016. “People say, ‘You’re definitely going to change — you’re going to change,’ and I say, ‘That’s so rude. They’re trying to trick me mentally.’” Take it for the best, and definitely not a Jedi mind trick.
August 2011: According to Noel, the mere thought of being reunited makes his brother feel sick.
“Liam said the idea makes him vomit, and that would never happen, so I don’t need to add anything to that,” he says. Rolling Stone“I don’t need the damn money, but I think it’s a shame that songs like ‘Champagne Supernova,’ ‘Rock and Roll Star,’ ‘The Importance of Being Idle,’ and ‘The Shock of the Lightning’ won’t be played again,” he adds. “In the stadium. It makes me sad. Money doesn’t matter in a way.”
October 2011: Liam claims he's not desperate
“He's the one who keeps bringing it up,” Liam says. RS“I want to save him from his misery. But I think he needs to do his own thing first and realize that he’s no good without his brother. He has to find that out for himself. I’m up for it—I’m not desperate. And if it doesn’t work, I don’t care.”
December 2011: Liam prefers to eat his own poop.
Still fresh from the bitter split, Liam says Los Angeles Weekly“I'd rather eat my own shit than be in a band with him again. He's a miserable person, if you know what I mean.”
November 2013: Noel says, “If there's a meeting, I won't be in it.”
In an interview with RSNoel insists that an Oasis reunion will never happen. “I don’t think there’s any unfinished business,” he says. “I don’t think we’ve left anything unsaid, you know what I mean? It’s like if you’ve seen [Oasis]”Well, that's good for you. If you don't, it's too hard. I've never seen the Beatles. So, that's all.”
January 2015: Noel claims he's only doing it for the money.
“If I were to do it, it would be just for the money,” he notes in an interview with S. “That’s not what I’m putting forward here, by the way. Would I do it for charity? No, no. We’re not that kind of people. For Glastonbury? I don’t think so. [organizer] “Michael Eavis has enough money. But will we ever get back together? As long as everyone is still alive and has hair, it’s a possibility. But only for the money.”
In the same interview, he also expressed a common concern faced by many bands considering a reunion: what if they’re not as good as they used to be? “I think it’s ingrained in the English psyche – this idea that the glory days and the empire are over,” he says. “Led Zeppelin! The Smiths! The Jam! They all have to reinvent themselves! Why? So a bunch of middle-aged people can stand up in the O2 and say, ‘They’re not as good as they used to be.’ It’ll be the same with Oasis.”
May 2015: Noel blames Liam for giving Oasis fans false hope
“He's a bit dishonest with the Oasis fans in the sense that he's always getting their hopes up,” he says. RSThere was a rumor last week that we had reached an agreement between Messrs. [to reunite]But this rumor came from his family. It's a “source close to him,” and I'll tell you how close he is: You probably wake up with him every morning. In interviews, I always have to disappoint the kids. People say, 'You're breaking these kids' hearts.' Well, what the hell, man?”
May 2015: A Beatle intervenes
In the midst of the Gallagher brothers' public feud, their hero Paul McCartney speaks up: “My advice to them? Just get together and make some good music.” It's a good try, but it still doesn't work.
September 2016: Noel actually says, forget the money
“Look, to be honest, I don't need the money,” Noel says. RSBut that might change if they're offered $50 million ten years from now: “Oh, I'm in. I'm definitely in.”
February 2020: Noel denies Liam's claim he turned down £100m
“To all concerned: I am not aware of any offer from anyone for any amount of money to re-form legendary rock and roll band Oasis in Manchester,” he wrote on Twitter. “But I am fully aware that someone has a single to promote, so perhaps that is the cause of the confusion.”
February 2020: Liam says they won't last through the first course of “rock and roll star
“I think in order for us to get back together just for the money and to tour… we have to become friends again, you know what I mean?” he says. RS“If we ever become friends again, it would be the best thing that has happened since toast was invented. But if we do it without becoming friends again, I think it would be a waste of time. I don’t think we’ll last through the first song of ‘Rock N’ Roll Star.’ I think I’ll end up blaming him.”
May 2021: Noel doesn't feel like it, does he?
“People ask me this question every day and all I can say is I don’t feel like it,” Noel tells an Australian TV show. The project“When you’re in a band, you have to compromise, so I don’t think I can come up with an idea, show it to four people and then six weeks later someone rejects it because their cat has a cough. So I like to march to the beat of my own drum. I’m afraid Oasis is going to die.”
April 2022: Liam says yes, but not yet
“I'd like to think Oasis will get back together, but not this week,” he says. Lawyer“Revealing that he hadn’t seen his brother in 10 years, he said, “The door is open to anything. I wouldn’t be surprised if aliens landed tomorrow. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were already here. I wouldn’t be surprised if God was walking among us. I wouldn’t be surprised by all sorts of things.”
October 2022: Noel asks rhetorically, Are you going on vacation with your ex?
