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Oasis announce major reunion tour 15 years after warring Gallagher brothers split

LONDON — Today is going to be the day Oasis finally get back together. After a 15-year split, brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher announced on Tuesday that their band Oasis will reform for a reunion tour.

“This is it, this is happening,” said a post on the Oasis's social media accounts.

The band will play 14 shows in the U.K. and Ireland next year, according to the announcement, including four dates in their native Manchester and four at London’s Wembley Stadium.

“The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised,” stated a press release, which added that shows outside Europe will take place next year — a hint that North American gigs could be announced next.

Oasis was one of the most successful of the 1990s, selling an estimated 75 million records and playing to stadiums across the world.

Both Gallagher brothers teased the announcement Monday, posting a short video to X showing a flickering "27.08.24" in the band's famous logo font. Liam Gallagher posted on Sunday morning: "I never did like that word FORMER."

And at 8 a.m. U.K. time (3 a.m. ET) on Tuesday the news came that legions of fans had been waiting for: A major tour that finally reunites the warring siblings.

The brothers were responsible for a string of hit albums and songs but were arguably just as well known for their off-stage antics, celebrity marriages and violent disagreements.

The band formed in Manchester, northwest England, in 1991 and got a recording contract on the strength of a single gig in Glasgow, Scotland, two years later where they were third on the bill.

The band's 1994 debut album, "Definitely Maybe," still considered one of the greatest British guitar records, catapulted them to stardom and made them figureheads of a resurgence of guitar music that the U.K. press called "Britpop."

The follow-up album, "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" cemented their star status with songs such as "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger," which led to success and extensive touring across Europe and North America.

Both Gallaghers have built successful solo careers after Oasis. Liam recently played a string of arena shows to celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Definitely Maybe," while Noel has played with his band, High Flying Birds, since 2010 and released four albums.

But while Gallaghers routinely play old Oasis songs at shows, for many fans it doesn't capture the magic of the two brothers appearing together.

The Gallaghers haven't performed together since a backstage fight at a music festival in Paris in 2009.

A rapprochement between them has often seemed unlikely, with both men trading insults and barbs on social media and in interviews.

But the past few weeks have seen a definite warming of relations. Noel paid his younger brother some compliments in an interview last week, praising his rasping vocals. "It’s the delivery or the tone of his voice and the attitude," he said. He compared Liam's voice to "10 shots of tequila on a Friday night" whereas his own was more like "half a Guinness on a Tuesday."

The band's reformation may have been prompted by other successful reunions of their 90s peers. Blur, Oasis's rivals in a U.K. chart battle in 1995, reformed to play two dates last year at Wembley Stadium. The first Blur date sold out all 90,000 tickets in minutes.

The Stone Roses, another Manchester band and a longstanding inspiration to the Gallaghers, reformed for a series of gigs in 2012 after a gap of 16 years.

Income from recorded music has diminished since the advent of streaming services, but live music for big-name acts is booming. According to one industry estimate the Oasis reunion could make £400 million ($528 million).

Taylor Swift's Eras tour has made well over $1 billion in revenue and had such an effect on national economies that it was thought to have have boosted hotel sales across the U.S. and had an inflationary effect in Sweden.

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dEMOTIONAL – interview with Sebastian Fjordevik (guitar)

The note about this band is “dEMOTIONAL is an up-rising, promising sextet hailing from Sweden, formed in 2009 with the aim to step and be in the front line of the new wave of Swedish metal bands. The band is not only recognized for their music but also for their sense of fashion and style on and off stage. The audience is thrilled to see head banging rockers in suites, and not only trashy jeans and tank tops like common metal bands typically wore…

After releasing two albums of studio “State: In Denial” (2013) and “Tarassis” (2015) and numerous shows in Scandinavia and Europe (sharing stages with Arch Enemy, Entombed …) plus a headlining tour in Russia, dEmotional released its new opus “Discovery”.”

Livius Pilavi: What is the meaning of the name of your band? Pavel: And why did you add the letter “d” to the band’s name?

DEMOTIONAL is a pun of the word emotional. No real meaning or intention behind it, we just kinda liked the way it sounded.

Livius Pilavi: What bands did you listen to while you were setting up dEMOTIONAL? Who inspired you to create such music?

I listened, and still listen to a lot of different bands in different genres, not only metal. But the one thing I would consider my main influence in music is probably “The Gothenburg Sound” with bands like In Flames, At The Gates, Cipher System and Sonic Syndicate.

Pavel: You represent Contemporary Metal music. Your image is also typical of Modern Metal bands. So, don’t you like the image of a classic metalhead?

For us metal isn’t a way to look or dress, for us metal is in your heart. If you want to look a certain way you definitely should, but how you look doesn’t define what type of music your listening to.

Livius Pilavi: You are dressed elegantly. Do suits do not bother you in jumping around the stage?

To be honest, to wear suit trousers and a shirt on stage is extremely comfortable. But we don’t always do that, usually nowadays we just wear black jeans and a shirt or t-shirt. The thought about or clothes is mostly to create like a unison look for the band.

Livius Pilavi: You play non-Extreme Metal. But do you sometimes listen to Extreme Metal, such as Death Metal or SLAYER?

Oh, we listen to a lot of extreme metal. When I’m in the mood I listen to some heavy shit. The latest week my playlists been filled with Meshuggah, Periphery, Veil of Maya, Mayhem, Betraying the Martyrs and Humanity’s Last Breath.

