Liam Gallagher

Richard Ashcroft confirmed as special guest for Oasis’s 2025 Ireland shows

Former lead singer of The Verve said he was ‘ready to bring it’ to Manchester band’s concerts

Tue Oct 22 2024 - 09:09

Why are so many old rockers still touring? ‘It doesn’t matter how much money they have. Musicians live for the next gig’

David Hepworth, author of Hope I Get Old Before I Die, on why rock stars never retire

Mon Oct 21 2024 - 05:15

Oasis support acts for Ireland and Britain revealed – report

The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft and indie rock band Cast are expected to join the Manchester band on tour

Wed Oct 16 2024 - 12:51

Oasis abandons dynamic pricing for remainder of world tour

Band’s management said they wanted to 'avoid a repeat of the issues' experienced by fans in August

Tue Oct 01 2024 - 10:50

Oasis: There are reasons why they are last great working-class band to conquer the world

After Britpop, creative industries became cliquey, closed off and harder to break, especially if your dad didn’t go to school with lads working at Sony or Universal

Sun Sept 15 2024 - 06:00

The Music Quiz: What’s the best Oasis song of all time, according to Rolling Stone?

Plus: questions about The Supremes before they were supreme, Kate Bush covers Elton John, Wendy Erskine on Rod Stewart, and the only two-time British Mercury prize winner

Wed Sept 11 2024 - 05:00

I salute Oasis as the comrades they have lately become

The Gallagher brothers embraced the logic of capitalism so wholeheartedly that they have made its flaws luridly, even dangerously visible

Sat Sept 07 2024 - 06:30

Ticketmaster to be investigated by watchdog over Oasis concerts sale

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says it was prompted to act after receiving more than 100 complaints

Fri Sept 06 2024 - 17:15

Oasis, Ticketmaster and the great rock’n’roll swindle

The ticket company’s dynamic pricing works on the principle that it can charge as much as we’re willing to pay. So choose which bands to see carefully

Thu Sept 05 2024 - 05:00

Noel Gallagher says Oasis had ‘heavy’ Irish influence with ‘rebellious nature’ on debut album

British band fronted by brother Liam and Noel have sold out two nights at Croke Park next year as part of the group’s reunion tour

Tue Sept 03 2024 - 20:53

Oasis tickets controversy: ‘People say it was better in the old days. It really wasn’t’

Amid calls for Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ to be investigated, the company’s former MD says it is not a monopoly and will remain popular

Mon Sept 02 2024 - 18:18

Oasis tickets controversy: Is ‘dynamic pricing’ any better than touting?

Fans dismayed by ‘in-demand’ increases way above starting rate of €86.50

Sun Sept 01 2024 - 17:03

Oasis sell out Croke Park after fans wait hours to buy tickets costing over €400

Promoter MCD used so-called dynamic pricing model which saw some standing tickets more than double

Sat Aug 31 2024 - 14:39

My Oasis ticket hell: ‘I have finally reached the top of the queue but I have lost interest’

From presale panic to the horror of Ticketmaster’s queuing system, trying to buy tickets for Oasis has been a week-long rollercoaster

Sat Aug 31 2024 - 13:24

Oasis pre-sale gets under way with many tickets priced substantially more than initially announced

There has been no indication how many tickets be will left for the general sale which starts at 8am on Saturday

Fri Aug 30 2024 - 19:56

When the ‘scariest Gallagher’ was ‘the nicest man in showbusiness’: Irish Oasis fans share memories

News of the band’s reunion has left their fans reflecting on past experiences at their gigs and chance encounters

Thu Aug 29 2024 - 18:00

Oasis live in Ireland: How The Irish Times reviewed their first Dublin headline gig and the epic 2009 Slane Castle concert

As the Gallagher brothers reunite for a tour including two dates at Croke Park in 2025, we look back at their most important gigs in Ireland

Thu Aug 29 2024 - 15:53

Oasis to play three more dates ‘due to unprecedented demand’

Additional shows in Manchester, London and Edinburgh are announced for the band’s reunion tour

Thu Aug 29 2024 - 09:41

Being Irish isn’t what made Oasis great, but being the sons of emigrants helped

The factors that pushed Ireland into being a nation of mass emigration have often been tragic but the result is a nation better off for it

Thu Aug 29 2024 - 06:00

Oasis: Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary Edition review – Cheap-shot melodies or the best album of all time?

