Liam Gallagher has addressed rumours that Richard Ashcroft could support Oasis on their reunion tour next year.
After a fan on X/Twitter asked if Ashcroft would be supporting Oasis at their 2025 live shows, Gallagher replied in very typically Liam Gallagher fashion: “That would be BIBLICAL”.
Ashcroft has a long history with Oasis, serving as the inspiration behind their 1995 hit ‘Cast No Shadow’. During a Select interview that year, Noel Gallagher said: “I always felt he was born at the wrong time and in the wrong place, and he was always trying to say the right things, but they came out wrong.”
Gallagher enlisted him for a collaboration on his 2022 hit ‘C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’. Ashcroft also appeared as a special guest when he headlined Finsbury Park in 2018.
The Verve also played with Oasis numerous times, including as early as 1993 when both bands were relatively unknown. In 1997, they opened for Oasis for two shows at London’s Earl’s Court.
Gallagher reportedly said that he is looking for some “established acts” to support Oasis on their upcoming reunion tour.
According to a source speaking with The Independent, the brothers have yet to sit down and discuss who they’d like to support them at the gigs. That being said, Liam is reportedly eager for a few big names to join.
“Liam is keen for established acts so it will probably take a bit of back and forth before anything’s confirmed,” a source close to the band told the outlet.
Already, the ‘Oasis Live 25’ world tour has sold out all of its initially shared 14 stadium dates – set to take place between Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin next summer. Two extra shows in London have since been announced for September 2025, and tickets will be available to fans who were unsuccessful the first time around.