Pavel: In spite of all, your music is very energetic and sharp, at times very aggressive and of course melodious, with a big load of emotions… How are the songs created?

It’s really hard to pinpoint how exactly a song is created but mostly it starts with someone creating a couple of riffs and starts to build a basic sketch of the song. Then we start to work with it together and try different angles on how we can make the best out of that song. When everything runs smooth it’s absolutely amazing, but when the creativity is harder to find it’s a little bit more time tricky. Sometimes a song can be written in a day and sometimes it can take months to finish it.

Livius Pilavi: What is the subject of your lyrics? What would you like to pass on to your listeners?

The subject of the lyrics vary, but the main thought is to transform a feeling, a state of mind or a scenario into the lyrics that the listener can relate to.

Pavel: You’ve realized some music videos. Is any one more special?

All of our videos as special for us in its own way, but the making of the video for the song “Rush” will always be remembered. Two days of hard work, head banging, cold mud baths, and even colder showers afterwards.

Livius Pilavi: You’ve been touring Russia as a headliner. Are you popular in this country? How did the Russian audience react to your performances? Did you like Russia?

The people in Russia seem to like us, and we sure as hell like Russia! There’s few countries where not only does the fans visit your shows, they come greet you at the airport as well.

Livius Pilavi: Do you know the Ukrainian band THE HARDKISS also putting great emphasis on fashion?

We did not know that, but we do have to check them out!

Livius Pilavi: Is there any band you would like to play on a stage with him?

We’d love to share stage with many bands, but one of my personal favorites would be to play with In Flames.

Pavel: Where will you be seen in the near future?

Hopefully you’ll see us at many places. Right now we’re booking shows for the spring, so keep your eyes open for our posters somewhere nearby your town!

Pavel: What will be the future of dEMOTIONAL?

To continue to create and play music, hopefully we’ll get out on the road again soon!

Pavel: Thank you for the interview and we wish you success!

Thank you for all the kind words and the interesting questions!

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Music and concerts | review: pearl jam at wrigley field was a sharp and vital show from a band that dares to get older.

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Fans react to the music of Pearl Jam during their performance at Wrigley Field on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Eddie Vedder (second from left) leads Pearl Jam during the Dark Matter World Tour at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder gestures to a member of the band during their Dark Matter World Tour at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Eddie Vedder looks out at the crowd before leading Pearl Jam during the Dark Matter World Tour at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Eddie Vedder leads Pearl Jam during the Dark Matter World Tour at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Fans react to the music of Pearl Jam during their Dark Matter World Tour at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Eddie Vedder leads Pearl Jam during the Dark Matter World Tour at Wrigley Field on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam perform during the Dark Matter World Tour at Wrigley Field on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Glen Hansard opens for Pearl Jam at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Something special happens whenever the Seattle-based group plays the Friendly Confines, and vocalist Eddie Vedder knows it. Wearing a fedora and a “34” Walter Payton jersey, the Evanston native mentioned the significance that performing at the venue holds for him and the band. During the encore, Vedder admitted he found it hard to sing due to how overwhelmed he felt.

Though many artists pay lip service to most cities with comparable praise, Vedder’s sentiments reverberated with sincerity. He nearly broke down in tears as he introduced a feisty solo cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” and said the late icon phoned him from Wrigley Field at what became his final local outing in 2017. Phil Donahue, a recently deceased celebrity with deep Chicago ties, also received a song tribute (“Down”) and humorous anecdote.

Prone to going off on extensive tangents, particularly in front of Chicago crowds, Vedder told a few other stories yet kept his banter brief. It marked a noticeable shift from last September at the first of the band’s two-date run at United Center. There, the chatty singer overshadowed the music at points with an abundance of storytelling, jokes and guest introductions.

Little has changed in the Pearl Jam camp since those arena dates. The biggest news? In April, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers released their 12th studio album, “Dark Matter.” The streamlined record holds up with a bulk of the group’s strongest fare — a feat that surpasses what a majority of artists at similar phases of their careers typically deliver.

Indeed, what Pearl Jam does as well or better than its contemporaries is age with its core audience. Vedder and company manage to both retain their creative integrity and embrace maturation, a difficult balancing act that on the surface violates unwritten rock ‘n’ roll rules. Whereas countless veterans strive to adopt a youthful sheen and then look silly pretending, Pearl Jam seems content with elder-statesman status.

Call it “dad rock” if you must, even if that slight doesn’t really fit. Pearl Jam continues to ignore the lure of the legacy-act trap. There’s often far more at stake at the quintet’s shows than feel-good nostalgia. Just as importantly, the band knows its fans and itself and stays true to both.

“We are old ourselves,” Vedder announced. Provided the historical context, few in the near-capacity, mostly middle-aged crowd could argue that fact. The singer, too, embodied the march of time via his physicality — motivated and animated as usual, but unable to jump high, swing guitars or run about as he did in not too distant of a past.

In many ways, Vedder’s adjustments mirrored the refinement of his band. Everyone appeared wiser for adapting to their circumstances. For a collective edging closer to its 35th year together — and for perspective, remember we live in a longevity-deprived era where the 10th anniversaries of minor albums are even treated as a big deal — Pearl Jam sounded determined, sharp and locked-down tight. Hungry, even.

Accompanied by regular keyboardist Boom Gaspar and multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer, the band channeled its energy into direct, dynamic music that placed rage on the backburner and targeted consequential outcomes tied to the here and now. Pearl Jam concerts tend to function as communal catharsis, a wellspring of optimism in the face of daunting odds. Thursday upheld that tradition with a plethora of shared encouragement.

