Oasis’ first show in Manchester concluded with a huge fireworks display on Friday night – see footage below.
The Burnage band played the first of five enormous outdoors shows in front of around 80,000 fans at Heaton Park on July 11, their first show in their hometown since 2009.
Noel and Liam Gallagher walked out arm in arm at the start of their set, with Noel proclaiming: “This is the fucking place! This is it!” Liam shouted: “Oasis vibes in the area! Manchester vibes in the area!”
A hits-packed two-hour set followed – see a full recap and setlist here – and at the climax, a spectacular fireworks display lit up the sky in northern Manchester. See footage of the celebrations here:
The first dates of the blockbuster ‘Oasis Live ’25’ tour went down in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium last week, but with Heaton Park marking the first outdoors show the band have played, it was the first outing for the fireworks display.
Fans travelled from across the globe to be at the show, queuing overnight to bag a good standing spot. Some who did not get into the venue were also seen singing and dancing along in the streets surrounding Heaton Park.
Other fans without tickets tried to break into the park for the show, with Greater Manchester Police turning some away and making six arrests.
A cardboard cutout of Man City’s Pep Guardiola stood behind Noel throughout the performance, and the real-life manager was in attendance, even receiving a shoutout from Liam, who said: “I’d like to dedicate this next song to the greatest fucking manager of all time, Mr. Pep Guardiola,” before performing ‘D’You Know What I Mean?’.
After their five shows in Manchester, Oasis will play seven nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, and make stops in both Edinburgh and Dublin. From there, they will head to North America, South America, Australia, South Korea and Japan.
At the first of the band’s 2025 reunion shows, NME gave their performance in Cardiff a glowing five-star review: “After a ‘90s heyday and an often maligned post-millennium era, this is Oasis redesigned for the 21st Century.
“Playing before a pop-art-meets-psychedelia visual spectacular that never distracts but will look sick on a phone, they seem the quintessential stadium band playing the greatest hits of greatest hits.”
