An Oasis reunion felt like it was on the other side of the world… until now.

Liam And Noel Gallagherknown for their decades-long contentious relationship, have announced 14-day tour of Great Britain and Ireland for next summer.

The band was founded in Manchester in 1991 and developed into one of the most successful bands of the Britpop era in the mid-1990s.

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Here is a timeline of the band’s history so far.

14 August 1991

A crucial date in the band’s history is their first live performance under the name oasis at the music club The Boardwalk in Manchester.

At this point the band consisted of a four-piece consisting of Liam Gallagher, Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan and Tony McCarroll.

According to The Oasis Timeline Project, Noel Gallagher only joined the band in 1992.

11 April 1994

After signing to independent record label Creation Records, Oasis release their first single “Supersonic” from their upcoming album “Definitely Maybe”.

In the run-up to the album’s release, the group began to live up to the rocker stereotype, making headlines when they missed their first international gig in Amsterdam because they were deported to the UK following a drunken brawl on the ferry.

29 August 1994

Oasis’ debut studio album Definitely Maybe is released. It became the fastest-selling debut album in UK chart history and included hits such as Rock ‘n’ Roll Star, Cigarettes & Alcohol and Live Forever.

A week after starting recording their second studio album – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – the Gallagher brothers get into an altercation in a Monmouth pub that ends with Noel hitting Liam with a cricket bat.

24 January 1995

Oasis win awards for Best New Band, NME Album of the Year and Best Single for Live Forever at the NME Brat Awards in London. The ceremony marked one of the first head-to-head matches between Oasis and Blur.

The rivalry between the two bands continued to dominate subsequent award ceremonies and the British charts, including the 1996 Brit Awards, where the Gallagher brothers played a mocking version of Blur’s “Parklife” after beating the band to win the award for British Group of the Year.

October 2, 1995

(What’s The Story) Morning Glory? is released, bringing the band worldwide fame and selling over 12 million copies. The album has since become the fifth best-selling album of all time in the UK.

It included some of Oasis’ biggest hits, including “Wonderwall”, “Don’t Look Back In Anger” and “Champagne Supernova”.

The band released five more studio albums, four of which reached number one on the charts, while 1998’s The Masterplan reached number two.

10 August 1996

The band plays the first of two sold-out evenings at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire. The concerts attract 125,000 people each night and include support acts such as The Bootleg Beatles, The Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers and The Prodigy.

The performances were to be the focus of a documentary film entitled “Oasis Knebworth 1996,” which would be released in November 2021.

9 August 1999

Founding member and guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs announces that he is leaving the band to “focus on other things.”

A few weeks later, original guitarist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan also announced his departure, but in a more dramatic way than his bandmate: He sent a fax.

28 August 2009

Noel leaves Oasis after a backstage argument with his brother Liam, who started swinging around on the guitar before his performance at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.

A week earlier, the band played their last joint gig at the V Festival in Stafford.

In interviews, Noel revealed that he made the decision to leave the band while sitting in the back seat of a car outside the music festival in France.

Speaking on Sky Arts’ “Noel Gallagher: Out Of The Now,” the guitarist said: “And the driver drove off and that was it. I wasn’t exactly relieved because I knew there was a shitstorm coming. And that a lot of nonsense was going to be said about it.”

He also admitted that he felt the split helped cement their reputation as one of the greatest British bands of all time.

Since their split, Liam has enjoyed success as a solo artist and Noel has formed his own band, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, which has enjoyed huge commercial success. Their first three albums all reached number one in the charts and their latest record, 2023’s Council Skies, reached number two.

But the feuding brothers have often attacked each other in the media or at shows.

At the 2018 NME Awards, Liam branded his brother the villain of the year, claiming “he’s the biggest liar and biggest conman in the business”, while three years earlier Noel said he would “never forgive” his brother for leaving the band during a series of live performances before their split.

27 August 2024

The rumours first emerged last week after Noel paid Liam a series of compliments in an interview with music journalist John Robb at Sifters Records in Manchester in honour of the 30th anniversary of their debut album.

As part of the celebration of Definitely Maybe, Liam toured the UK this summer playing the record in its entirety. He even dedicated Half The World Away to his brother, saying he’s “still playing the role of the hard-to-reach person.”

In the days leading up to August 27, the two also made a corresponding announcement on social media.

The brothers will play 12 dates in Great Britain and two dates in Ireland in July and August – including four shows each at Wembley Stadium in London and Heaton Park in Manchester.

A statement said: “The guns are silent. The stars are aligned. The long wait is over. Come and see it. It will not be televised.”

Despite speculation that they will perform at the Glastonbury Festival in 2025, the band will not perform at the festival, according to the PA news agency.