The slow exhale and meditative spiritualism of “Release,” its gravity magnified by dim illumination that allowed the song’s mystical power to dwarf the nearly invisible band. The anthemic uplift and confident affirmation of “Alive,” boosted during its climax by the activation of Wrigley Field’s tower lights. The big-sky openness and soaring promise of “Given to Fly,” its arms-outstretched architecture tailored for welcoming thousands of strangers as friends. Mass experiences, and hopeful in the same persuasive manner that the folksy “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” proved bittersweet.

Pearl Jam addressed other romantic yearnings in more certain terms. Seated on a stool, Vedder dedicated a solo acoustic version of the self-described “wedding song” “Just Breathe” to a couple celebrating an anniversary. For the forgiveness plea “Won’t Tell,” he plucked a woman out of the audience and sang it with her as a duet. A paean to maintaining steadfast faith in dreams, “Setting Sun” offered the group an opportunity to build up from spare, quiet foundations and react to the rise of Vedder’s grainy baritone.

The band’s superb sense of pacing, rhythm and cohesiveness reflected the subtlety and smarts of its visual treatments. In line with its heritage, Pearl Jam shunned runways and pyrotechnics. It assigned priority to songs, yet used three screens — one center, one located at each of the wings — to display real-time action as well as abstract graphics and cosmos-inspired optics that doubled as secondary lighting elements. Sunspots, calm water, rolling waves, geometrical patterns and spherical arcs all reinforced the more cerebral aspects of the event.

Refraining from issuing any frank sociopolitical statements, Pearl Jam made its points with many of the songs it chose for the set and how it approached them. Following a barbed rendition of “Daughter,” Vedder changed the lyrics to the snippet of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2” to advocate on behalf of women’s rights and their jurisdiction over their own bodies. Primarily, the group conveyed its intentions via thinly veiled references.

A host of material — the power-pop “U,” the racing “Do the Evolution,” the epic “Immortality” — addressed themes such as self-absorption, blind obedience, privilege, greed and irresponsibility. With Vedder leaning forward and leading the attack from an aggressive knee-bent position, “Why Go” railed against unjust internment. The stun-gun sting of “Dark Matter” took dead aim at demagoguery, intolerance and inequity. The prospect of compromised climates further witnessed the group navigating “Wreckage” and outlining a “State of Love and Trust.”

Anchored by Matt Cameron’s frill-free drumming, Jeff Ament’s guided-missile bass lines and Vedder’s mix of snarls and shivers, standout recent tunes such as the punchy “Scared of Fear” came across as if they stemmed from one of Pearl Jam’s first two indispensable LPs.

The songs received extra jolts of electricity courtesy of Mike McCready. Left to his own devices, the lead guitarist established moods and dictated directions with scorching codas and sensitive fills. He blended tones with reverb, echo, wah-wah and fuzz effects. His left hand pulled, pinched and tapped strings to produce sequences that spoke with blues, punk, soul and garage-rock dialects.

As part of his monster performance, McCready exited the stage and climbed down to the front row. Perched behind his head, his instrument screamed with heady feedback in reply to Vedder’s dare to top prior versions of the oft-stale evergreen “Even Flow.” Challenge accepted. And, as McCready returned to his amplifier stack and finished the solo on his knees, answered and met.

Given the circumstances, it was a night that could only end with the band’s roaring take on Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” Protest disguised as celebration, the classic served as a dire warning and united call for awareness. A telling snapshot of where Pearl Jam stands at this critical juncture in our time.

Bob Gendron is a freelance critic.

Setlist from Wrigley Field Aug. 29: “Release” “Of the Girl” “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” “Off He Goes” “Immortality” “Given to Fly” “Why Go” “Scared of Fear” “Waiting for Stevie” “Wreckage” “Daughter” into “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2” (Pink Floyd cover) “Down” “Even Flow” “U” “Dark Matter” “Black” “Do the Evolution” “Porch”

Encore “Just Breathe” “I Won’t Back Down” (Tom Petty cover) “State of Love and Trust” “Won’t Tell” “Corduroy” “Setting Sun” “Alive” “Rockin’ in the Free World” (Neil Young cover)

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Singer-songwriter Missy Higgins on the moment her life 'burned to the ground'

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Topic: Human Interest

Missy Higgins has tried therapy. But there's always a gap between what she wants the therapist to hear and the truth.

So, she writes. "With songwriting, there's nothing between me and the instruments, it's just like an extension of my soul," Higgins tells Australian Story . "It just feels like this kind of channelling; this way to exorcise all those difficult things."

The singer-songwriter has guided us through many difficult things – teenage angst, secret love, depression, writer's block — ever since her breakout single Scar debuted at No 1 on the ARIA charts when she was just 20. The girl who was always singing as a child had been "discovered" in Year 12 after winning triple j's Unearthed.

Higgins performs as a high school student in Geelong. ( Supplied: Geelong Grammar )

But nothing in Higgins' life has hurt so badly, made her feel more of a failure – and more in need of some songwriting therapy – than the break-up of her marriage to Dan Lee and explaining to her two children why they didn't live together anymore.

"My God, I've never been more vulnerable in my life," Higgins, 41, says of the songs on her recent album, The Second Act. "I'm definitely not pretending to have any of the answers, or to be strong or to even like myself much at the moment. But I've learned over the years that honesty and vulnerability is ultimately the thing that makes you feel more connected to people."

