Live Forever: Global Stories From the Oasis Reunion Tour
The Oasis reunion isn’t just a tour — it’s a time capsule cracking open. From Cardiff to Toronto to New Jersey and beyond, Live Nation employees share what it feels like to be in the crowd for one of the biggest reunions in music history.
For the first time in 16 years, Oasis is back on stage, and our team is there. Across countries and generations, we’re capturing what it feels like to watch a band that changed everything return to the spotlight.
This was the soundtrack of growing up. Screaming Champagne Supernova alone in your car. Hearing your dad sing Don’t Look Back in Anger off-key on the way to school. Belting out Wonderwall in bars with strangers who suddenly felt like friends. These songs stuck — in our heads, in our bones, in the moments that shaped us.
The reunion is bringing people back to themselves and to each other. Stop by stop, our global Live Nation team and partners are sharing what it feels like to be part of it.
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Cardiff: Opening Night Eruption
Russell Wallach, Global President, Live Nation
Russell flew to Cardiff for opening night — the first Oasis show in 16 years. If there was ever a once-in-a-lifetime moment, this was it. Fans had waited more than a decade and a half for the Gallagher brothers to share a stage again, and the anticipation was electric through the city. Oasis songs blasted from every bar and city corner. Fans were already singing in the streets, and by the time the stadium filled, fans knew this was a moment they would never forget.
In front of me were guys who’d followed the band since the beginning next to kids who weren’t even born when Wonderwall came out, all of them singing every word.
A group of grown men in front of me even started crying.
Manchester: A Hometown Pilgrimage
Joe Robinson, Director of Operations, Cuffe & Taylor
There was no question Joe would be at the Manchester show. Oasis’ return to their hometown was always going to be special. Joe went with his wife and close friends — people who had been talking about this show for years.
Live Forever was a personal highlight. Singing it as loud as I could in the sun with my wife — unforgettable.
London: 90,000 at Wembley
Suzanne O’Neill, SVP of Experiential and Events, Live Nation
For Suzanne, the Oasis reunion was a 3,000-mile pilgrimage — and there was never any doubt it would be to Wembley. Ninety thousand fans had waited 16 years for this night, and she wanted to be there among them.
That’s what sets an Oasis show apart: every fan knows every word, feels every note in their bones, and wears their Adidas bucket hat like the ’90s never ended.
Even the concessions leaned into the moment, with signs for Doner Look Back in Anger Kebabs and Definitely Beer and Maybe Spirits — clever touches that made the experience feel like pure fandom.
Edinburgh: Singing in the Rain
Sara Jetty, Senior Director of Strategy & Business Planning, Live Nation
Sara’s love for Oasis started in her teens. She hung a painting of Liam Gallagher on her wall, collected every NME and Q cover, and even broke her parents’ DVD player rewatching There and Then. She saw the band twice in the Midwest, but missed their final show by just one day — a moment that stuck with her for 15 years.
That passion shaped her career in music. She later worked with Liam Gallagher and Beady Eye in London, but never stopped hoping Oasis would reunite. When the news finally came, she crossed the Atlantic with her husband to be part of their return in Edinburgh.
That’s the power of Oasis: bringing family, friends, and even strangers together for a night of pure joy.
Dublin, Don’t Look Back in Anger
Carla and her husband don’t always share the same taste in music, but Oasis is the exception.
“Oasis can do that. Their music brings people together, all walks of life, ages, genders, and backgrounds. They brought all of Dublin together that night, singing in one voice. A concert for the ages.”
Carla Speight, Partnerships Director, Live Nation
Sarah brought her brother to Croke Park, making the reunion a once-in-a-lifetime family moment.
“From seeing my brother’s face light up with sheer excitement to the nostalgic feeling that filled the air, the stadium was bursting with a sense of community from start to finish. It felt like a group of old schoolmates had reunited for the first time in years.”
Sarah Doyle, Senior Account Manager, Live Nation
Toronto Sings Back
Bronwyn Campbell, General Manager, Commodore Ballroom, Live Nation
Bronwyn has been an Oasis fan for decades, catching them both in the UK and at their North American debut in Toronto. After Wembley, she wondered if the same energy would carry across the Atlantic — and it did.
“The crowd showed up on both nights, and every lyric of every song was sung back with unfiltered joy (and, thankfully, a little less beer in the hair). It was obvious how much it meant to everyone, and for me, whose favourite band has always been Oasis, it’s a memory that will stay with me forever.”
Definitely Maybe in New Jersey
Madeleine Bamberger, Brand Associate, Live Nation
For Madeleine Bamberger, Oasis has always been personal. Definitely Maybe was the album that made middle school her — braces, side part, and all — feel cool.
When the reunion was announced, she was sitting in a restaurant on 16th and 3rd in Manhattan. “I screamed so loud the whole East Side probably heard me,” she laughed.
Months later, the moment came full circle at MetLife Stadium.
The Gallagher brothers had every bit of charisma you’d imagine, and the crowd felt like an extra part of the band.
When they sang, ‘the dreams we have as children fade away,’ that’s not how I felt in the slightest.
This reunion isn’t just a comeback. It’s proof that music moves with us — across generations, continents, and every stage of life. Oasis is back on stage, and the world is singing back.