“It might sound funny, but Oasis sell as many records a year as we did when we were together,” he said on the Pub Talk podcast. “We’re as popular in the public eye as we ever were. And I’m happy about that. If we got back together, it would be a circus – and there’s no point in that. Just leave it as it is.”
February 2023: Matty Healy enters the chat
The lead singer of 1975 continues S with Tom Power “What do Oasis do?” he asks. “Can you imagine being in the hottest band in the world – right now, still – and not doing it because you’re in a fight with your brother?” And he doesn’t stop there: “Grow up. Headlining Glastonbury… Do me a favour, get back together. Stop fooling around.” Did his tough approach work? Well, no. A few months later, Noel told wrap “Healy is a ‘stupid idiot’ who needs to ‘review how bad his band is and split up.’” Liam takes a gentler approach, writing, “‘It’s our time to waste. Who made him the time president?’”
April 2023: Noel denies 'Definitely Maybe' anniversary tour
Noel tells the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera They will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sure maybe In August 2024, it will be re-released, but there will be no tour. “There are some great versions of these songs, some in acoustic form,” he says. “But there will be no tour, and we won’t be back together.”
May 2023: Noel says Liam is the one to call.
Speaking to BBC Radio Talk Sport, Noel said Liam was the person he should call. for him “Well, I put it out there,” he says. “He won’t call me… I mean, he should call me, because he keeps talking about it. You would think by now that he has some plan… He doesn’t have to talk to me. He won’t talk to me, he’s a coward. So he should have some of his people, or his agent, call my people and say, ‘Look, this is what we’re thinking.’ And then we’ll have a conversation about it. Until then, he’s being a little dishonest.”
June 2023: Noel compares Liam to “the little fucking kitten from Fucking” a partner'
On the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Noel debunked the idea that Liam is ready to return to work. “I’ve accepted now that this is never going to go away,” he says. “I’ve made it clear that if Liam really wanted to do this, he would have to call me, and he hasn’t called me, so I just assume he doesn’t want to either. Well, I know he doesn’t want to either, but he likes to paint this picture of, you know, this little f**king guy sitting with his bag packed by the door, you know, like the little f**king kitten from the movie ‘F**k.’” a partnerYou know, the damned little Spanish cat with the big teary eyes. “I [gonna] “Go do it now for your fans. I love you.” It’s like, “Okay, call me then.” And he didn’t call me. And until he does, it’s not going anywhere.”
June 2023: Noel claims they never received a “serious” offer
when N M A When asked if he had ever been offered a joint Britpop tour with Blur and Pulp, Noel said: “There's never been a serious offer about The Big O getting back together, but that's the way it is.”
Although Blur and Pulp have since reunited – and their former rival Damon Alborn even encouraged Oasis to do the same – Noel says his band is different. “Blur never broke up, did they? Pulp never broke up, they just went off and did other things, which is the mature way to deal with things. Unfortunately my fucking band wasn’t that mature in how they dealt with it. It was like a meltdown and a collapse.”
August 2023: Noel says family reunion depends on hair loss
During a live Q&A, Noel was asked who would be involved in the Oasis reunion. He said: “Me… Liam… Well, it's funny because we're all at a certain age now. Hair was a big thing in Oasis, so we'll have to see what everyone's hair looks like.” Pointing to his own hair, he said: “I'm in it no matter what. This isn't going anywhere.”
February 2024: Liam asks his brother for a box of chocolates.
“He knows I won't call him,” Liam says. Sunday Times “Regarding a reunion with Noel, he said: ‘He caused the band to break up, so he’s the one who’s going to be …
February 2024: Liam swears he called Noel.
“I called him!” Liam says. Mojo. “Well, my friends called Noel’s management team. We put an offer on the table for something with Oasis — because we were offered — and he said no. It was a big tour, a lot of money. He turned it down. I understand, he’s got a divorce. I’ll do it.” Sure maybe “Something to do and have a good time without.”
April 2024: Liam says it's time to move on.
Liam responds to Andy Bell's comments that Oasis “maybe” reuniting. (Bell, who fronts British shoegaze band Ride, played guitar in Oasis from 1999 to 2009.) When a fan gently suggested that Bell was just saying what Liam himself has said repeatedly over the past 15 years, he denied it. “I never mentioned [an] “The Oasis is reunited,” he says. “It’s over. We all have to really move on.” [on] “For our mental health.”
June 2024: Liam wonders if Oasis has hired their Adam Lambert.
On X, Liam claims he hasn't heard anything about the band reuniting. “Nobody told me about it,” he says. “Maybe they'll get a new singer like that guy from Queen.”
August 2024: Noel He says sure… maybe… no.
At a recent show with the band High Flying Birds, Noel responded to a fan in the crowd who asked for a reunion: “When are we going to see you? In 2025 or 2026? The answer is neither. I'll take the fact that you're chanting against me as a ridiculous compliment!”