The triple j Unearthed cassette tape that started it all for Higgins.

It is a break-up album, she says, "but it's ultimately about me moving into the next phase of my life".

She knows many others know her pain: that all-at-sea feeling when the anchor of your identity – happily married mum — pulls adrift. "You come to a point in your life where it's like, 'Oh, no, actually, that's not your narrative anymore. That's burned to the ground'," she says.

"All those things that I thought were the pillars of my identity and the things that were going to make me feel secure and stable and give me the illusion that I'd figured everything out, what do I do once they're gone?"

Higgins says her children Sammy and Luna are her biggest source of joy. ( Australian Story: Simon Winter )

One pillar stands strong. Music. She walked away from it in her mid-20s, overwhelmed by touring, exhausted and unable to write. The depression that had been diagnosed when she collapsed in her school's food hall in Year 11 was back and she decided to do "normal" things, like going to university.

But an invitation by her idol, Sarah McLachlan, to perform at the all-female line-up of Lilith Fair in the US in 2010 relit the fire and Higgins realised music was "still the thing that makes me feel alive, the thing that I can turn to to help me through the difficult parts of life".

"That's what made me realise how important music is to me," Higgins says. "And nothing is going to ruin that again."

"An extension of my soul": Why Higgins is laying her heart on the line again in her new album. ( Supplied: Tajette O'Halloran  )

'It's not working': How Higgins' world crumbled

With her heart breaking, Higgins slipped on a blue velvet dress and strode on stage to sing at the ABC's 2021 New Year's Eve broadcast.

She'd been crying all day. Her marriage had ended.

"I remember after that performance standing around with the girls in my band, and we just all watched the fireworks above us explode, and I was crying and they were all holding me," says Higgins.

"My world was completely crumbling … and these fireworks were going off signalling a new year and a new chapter, new beginnings. And I was just straddling the past and the future."

Her song Blue Velvet Dress is about that night, a metaphor for the end of her marriage. "I had to let go, I had to take it off," she says.

The couple met in 2013 in Broome, the remote WA seaside town where Higgins likes to escape. Lee, a playwright, was the new housemate of a friend.

"We were both creative and neurotic and very, very emotional and very excitable," Higgins recalls. "We just talked and talked about books and art and plays and music and I felt like he was my creative equal in that way. We just became inseparable."

 Higgins with her then-husband Lee in 2018. ( Supplied: Michelle Troop )

Soon after, Sammy, now nine, then Luna, five, came along. "Having kids in general is really hard for a relationship; it's like putting little bombs into your partnership and, for us, we just didn't know how to make it work as a family," she says.

"There was just too much of a clash with how we wanted to do things and both of our coping mechanisms with loudness and chaos were different."

They never fought, she says. "There was just kind of a sadness of, like, 'Yeah, it's not working'."

They co-parent now. Emma Goodland, Higgins' friend and tour manager since the first album, Sound of White, says Higgins and Lee work hard to create a loving environment for the kids.

"She has so much love for Dan and so much gratefulness to him for what they built together and what they still have," Goodland says.

Higgins has an incredible capacity for love, Goodland says, even when love has ended. She knows this personally. "News flash," she says wryly, "Missy and I went out together."

That was in the heady days of Sound of White's success and although they loved each other, they kept their relationship hidden from the public as Higgins' fame grew. Higgins' song "Secret" from her second album is about Goodland.

"It was really hard because we were going through the early phases of exploring our sexuality," Goodland says. "I was definitely a bit ahead of the game than she was but it was still a sensitive thing."

Higgins said things became "a little bit overwhelming" when her career skyrocketed in the early years.  ( AAP: Tracey Neary )

Higgins welcomes the way Australian society has changed and is glad there is less judgement now about sexual fluidity.

"I feel like kids coming up today really don't seem to [put] any label on themselves, like some people are very comfortable being like, 'I'm completely fluid in every way, gender fluid, sexuality fluid'," she says.

"I think that's kind of amazing. I think if it was me coming up at that age right now, I would probably be the same. Just no labels. I'm not interested in labels."

She never was. From the beginning, Higgins refused to be moulded into a commodifiable brand, a pop princess. Such acts can burn bright then fade but Higgins's approach and talent has given her longevity and credibility. In November, she will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

"Holding onto my individuality felt like I had control," she says. "It felt like that was the one thing that I had power over.

"I didn't give them anything to work with other than my music and my songs. And that's how I wanted it."

'Honest and unfiltered': Higgins returns

It occurs to Higgins that, given she tends to write when she's grappling with something difficult, her fans have a skewed view of her as a tortured soul.

She does feel things deeply and has dark times, she says, "but I also have a real light side to me and a real sense of humour, and I just like to be a complete goofball and have fun".

Her kids are a source of joy. 

"Watching my kids discover something for the first time, that just makes my heart explode," she says.

And Higgins feels a bit more light is sneaking through. She's been on the road again, performing songs from her new album and celebrating 20 years since Sound of White. At the beginning, during rehearsals, the pain of her marriage break-up was so raw, she couldn't get through her new songs without crying.

Higgins says it's "incredibly gratifying" that her music still resonates with people as she, like many of her fans, moves into a new phase in life. ( Australian Story: Simon Winter )

But getting it out on stage, sharing the "so honest, so unfiltered" songs with her audience, has been cathartic. "It just feels like some sort of movement has happened and it's not as close to the surface as it once was," she says.

Sometimes, Higgins says, she wishes she had a more "calm, solid, steady personality". But, she reasons, if that was the case, she wouldn't be a songwriter.

