It was the reunion many fans feared would never happen. Last Friday, 16 years after they'd last performed together, Noel and Liam Gallagher strode onto the stage at Cardiff's Principality Stadium – and brought the house down, said Mark Beaumont in The Independent.

The long-awaited and much-anticipated first Oasis concert at Heaton Park in Manchester has officially kicked off, with Britpop icons Cast being the first to take to the massive stage on Friday evening, July 11. It was the first of five homecoming gigs for Oasis.

Oasis blew off the cobwebs and swept away the doubters as they kicked off their reunion tour in Cardiff. Taking to the stage after a 16-year break, the band sounded refreshed and rejuvenated, tearing into classics like Cigarettes and Alcohol, Live Forever and Slide Away - as 70,000 fans clasped each other and spilled beer all over themselves.

Oasis ended a 16-year hiatus on Friday with a punchy, powerful trip through one of Britpop’s greatest songbooks, kicking off a reunion tour in Cardiff, Wales to a crowd ecstatic for the band’s 1990s hits.

Oasis has officially reunited for its first performance in 16 years — marking the first time brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have shared the same stage since their infamous feud broke the beloved group apart back in 2009.

Liam and Noel Gallagher put aside their brotherly rivalry to play the first date of their band’s long-awaited comeback tour in Cardiff, Wales.

When Definitely Maybe dropped in 1994, Oasis didn't just join the Britpop party – they kicked the door in and declared themselves kings. At the center of the storm: two brothers from Manchester who seemed to be sworn enemies.

The wait is finally over as Oasis take their Live '25 reunion tour home to Manchester for their first show in the city where it all started for 16 years About 80,000 fans are expected at Heaton Park later to watch the Gallagher brothers perform on what is expected to be a sweltering day,