ROCKERS Oasis will be back on stage next year — including a 12-date residency at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
They are also set to do a record-breaking run of six concerts at Knebworth.
An insider said: “Oasis’ schedule is booked.
“It’s 12 nights at the Etihad over six weeks starting in June.
“They will then play Knebworth six times over a three-week period in September.
“Dates could be added but for now that’s the master plan.”
Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher put their long-running feud behind them to re-form the band for the 41-date Oasis Live ’25 tour last year.
The band had split up in 2009 amid rows.
A source said: “Noel and Liam always planned for the tour to have a second run.
“There were discussions about announcing [it] during the World Cup because of the connection between Wonderwall and the Three Lions in this tournament.
“But they’ve settled on August.
“It’ll give the country something to shout about — whether we’re celebrating or commiserating.”
The Etihad is the home of Manchester City, the team the brothers support.
Oasis’ gigs at Knebworth will break the record for the most times an act has played there.
Over their six gigs the band are set to play to 750,000 people.
They performed two shows there in 1996 to 250,000 fans.
A source said: “Knebworth is a special place for Noel and Liam.
“The shows in 1996 broke records as 2.6million people applied for tickets.
“It was the largest demand for tickets in British music history.
“They broke that with Oasis Live ’25.
“Now they’re going to become the only act to have played Knebworth six times.”
The shows would take the band’s tally to eight and Liam’s to ten — as he did two solo shows at the Hertfordshire venue in 2022.
Demand for the new Oasis gigs will be astronomical.
Noel, 59, and Liam, 53, are set to stick with the same line-up as their shows last year — including guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, 61, who had to take time off from the tour after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
There is speculation there will also be shows outside England, including in Rome and Celtic Park in Glasgow.
The Sun has campaigned for the band’s 1995 anthem Wonderwall to become the soundtrack to England’s World Cup campaign.
BACK TO MAKE HISTORY AGAIN
By Dominic Mohan, who was at Knebworth in ’96
1996 was the apex of the 90s and at Oasis’s mythical brace of balmy tribal gatherings in the grounds of Knebworth House we collectively reached the shimmering zenith of that glorious year.
Some 250,000 of us congregated in England shirts, Clarks Wallabees, cargo pants and Adidas, breathtakingly bearing witness to a mesmeric moment in time, one of the greatest of our lifetimes.
The swaggering Gallaghers at their majestic peak, unleashing bombastic fury, power and snarling menace, in front of Euro 96’s recent heroes, Kate Moss, Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker.
There were 7,000 on the guest list. Radio Supernova broadcast on 106.6 FM. The band’s hero – Stone Roses’ guitarist John Squire – even joining them for a noodle on Champagne Supernova.
“This is history,” Noel chirped. He was not wrong. Knebworth is Britain’s most revered musical destination, where millions have paid homage to rock gods like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones since 1974.
But this was peak 90s largesse. The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and Manics came as support and we thought we’d never see the like of it again.
Yet now we will. Disciples hoped it would happen this joyous summer to mark the 30th anniversary but this will be worth the wait and light up 2027.
I always suspected the brothers couldn’t stomach the fact taunting nemesis Robbie Williams usurped them in 2003 with a trio of nights in front of 375,000.
But this six-night residency puts the record straight and is a jaw-dropping run unlikely to be beaten.
Scrap your travel plans. Dig out that bucket hat because this one’s on the bucket list. Prepare for Oasis heaven in ’27.