"I think I'll probably always be a little bit tortured," she says. "I think that's just who I am. But that's probably what will keep me making music. So, I can't get too comfortable."

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María Zardoya, of the Marías, chooses to relive her breakup every night

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The chanting crowd’s “otra” wanes as a singular spotlight illuminates María Zardoya. The Marías’ frontwoman lies in a translucent bathtub, microphone in hand and partially submerged in its warm water. The somber piano of “If Only,” a ballad off their sophomore album, “Submarine,” fills the entire Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Zardoya’s voice takes on a melancholic, siren-like quality, while a trumpet adds a noir jazz accent to the eerie display.

As the song’s final notes linger, the 29-year-old singer retreats into the portable body of water, sinking her head well below its surface. Muffling out her surroundings, she says she’s taken back to the exact moments of heartbreak that inspired the L.A.-based band’s latest project, “Submarine,” released in May. The record is an unambiguous look into the romantic breakup between the group’s founders, singer and lyricist Zardoya and Josh Conway, drummer and producer.

Prior to creating the aquatic ethos of “Submarine,” the band was uncertain if they could make it past such a drastic change in dynamics. But with a dedication to vulnerability and their craft, the foursome — Zardoya, Conway, guitarist Jesse Perlman and keyboardist Edward James — were able to overcome this shift and create one of the summer’s most notorious breakup albums.

Ahead of the Submarine tour’s second L.A. show, I met the Puerto Rican-born singer backstage, in a shaded tent. Small in stature, she wears a floor-length dress with a large floral detail at its center. As she drinks out of an official Marías water bottle that reads “María’s Bathwater” — a layered joke shared between the group and their fan base — she recalls the exact moment she felt the group had passed the breakup test. It was during their show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, a few weeks prior. The stage setup allowed the singer to go up onto a platform, where she could perform from a new vantage point.

“I had never seen that perspective of the stage before because I’m usually on it. I could see the guys below and I got super emotional and started crying a little bit. I was like, ‘Boys, like, we did it,’” said Zardoya. “It was such a beautiful moment because we overcame so much together and it feels like a family now. We’re stronger than ever.”

But this unified feeling among the band didn’t happen overnight.

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The Marías, formed in 2016, found their niche in alternative music early in their career. The experimental indie track “Only in My Dreams” and the bilingual, requited love anthem “Cariño” cemented their reputation as up-and-comers. Ever since the beginning, the group has relied on a certain kind of duality to set them apart. As Zardoya pens her lyrics in both English and Spanish, Conway was quick to incorporate Latin influences to create a more accurate representation of who they are sonically — putting a unique spin on what could’ve been cookie-cutter indie music.

“I introduced him to so much Latin music. From just being around my family, the music and the culture, he picked up on things pretty quickly,” Zardoya said. “He knew that it was important for me to showcase this part of who I am. So when he started making this mix of reggaeton and indie psychedelic, things got really interesting.”

They continued to carve their path in the alternative space with their Grammy-nominated debut album, “Cinema,” in 2021. Their mesmerizing infusion of soulful rock, dreamy pop and Latin rhythms has stayed consistent, yet still inventive over the band’s nine years together. They have even collaborated with fellow Latin musicians Bad Bunny, Young Miko and Tainy.

“We’ve been listening to the Marías since we were young kids in junior high, and integrating Spanish into their genre means a lot to us,” said Andres Garcia, a longtime fan who attended the L.A. show. “I love how the Marías have still been able to stick to the indie genre while still being who they are. It’s something that I notice a lot of Latino indie artists are doing now.”

During the Hollywood performance, Zardoya called out for her “Latino family” and started to list various Latin American countries to see who was represented. The lead singer says she is thankful to share the “experience of being Latin in the U.S.” with her fans. Each night on the Submarine tour, Zardoya makes a point to walk through the crowd while singing. As people push and shove to get a glimpse of the lace-cladden vocalist, she is reminded that performing “makes all the moments of heartbreak [behind ‘Submarine’] worth it.”

“Submarine” is deeply rooted in the idea of tragic love. No matter how upbeat or funky, the tracks may sound — all its lyrics come back to a life-altering heartbreak. “Love You Anyway,” a psychedelic rock-infused track, is centered around the lyrics, “I know that you’ve always been in love with me / But I know that you’ve also had to watch me leave” — directly referencing that the two will always be in love, but have to accept not being together. The dreamy yet heart-wrenching “Sienna” transports listeners to another timeline where things work out between Zardoya and Conway, and they have a child named Sienna who “would’ve been cute” and “would look just like you.”

Zardoya says writing the album was one of the most humbling experiences. After the seven-year relationship, she says she was forced to look at life differently. During those challenging moments of growth, she turned to Buddhism.

“What’s changed the most with me is the beauty of embracing the present moment. Nothing lasts forever. The only thing that exists is right here, right now,” Zardoya says. “That’s helped me, even on tour, in the sense of just taking it one thing at a time and not seeing the big picture.”

After focusing so much emotional labor into “Submarine,” Zardoya was under the impression that sharing it with the world might help her move on. But after performing its personal contents on tour, she finds herself “reliving a trauma” night after night.

“It kind of depends on the night. Some nights I’m like, f— this. I’m tired of dreaming about this. I’m tired of thinking about this. I don’t wanna keep reliving this drama,” Zardoya said. “Then other times I’m like, ‘Thank God I went through it.’ It humbled me as a person. It made me more thankful for life and more tolerant of difficult experiences.”