The passing decades may have made some of the music too familiar to be as potent as it once was but some songs pack a punch even now

Thu Aug 29 2024 - 05:45

Oasis return: 11 steps to give you the best chance of getting tickets

Set your alarm to be up early, have your Ticketmaster account on standby and stick to just one browser window on your device

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 22:04

Mad for it: Liam and Noel Gallagher reunion creates oasis of joy in their mum’s Mayo hometown

Phones were ‘red hot’ in Charlestown as news of brothers putting differences aside for UK and Ireland tour filtered through Peggy Gallagher’s birthplace

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 19:41

I foresee Bono re-enacting that famous photo with David Trimble and John Hume, except with Liam and Noel

Emer McLysaght: The cynic in me believes that the revenue generated from the Oasis reunion shows will be more important than any familial rift

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 19:07

Share your experiences: What are your memories of attending Oasis concerts?

It has been more than 15 years since Liam and Noel Gallagher have performed together and we would like to hear your memories of attending Oasis gigs

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 15:29

Oasis set for two gigs at Croke Park as band reunites for Irish and UK tour

Liam and Noel Gallagher to play Dublin for last leg of tour on August 16th and 17th, 2025

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 08:20

Oasis reunion highlights the total collapse of the full-time music press

Printed tickets, CD singles, music journalism jobs, MTV – all have gone missing in action since the band’s peak

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 05:45

Oasis reunion on the cards as Liam and Noel Gallagher tease Tuesday announcement

The brothers have hinted at an unexpected comeback after sharing a post on their social media accounts

Mon Aug 26 2024 - 10:10

Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno on an Oasis reunion: ‘It’s deep. It’s family. It would be great to have reconciliation’

Written off at first as Oasis gone big beat, the band have, over the past 20 years, emerged as arena rockers for all seasons – as they’ll show at Electric Picnic

Sun Jun 30 2024 - 05:15

Liam Gallagher at 3Arena review: A near-religious 1990s experience delivered by that wondrous voice

Mancunian gives magical performance of Definitely Maybe, the Oasis album that regenerated rock’n’roll

Mon Jun 24 2024 - 09:40

Sarah Breen: ‘I get excited when I see turf being cut. If I can see turf it means I’m on my holidays’

Breen, co-author of the Aisling series, talks about the west coast, being an only child and her phobia of blimps

Sat Jun 22 2024 - 06:00

Liam Gallagher and John Squire in Dublin review: Duo’s rock-pop hybrid performance is irreverent and charming

The show is essentially about a vibe, and they convey a potent one to an adoring audience

Sun Mar 17 2024 - 10:15

The Guide: St Patrick’s Festival Quarter, Liam Gallagher and John Squire, and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

March 16th-22nd, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Sat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00

Liam Gallagher and John Squire – A generous one star for this musical marriage forged in hell

Album review: The debut album from the Mancunian ‘super duo’ is an excruciating exercise in bluster and swagger

Thu Feb 22 2024 - 05:45

Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22 – It will do nicely until Oasis bow to the inevitabe

Despite rousing and highly entertaining moments, it isn’t exactly Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Fri Aug 18 2023 - 05:00

Foo Fighters, Oasis, U2, the Rolling Stones and more: Slane’s 15 greatest acts – in reverse order

As Harry Styles limbers up for this year’s gig, on Saturday, we pick our favourite performances at the castle since the inaugural Slane Festival, in 1981

Mon Jun 05 2023 - 05:30

Liam Gallagher: C’mon You Know – No unexpected surprises

Another bog-standard but curiously comforting offering from Oasis man

Fri May 27 2022 - 05:00

All of Ireland’s best open-air gigs and festivals this summer

Events include Forbidden Fruit, Harry Styles, Electric Picnic and of course Garth Brooks

Sat May 21 2022 - 05:00

The All-Irish Music Quiz: Which Aslan song was covered by U2 in 2013?

Plus: Who is the Irish musician with a cameo in an episode of Game of Thrones?

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 06:00

Mark Lanegan, the self-destructive musical underdog who came ‘home’ to Killarney

The grunge icon, who has died aged 57, never stopped making raw, rhapsodic music

Tue Feb 22 2022 - 23:23

The Christmas Music Quiz: What is the title of a wintry song by Lisa Hannigan?

Plus: Christmas with the Devil is an ode to a Satanic season by which metalheads?

Wed Dec 22 2021 - 06:00

Electric Picnic organisers say licence refusal is ‘difficult to accept’

Government urged to issue new reopening rules as festival cancelled for second year

Thu Aug 05 2021 - 20:01

Electric Picnic hopes vaccination programme will allow festival proceed

Event licences for most outdoor festivals in the State were rolled over from last year

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 13:30

The Music Quiz: Which old punk rocker produced Declan O’Rourke’s new album?

Plus: Vogue’s first cover boy and Victoria’s Secret’s garage rock theme tune

Wed Jan 20 2021 - 06:15

Colin the Caterpillar at 30: how a supermarket cake stole a nation’s heart

Since it first appeared in M&S, the larvae-like cake has become a generation’s go-to for birthdays, anniversaries and office parties. But with the baking landscape – and the world of work – transformed, can Colin survive?

Fri Sept 04 2020 - 06:00