Tour of the Year: Oasis Live ’25
James Hanley goes behind the scenes of IQ's Tour of the Year, which saw the Gallagher brothers reunite after 16 years away...
Feature By James Hanley | 5 January 2026
Sequels almost never live up to the original, but Oasis Live ’25 was the Godfather Part II of world tours. After 16 years away, the reunited Gallagher brothers returned better than ever – finally becoming the global stadium headliners they were always meant to be.
The Britpop icons played to a combined 2.6m fans across 41 dates spanning the UK, North America, Australia, Asia, and South America to universal acclaim. Live Nation’s chairman of global music and president of global touring, Arthur Fogel, sums it up in one word: “special.”
“It was fantastic on every level,” Fogel tells IQ. “I’m always blown away when these things come from left field and nobody really expects it. Probably the most fascinating aspect of it is the demographic spread of the…
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