Walking a fine line between emotional exhaustion and being gracious, she’s accepted that the aftermath of her breakup will be longer than the typical person who isn’t in a band with their ex-boyfriend. As she retells the highs and lows of the relationship through the nightly set list, she’s faced with a decision.

“I want to emit the emotion of these songs. And in order to get there, I have to reexperience what the song is about. It’s a choice,” says Zardoya. “I could choose to just sing the song and work on moving on from the situation. But I want to feel everything and I want the fans to feel it. Because what’s the point if you’re not?”

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With only a few more stops in the U.S., the Marías will take the Submarine tour to Europe in late October. But the band still has plans for “Submarine,” Zardoya reveals that they will release a follow-up EP to the album. Some of the EP’s songs were written alongside the album while others were written after its release, but still belong to the same world.

“I’d say you’re still feeling like you’re underwater, but even more solitude,” says Zardoya. “There’s no bangers. They’re all, like, ‘crying in the club’ songs.”

As the last notes of “Cariño,” the final song in their set, ring out, Zardoya makes a dash toward the end of the stage. She jumps headfirst into the sea of overjoyed fans, with the intention of crowd surfing. The front section of the venue raises their hands high, in preparation to catch the singer. As the rest of the band continues to play, she is passed through the condensed audience — with a smile that can be seen from the crowd’s edges. Instead of the typical breakup comforts, like watching cheesy rom-coms or having a girl’s night out, Zardoya finds her greatest comfort in the hands of her listeners.

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Renowned punk rock band cancels fall tour due to ‘family circumstance’

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The punk rock band Bad Religion announced on Tuesday that it is canceling its fall 2024 tour in North America due to what it calls “an unforeseen family circumstance.”

“We apologize for any disappointment and disruption this may cause. We appreciate your understanding,” a statement posted on Instagram said. “For ticket refunds, please visit the point of purchase.”

This would have been the band’s second tour of the U.S. this year after having toured with Social Distortion earlier.

The band, formed in Los Angeles in 1980, is considered to be one of the best-selling punk rock bands ever. The group released its 17th studio album, “Age of Unreason” in 2019 and published an autobiography of the band, “Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion” in 2020.

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Oasis adds 3 shows to its 2025 tour as fans clamor for tickets to Gallagher brothers' reunion

Oasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing “unprecedented demand” for tickets

LONDON — Oasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing “unprecedented demand,” as fans of the Britpop behemoths braced for a rush to secure tickets that start at about 74 pounds (just under $100).

The new shows announced Thursday are at Heaton Park in the band’s home city of Manchester, England on July 16, 2025, at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 30 and at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on Aug. 12.

Oasis is now scheduled to play 17 gigs — its first shows for 15 years — in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin starting at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4.

Oasis was one of the dominant British acts of the 1990s, producing hits including “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger.” Its sound was fueled by singalong rock choruses and the combustible chemistry between guitarist-songwriter Noel Gallagher and his brother Liam, the band’s singer.

Oasis split in 2009, with Noel Gallagher quitting the band after a backstage dustup with his brother at a festival near Paris. Noel told the AP in a 2011 interview that he left after an incident in which younger brother Liam started wielding a guitar “like an axe ... and he’s swinging this guitar around and he kind of you know, he took my face off with it, you know?”

While the Gallagher brothers, now aged 57 and 51, haven’t performed together since, both regularly perform Oasis songs at their solo gigs. They’ve also each fired off criticisms of the other in the press.

Announcing the reunion on Tuesday, the band said fans would experience “the spark and intensity” that occurs only when they appear on stage together.

The tour will begin July 4 and 5 at the Principality Stadium. Oasis will also perform in Manchester, on July 11, 12, 16, 19 and 20; in London on July 25, 26 and 30 and Aug. 2 and 3; in Edinburgh on Aug. 8, 9 and 12; and Croke Park in Dublin on Aug. 16 and 17.

The band said there are plans for Oasis to perform in “other continents outside of Europe later next year.” It scotched rumors Oasis would headline next year’s Glastonbury festival, saying no festival dates were planned.

Tickets go on sale Saturday at 8 a.m. (0700GMT, 3 a.m. EDT) in Ireland and an hour later in the U.K. Fans were also able to apply for a presale ballot to be held on Friday. It’s unclear how many tickets will be issued through the ballot.

Prices for the London, Cardiff and Edinburgh concerts range from about 74 pounds ($97) to just over 200 pounds ($260) for seats, and about 150 pounds (about $200) to stand. In Manchester, the cheapest tickets are 148 pounds ($195) to stand, with no seated option.

The costliest option is a 506-pound ($666) package for the London gigs that includes a pre-show party, admission to an Oasis exhibition, souvenirs and a “premium collectible item.”

Irish promoter MCD says tickets for the Dublin shows will start at 86.50 euros ($96) plus booking fee.

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This Punk Band Used Its Swan Song to Launch a Filmmaking Career

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Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: After going on a hike and getting “really stoned,” OFF! guitarist Dimitri Coats approached his friend and bandmate Keith Morris with a tall order: He wanted to make a film that featured the band… with the singer’s erectile dysfunction as the inciting incident. “I was a little worried (Keith) wouldn’t go for it,” Coats told IndieWire.  

This leads to a hallucinogenic “antidote” created by aliens with the help of albino bees, and in turn reveals his true destiny: Morris will form a band so great its music will alter human consciousness. That is, if a relentless AI race of assassins doesn’t stop them first. 

