As fan speculation continues to run rife online, Noel Gallagher has shared whether Oasis will switch up the setlist on the band’s Live ‘25 Tour.
Since kicking off their triumphant reunion tour in Cardiff, Wales, last month (July 4), the Gallagher brothers have performed the same 23-song set at each show – including a five-night hometown residency at Manchester’s Heaton Park plus stadium gigs in London, Edinburgh and Dublin.
The tour rolled on into Toronto’s Rogers Stadium over the weekend (Aug. 4), heralding the start of a North American leg that includes dates in Chicago, East Rutherford and Pasadena over the next fortnight. As “Lyla” soundtracked a promotional video ahead of the band’s first Canadian gig in nearly 17 years, fans had hoped for some changes to the setlist for the forthcoming run.
The current Live ’25 setlist, which was performed in its entirety in Toronto, leans heavily on material from the legendary Britpop band‘s first two records: 1994’s Definitely Maybe and (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, released the following year. Notable absences from their post-2000 output include the aforementioned “Lyla” and “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” – the latter being one of their biggest streaming-era hits.
British comedy writer Matt Morgan shared his thoughts on the setlist during a recent episode of his podcast, adding that he’d discussed this with his close friend Noel Gallagher (via NME). The pair have previously appeared on BBC Radio 2 together, as well as numerous episodes of Morgan’s podcast. “It’s mad that they’re doing the same set,” he began.
“I thought they would vary it slightly. I said to Noel, ‘Don’t you just want to mix it up?’ He said, ‘No, I like it like that.’ He knows where he is. They bang it out.”
Morgan then explained that he had talked to the songwriter and guitarist after one of Oasis’ recent shows at Wembley Stadium. “[Noel] looks so happy. He is. I didn’t see him on the Friday because he just goes quickly but on Saturday, because he didn’t have a gig the next day, he was hanging out for a bit. He was well happy with it all.”
He continued: “At various points I spoke to him in the last year about it, and he sort of moved his opinion of what [the set was] gonna be and what it is. I think it’s done so well and felt so good. He seems very happy with it. And he looks happy on stage, actually. He’s not plodding through it.”
Later in the year, the Oasis Live ‘25 tour will head to South America, Australia, South Korea and Japan, culminating Nov. 23 at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, Brazil.