If you were banking on new Oasis music off the back of their 2025 reunion, don’t. According to the band’s longtime manager Alec McKinlay, this isn’t a new beginning, it’s definitely a last lap.
In a new interview with Music Week, McKinlay shut down the growing rumour mill about the band hitting the studio or expanding their already-massive 41-date reunion tour. “This is very much the last time around, as Noel’s made clear in the press,” he said. “There’s no plan for any new music.”
It’s the most definitive statement yet on what Oasis 2025 actually is: a global lap of honour, not the start of a new chapter.
That hasn’t stopped fans from speculating. Liam Gallagher, ever the online agent of chaos, stirred things up last year by tweeting that a new Oasis album was “already finished.” Days later, he dismissed the whole thing as a joke — only to claim again that he’d heard Noel’s new material and was “blown away.” It’s classic Liam, really. But McKinlay’s message cuts through all the noise: no studio time, no new tracks, no bonus dates. What’s booked is what you’re getting. And that’s it.
The reunion tour kicks off July 4 in Cardiff, with stops across the UK, Europe, the US and beyond. It’s their first time back on stage together since 2009 and, judging by McKinlay’s tone, possibly the last. Support comes from Cast, Richard Ashcroft, Cage The Elephant and Ball Park Music — a lineup aimed squarely at fans who lived through the Britpop era (and their kids).
McKinlay says the announcement was kept tightly under wraps, shared only with “people we trusted.” When the news dropped, demand exploded — 10 million fans from 158 countries queued for tickets. It became the biggest concert launch in UK and Irish history.
So yeah, the hype’s real. But if you’re hoping for an Oasis rebirth, now’s the time to reset expectations. This reunion’s built on nostalgia, not new beginnings.
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