“ Free LSD ” has a fever dream of a logline, but something even stranger happened: With help from punk-rock and Hollywood veterans, Jack Black, and Coats’ own experiences studying acting at Julliard, he crafted a midnight movie directorial debut that is funny, exciting, and at times surprisingly moving.

Before he dropped out of Julliard to pursue music, Coats said he learned how to write character arcs and juicy parts from studying so many great plays. “People will come up to me, and it usually starts like this,” Coats said. “‘I hope you don’t take this the wrong way, but I wasn’t expecting much from this movie because it’s made by a band. But, holy shit!’” 

Coats said the movie would have been impossible without his relationship with Morris. “There’s something about our friendship and our creative process that forces us to push the boundaries in ways that I don’t think we would otherwise,” he said.

Coats was 40 when he joined Morris in OFF! back in 2009. They recorded three albums that Coats described as “very black-and-white” hardcore punk. He felt the band was “in a box” and needed a way out. Writing the soundtrack for a sci-fi movie about aliens and consciousness expansion was all part of that scheme.

“I sort of tricked everybody into being as bold as possible musically, especially Keith,” Coats said. “It really opened us up creatively.” The album “Free LSD” is a quantum leap for OFF! — imagine avant-garde saxophonist Albert Ayler teaming with prog-rock musicians to create a hardcore album. It was very well-received.

However, none of that helped them actually make the movie. Directors of the band’s music videos said they thought it would be impossible. The days of “Purple Rain” and the Monkees’ “Head” were long gone. A Kickstarter failed. “We had so many doors slammed in our faces and so many nos, and we just didn’t fucking give up,” Coats said.

In that moment, Coats said, “I realized he was right by my side, and I promised him we’ll make the movie, even if we have to shoot it on a fucking iPhone.”

In the end, it was the music that brought the film together. Many Los Angeles film professionals love OFF! music, including director of photography Christopher Raymond, who shot second unit on “Avengers: Infinity War.” Producer Kurt Kittleson (“The Canyons”) wrote a fan letter to Morris as a teenager. One of the first people to take the project seriously was editor Jonathan P. Shaw, who got his start in the editorial department on “ Blue Velvet ” before editing the TV series “Twin Peaks.” Coats said these industry professionals signed on for a fraction of their usual rates for the joy of working on something new and unusual.

In fact, playing in a band is good prep for filmmaking. Band life is a collective labor of love and struggle — I once heard a musician compare it to “having three girlfriends.” It’s something the film captures well and even depicts as heroic.

Coats, who managed OFF! and produced its records, tried to run the set “like a band experience,” giving everyone involved a great deal of freedom, “and we took that fun seriously.” He also found there is a “musicality in terms of how to structure a screenplay” and setting up tours taught him to write for the budget. The crew pulled off an 18-day shoot during the pandemic. Their friend, Jack Black pulled off his cameos via iPhone. 

By pursuing what many said was an impossible dream, the band crafted a heartfelt paeon to the self-realization that comes from following your creative dreams, no matter your age or background. Said Coats, “Something we’re very proud of is: Look at what these older people, these Gen Xers and boomers can do.” He said audiences respond strongly to “these more human films made by human hands, because there’s something more authentic about them.” 

They remain close friends. Morris is touring with a reunited Circle Jerks, while Coats has started a production company with Kittleson, Yes Way Films. Coats is writing his next feature, a dark comedy called ‘Pie Night,’ and said he is in pre-production for an adaptation of Terry Southern’s first novel, ‘Flash and Filigree’ with Rhino Films.

Said Coats, indie filmmaking is “what I’m going to dedicate my life to. I feel like all roads lead to here.” And, for this viewer, the movie did something I did not expect at all: It made me want to start another band.

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What do we need to hear from Liam & Noel Gallagher when they reunite for their U.K. & Ireland tour next summer?

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Despite what Oasis singer Liam Gallagher promised us 30 years ago, we are, sadly, not going to “Live Forever.” In fact, most of us didn’t think we’d live long enough to see the band perform again after they famously called it quits in 2009 due to the bitter sibling rivalry that both fueled and faltered their family band.

After years of soaring hits, swaggering boasts and a kind of feverish fame in the U.K. that reminded some of a previous generation’s Beatlemania — fitting, given Oasis’ hiding-in-plain-sight Fab Four fixation — songwriter/guitarist Noel Gallagher announced at the time (“with great relief”) that he’d quit the group because he simply “could not go on working with Liam a day longer.”

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Fortunately, times change, money trucks are backed up, and despite years of public sniping and vows that they never, ever intended to look back with anything but anger, Liam and Noel have buried the hatchets they stuck in each other’s backs and announced a 2025 reunion tour . For now, the 17 dates of Oasis Live ’25 are confined to the U.K. and Ireland, with the promise of more shows around the world to come.

Which means it’s the right time to do some setlist manifestation for the songs superfans want to hear when Liam, Noel and whoever else they recruit for the reboot take the stage for the first planned gig on July 4 in Cardiff. Rest assured that such U.K. chart-toppers as “Some Might Say,” “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” “Lyla” and “D’You Know What I Mean” will be in the mix, along with stone-cold must-haves like “Rock n’ Roll Star,” “Supersonic,” “Cast No Shadow,” “Wonderwall” and, duh, “Live Forever.”

But what else do we want in the mix for the big comeback? Check out our 23-song wish list below.

