“Oasis is done,” Liam Gallagher told us in 2019. “If you missed them, that's fucking tough luck.” Five years later, it seems that luck is on the side of Oasis fans, with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher planning a reunion tour for next year. It's huge news for a band that's been defunct since 2009 — and one whose two most important members have emphatically denied any chance of reuniting more often than Robert Plant has uttered the words “Led Zeppelin.” (The brothers, while making lots of great music together during the band's run, have beef that essentially 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 have said that Oasis are never, ever getting back together.
[Note:Wellnot 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'll definitely re-form — you will,' and I'm just like, ‘That's so fucking rude.' They try to Jedi-mind-trick me.” Consider this a best-of, and definitely not a Jedi mind trick.]
August 2011: According to Noel, the Very Idea of Reuniting Makes His Brother Nauseous
“Liam has said that the idea makes him vomit, and it would never happen, so I don't need to add anything to that,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I don't need the fucking 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' will never be played again,” he adds. “In a stadium. That kind of fills me with sadness. The money is kind of irrelevant.”
October 2011: Liam Claims He's Not Desperate
“He's the one that keeps mentioning it,” Liam tells RS. “I want to put him out of his misery. But I think he needs to do his solo thing first and realize he's not that good without his brother. He's got to find out for himself. I'm up for it — I'm not desperate for it. If it doesn't work out, I don't give a shit.”
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December 2011: Liam Would Rather Eat His Own Shit
Still fresh from the bitter split, Liam tells LA Weekly, “I'd rather eat my own shit than be in a band with him again. He's a miserable little fuck, if you know what I mean.”
November 2013: Noel Says, ‘If There Is a Reunion, I Won't Be In it'
In an interview with RS, Noel is adamant that an Oasis reunion is absolutely not happening. “I don't think there's any unfinished business,” he says.
