Oasis reformation announcement prompts memories of Braehead Arena gig

A Renfrewshire shopping centre has shared a throwback snap of a ticket from when legendary rock band Oasis played there more than 20 years ago.

Braehead published the photo of the stub on its Facebook page following the announcement this week that brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher were getting the band back together for a reunion tour in 2025.

After many solo projects for the combative brothers in the intervening years they’re putting their differences aside to tour together as Oasis for the first time since 2009.

That got the team at Braehead nostalgic for a special gig the Manchester band played at the arena on November 14, 2002.

They searched their archives for the ticket, which cost £28.50 and was part of the band’s Heathen Chemistry tour.

According to Concert Archives, they played songs including Go Let It Out, Columbia, Cigarettes & Alcohol and Live Forever, among others. The Gallagher brothers and their Oasis band mates will not be playing Braehead this time round, with fans having to travel to Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on either August 8 or 9, 2025 for the closest gig.

Scottish fans are set for a major scramble for tickets, with briefs for the hotly anticipated shows set to go live at 9am on Saturday.

The announcement yesterday came after both Liam and Noel sent fans into meltdown on Sunday evening as they posted a teasing announcement on social media of yesterday’s date - 27/08/2024 - flickering to read “8am” in their iconic font.

Announcing their return, an official release from the band read: “Oasis today end years of feverish speculation with the confirmation of a long awaited run of UK and Ireland shows forming the domestic leg of their OASIS LIVE 25 world tour.”

The release goes on to say that the famous brothers realised that the “time is right” to get back together, after embarking on hugely successful solo projects since 2009.

It continues: “The brothers have flourished with their own projects since the band split in 2009, with 10 UK #1 albums between them as well as countless festival headline sets and stadium and arena shows.

“But Oasis is something else. There has been no great revelatory moment that has ignited the reunion - just the gradual realisation that the time is right.”

Tomorrow represents 30 years to the day since their electrifying debut album Definitely Maybe was released, while 2025 will see the equally essential second record (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? reach that same anniversary.

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