Liam Gallagher has suggested that “there could be a few new faces” performing with Oasis as part of their 2025 reunion shows.
The Britpop legends recently announced news of their long-awaited reformation, and took the world by storm by announcing 2025 live shows.
Since the news broke that Liam and Noel Gallagher would be coming together once again, speculation arose about who else would be joining them on the tour.
Now, after a fan reached out on X/Twitter to ask about the other musicians joining on tour, Liam shared the response: “Good question, there could be a few new faces just to freshen things up”.
Good question there could be a few new faces just to freshen things up
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 17, 2024
Initially, reports claimed “no other original Oasis member were expected to join the reunion”, and that the members of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds would be stepping in for the rest of the band.
However, many began speculating that Oasis co-founder and original guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, would be coming along for the tour dates.
It comes after the guitarist has kept close with Liam, and already joined him for a number of his many solo tour dates. Last month, The Sun reported that a source said: “Bonehead is confirmed. They both wanted him in the fold and he was one of the drivers of the reunion. Noel has brought in some of his band too.
“The Oasis family has really come back together. Bonehead is ecstatic.”
Bonehead has expressed interest in a tour with Oasis before too. Last year, he was asked whether or not he’d be up to join the Gallaghers for a reunion, to which he responded: “I’m ready, got me dancing shoes”.
Shortly afterwards, drummer Alan White got fans talking after he posted an image of his drum kit with a swirling Union Jack design. The design was seen on the bass drum skin, and was the same artwork that appeared on Oasis’ first demo tape.
The percussionist was the longest-serving drummer in the Britpop band, and was part of the line-up between 1995 and 2004.
Many further reports have been shared that White is joining the tour, however, NME believes that rumours surrounding Alan White are untrue”
Another member whose name has been thrown into the mix is the band’s original drummer Tony McCarroll. The percussionist was a founding member of Oasis, but would later go on to take legal action against the members in 1998 following his dismissal.
When asked previously if he’d be taking part in the reunion, he told the Daily Mail: “They haven’t reached out yet and to be honest I’m not holding my breath.”
He also added that if the band were to reach out, he wasn’t sure if he’d say yes to the opportunity. “At the end of the day I’m not the only ex-member left behind, so I’ll just crack on,” he told the outlet.
More recently, reports arose that guitarist Gem Archer was reportedly set to join the line-up for the band’s 2025 reunion tour. Gem joined Oasis in 1999 after replacing Arthurs and played with the band until they split in 2009. He also performed with Beady Eye before he joined Noel Gallagher in 2017.
“None of the band is 100 per cent confirmed yet, but Gem is looking very likely along with Bonehead,” one source told The Mirror. “The key is getting people who both brothers get on with and also respect and ideally of course they would also have been in the band before too.
“Gem ticks all those boxes and he also contributed to the writing of some Oasis songs. He is an obvious target and it would be a huge shock if he was not on the stage for the UK tour. He knows the songs, he knows the band inside out and he has been on tour with the Gallaghers before and so he knows what he would be signing up for.”
Oasis on stage on December 3, 1999 in Philadelphia. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
Already, the ‘Oasis Live 25’ world tour has sold out all of its initially shared 14 stadium dates – set to take place between Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin next summer. Two extra shows in London have since been announced for September 2025, and tickets were available to fans who were unsuccessful the first time around.
So far, there have been no other members of the band confirmed other than Noel and Liam, and the band have yet to announce any of the artists who will be joining them for the shows.
Artists rumoured to be joining the band include Blossoms, Manic Street Preachers and Kasabian, although Liam recently dismissed reports that Oasis already had some artists locked in, saying that “most of them are proper zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”.
Upon tickets going on sale at the end of last month, many fans were left feeling frustrated after several issues cropped up.
Not only were eager fans left contending with huge queues, but dynamic pricing was also used; a process which sees prices hiked up due to high demand.
After widespread backlash, the controversial use of ‘surge pricing’ was then investigated by the CMA, and lawmakers said they were looking to introduce new legislation in the Republic of Ireland that would ban dynamic pricing.
Tickets were then released for the two extra shows, although prices were capped and they were only made available to fans who were unsuccessful the first time around. Unsurprisingly, tickets soon sold out, and fans were left divided over the private ballot sale.
The Gallagher brothers distanced themselves from the price hikes and Liam divided fans by returning to Twitter/X to joke about the ticket controversy by saying: “Oasis are back, I hear their attitude STINKS”.
Elsewhere on the app, he addressed rumours that Richard Ashcroft could support Oasis on their reunion tour next year, responded to rumours they would be joining Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl, and teased fans with the hopes of a new album – saying: “It’s already finished”.
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