What Has Made Oasis’ Live ’25 Tour So Special (Beyond It Actually Happening In the First Place)?
If you listened to our 1996 Oasis Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast, you’d know that host Andrew Unterberger and his longtime partner Lisa Ebe were planning on going to see Oasis on the Live ’25 tour in Dublin, Ireland last month — but were hardly positive that the Gallagher Brothers would make it to the show intact. But not only has the full band made it to each of the 22 dates on its much-anticipated stadium tour — the lads’ first tour of any kind since breaking up in 2009 — but Oasis has been receiving the best reviews, the most attention and the overall greatest feelings that it’s been able to claim since the mid-’90s, when it was arguably the biggest band in the world.
In this bonus Pop Star Performance Review episode of Greatest Pop Stars, Andrew is once again joined by Lisa to discuss the Oasis show they saw at Croke Park in Dublin — and also the second Live ’25 show they saw a couple weeks later, much closer to their New York hometown at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They compare and contrast the two shows and the two experiences of seeing the band, and try to capture exactly what it’s been that has made this tour so special both for them, and seemingly everyone else who’s gotten the chance to see it so far.
Along the way, they try to answer all the other burning questions about Oasis and Live ’25: Who are the only currently touring pop stars who we can compare the current state of live Gallaghermania to? Is it fair enough that the band hasn’t changed up the setlist a single time yet this tour? Could it have gotten away with playing more songs from the ’00s (and would we have wanted them to try)? How have Liam and Noel managed to go so far apparently without getting at each other’s throats? Can we accept an Oasis dynamic seemingly built more around love and respect than vitriol and fighting? Will other bands benefit from this reunion’s mega-success? And perhaps most importantly: Will Oasis end up doing it again?
Check it out above, and subscribe to the Greatest Pop Stars podcast on Apple Music or Spotify (or wherever you get your podcasts) for weekly discussions every Thursday about all things related to pop stardom!
And as we say in every one of these GPS podcast posts — if you have the time and money to spare, please consider donating to any of these causes in the fight for trans rights:
Gender-Affirming Care Fundraising on GoFundMe
Also, please consider giving your local congresspeople a call in support of trans rights, with contact information you can find on 5Calls.org.
Powered by Billboard.