Friday, July 4, 2025, will go down as one of many greatest nights in British music historical past as Oasis graced a reside stage for the primary time in 16 years.

The Mancunian Britpop heroes shaped in Burnage within the early Nineties and shortly turned—for higher or worse—the defining band of their technology.

However singer-songwriter brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher had a famously frosty relationship, and the band shockingly cut up when Noel give up in August 2009.

After waging a chilly warfare within the press for greater than a decade, the 2 siblings kissed and made up in 2024 and introduced a string of reside dates for summer time 2025.

The Oasis Reside 25 Tour kicked off in Cardiff on Friday evening, with the 75,000 tickets offered on the Principality Stadium among the many hottest on this planet proper now.

Nevertheless it’s not simply common of us who’ve descended on the Welsh capital for a little bit of the motion—half a dozen well-known faces have been noticed within the crowd as effectively.

The primary to pop up was This Is England actress Vicky McClure, who joined the BBC’s reside protection of the build-up to the Oasis gig after which went to seize a spot within the crowd.

From the BBC itself, Radio 2 host Vernon Kay popped alongside, regardless of being referred to as a ‘lanky b*****d’ by Liam Gallagher himself throughout a tense assembly between the 2 years in the past.

And MailOnline photographers noticed Gavin & Stacey star Rob Brydon within the crowd, with the Welsh actor not having to go too removed from house to see his musical heroes.

However stealing the headlines had been none apart from actor Danny Dyer, who was noticed in Cardiff earlier on Friday, and former One Route singer Louis Tomlinson.

Danny opted for darkish sun shades and a moustache to maintain his id a secret, however followers nonetheless managed to identify him strolling alongside a highway close to the stadium.

He was seen sporting a sensible informal navy blue jacket as he walked alongside a good friend (or bodyguard), with lots of of onlookers none the wiser.

And experiences in The Mirror earlier at the moment speculated that Partitions hitmaker and Oasis superfan Louis had managed to safe himself a spot on the visitor record.

Louis had apparently tried and failed, together with hundreds of others, to get his arms on these prized tickets earlier final yr once they went on sale.

He mentioned on the time: ‘I didn’t [get tickets]. I used to be within the queue, however I by no means obtained a quantity. I did attempt. I did attempt. I’ve my fingers crossed.’

Fellow musician Serge Pizzorno—of the Leicester-based rock band Kasabian—was additionally apparently noticed by experiences, with Kasabian owing lots to the Manchester band.

Everton FC’s supervisor, Sean Dyche, additionally sat on the BBC’s couch outdoors the Principality Stadium earlier than taking his place among the many hundreds witnessing historical past.

And it appears he set a little bit of a pattern, as fellow Premier League boss Nuno Espirito Santo, in cost at Nottingham Forest, was additionally rumoured by The Solar to be in attendance on Friday.

On the gig, Oasis rolled again the years by taking part in a few of their greatest hits, with some followers in Cardiff reckoning Liam sounded ‘biblical’ and higher than ever.

@ShaneRyanOneil exclaimed: ‘Liam hasn’t sounded this good in years. Biblical,’ whereas @Jahvasconcelos mentioned: ‘Liam’s voice sounds completely BIBLICAL. Unbeliveable.’

The 2 brothers held arms as they walked onto the stage in Cardiff, with their gesture being greeted by large cheers from the over 70,000-strong crowd.