Liam Gallagher has firmly ruled out any possibility of Oasis making a return to headline the Glastonbury Festival. After the band’s much-publicised reunion alongside his brother Noel for the Live 25 Tour last year, fans were hopeful that Oasis might be set to perform at Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage when the festival returns in 2027.
This hope was sparked when an Oasis fan account shared a report from The Scotsman suggesting the band were among the favourites to headline the festival, with odds of 4/1. The tweet asked: “Could we see them return to the Pyramid Stage?”
However, Liam Gallagher responded with a strongly worded message, putting speculation to rest. The 53-year-old wrote: “It’s not HAPPENING so all you croc wearing flag waving shit c**** can calm the f*** down.”
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Oasis have previously headlined Glastonbury twice, first in 1995 and then in 2004. More recently, both Liam and Noel Gallagher have expressed criticism towards the festival. Last year, Liam responded to a post about a potential headline return by stating: “Hope not.”
He went on to describe the experience of the main stage as performing “to a load of jamboree teachers,” adding: “It’s a load of divs dressed in Ty die [sic] clothes banging clogs and blowing up balloons all with psycho smiles and crusty eyes and red wine mouths.”
Noel Gallagher has also voiced his frustrations with Glastonbury, criticising it for what he perceives as “virtue-signalling”. Speaking on a podcast, the 59-year-old said: “It’s getting a bit woke now, that place, and a bit kind of preachy and a bit virtue-signalling.
“I don’t like it in music – little f***** idiots waving flags around and making political statements, and bands taking the stage and saying, ‘Hey guys, isn’t war terrible, yeah? Let’s all boo war. F*** the Tories man,’ and all that.”
Noel added: “It’s like, look – play your f****** tunes and get off.”
Despite his criticisms, Noel acknowledged his affection for the festival, describing it as “probably the best f****** thing about Britain apart from the Premier League.”
Next month, a documentary titled Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger will be released, following the Gallagher brothers during their Live 25 Tour which began in Cardiff in July last year. The film will be shown in cinemas from 9 September and will also be available on Disney Plus. It aims to provide insight into their triumphant reunion, featuring rehearsals, backstage moments, onstage performances, and the first joint interviews with Noel and Liam in over 20 years.
The Oasis reunion tour was announced in August 2024, marking 15 years since the band’s dramatic split in 2009, which followed a notorious backstage fight at the Rock en Seine festival in France.
Oasis is renowned for their significant impact on British music, boasting eight number one singles and albums each on the UK charts. Their best-known hits include “Wonderwall”, “Champagne Supernova” and “Some Might Say”.