Was there ever any doubt? The (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? opening track was tailor-made for this moment, when the long-dormant group reintroduces itself to a rabid fanbase. The final chorus even finds Liam repeating “Hello” as Noel fittingly sings “It’s good to be back.” Is it ever.

“Rock n’ Roll Star”

The title to the barreling opening track from the band’s massive 1994 sophomore album  Definitely Maybe tells you all you need to know about the group whose bravado was as ubiquitous as Liam’s contemptuous sneer. In case anyone needed a reminder, this typically bold statement telegraphs that, 30 years later, they are still truly rock n’ roll staaaaaars .

"Cigarettes & Alcohol"

Another  DM  classic, this T. Rex-like wall of noise rager bangs on about the futility of looking for meaning in life anywhere but at the bottom of a bottle, ashtray or bindle of coke. After all, as Liam shouts over Noel’s cascade of distorted riffs, “You gotta make it happen,” and you can believe fans will be hoisting their beers and counting their tears of joy.

“Morning Glory”

The energy will stay all the way up by continuing the string of rockers with this semi-title track from their blockbuster 1995 sophomore album. (Bonus points if they kick it off with an IRL helicopter buzzing the stadium.)

"D’You Know What I Mean?"

For a writer who never tired of cribbing from The Beatles’ songbook, this Noel-penned psychedelic shuffle from 1997’s  Be Here Now  is the perfect breather after the headlong rush of the opening quartet. Plus, the arms-around-shoulders-drunken-sway potential for punters yelping “All my people right here, right now/ D’you know what I mean?” at their fellow golden ticket holders is priceless.

"The Hindu Times"

A longtime standard in the group’s live shows, and their sixth of eight No. 1s in the U.K., “Times” is a proper driving, trippy rocker that serves as the obvious segue from “D’You Know” to …

"Go Let It Out"

Given that most of the group’s fans are now nearing or past middle age, the geezers might need a breather in the first third of the show. The swaying first single — and another U.K. No. 1 — from 2000’s  Standing on the Shoulder of Giants does the trick. One of Noel’s most blatant Beatles bites, “Go Let It Out” is the quintessential sing-along, as you can imagine a stadium of emotional superfans affirming “we’re the builders of their destiny!!!!!”

"Slide Away"

As the euphoria begins to settle in, a jump back to the start for this beloved dreamy ballad about an endless love from  Definitely Maybe  has all the feels. Not that they need it, but Oasis fans love nothing more than a song about an intense connection, whether it’s with a lover, or each other.

"Stand by Me"

Time for the first ballad of the night, the earnest second single from Be Here Now . Get your lighters out, throw your arm around your mates, and thank your lucky stars that the Gallaghers are once again standing by each other.

"Some Might Say"

“Some might say” that this whole reunion tour is a radical optimist’s dream, so it only makes sense to deploy the Morning Glory lead single, a rose-colored-glasses anthem that suggests “we will find a brighter day” if we just look hard enough for one – or if we wait 15 years.

“Half the World Away” & “Talk Tonight”

We suggest Liam grab a pint during this Noel-fronted acoustic twofer, giving proper shine to a pair of fan-favorite ballads from 1998’s B-sides compilation The Masterplan . While “Talk Tonight” was aptly inspired by one of the band’s (many) near-breakups, “Half the World Away” made headlines when Liam dedicated it to his then-seemingly-estranged brother at Reading Festival just last week — making this an especially poignant pair of tunes.

"Supersonic"

OK, enough weeping; back to the rock. Oasis’ first-ever single included all the touchstones we’d come to expect from the Manchester lads, from the perfectly unapologetic opening line (“I need to be myself/ I can’t be no one else”) to the on-the-nose Beatles references (“You can sail with me in my yellow submarine”). What better way to celebrate the band’s new beginning than by going back to where it all began?

"Shakermaker"

Time to shake along with your fellow concertgoers to this Definitely Maybe single, a swirling, neo-psychedelic Britpop update of the tune that inspired the 1971 soda ad jingle “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke.”

One of the few enduring standouts from the band’s sixth studio album, 2005’s  Don’t Believe the Truth , this buoyant, foot-stomping track has also become a set staple. Plus, c’mon, an hour into the greatest night of your life, you can’t wait to hear 60,000-plus fans bellow, “Hey Lyla!!!!” 

"The Masterplan"

Optimism is a recurring theme throughout Oasis’ catalog, and that unbridled positivity is never more sincere than on the chorus of this “Wonderwall” B-side: “Dance if you wanna dance, please brother take a chance!” We have a feeling the audience will accept Noel Gallagher’s invitation.

"Roll With It"

The second track from what is arguably a perfect album, this  Morning Glory  favorite not only properly kicked off Oasis’ chart rivalry with Britpop contemporaries Blur, but also provided yet another example of Noel’s unequivocal mastery of writing stadium-worthy anthems about not giving any F’s what people think of you. This far into the show, fans will surely be feeling pretty good about themselves and the track’s message, ’cause after all: They didn’t let anyone get in the way of seeing their beloved band onstage again.

"Cast No Shadow"

In our book, there are no bathroom-break songs in this magical set. Some newbies might pop off to the loo during this sedate acoustic weeper dedicated to Noel’s concern about the then-perilous existence of The Verve singer Richard Ashcroft, but if you don’t raise a pint and howl the chorus into your seatmate’s face, what are you even doing here?

“Champagne Supernova”

Now we’re getting to the big guns. The epic Morning Glory ballad will be the ultimate psychedelic sing-along – as well as a crowd air-guitar-off during the extended instrumental interlude – as we ramp up to the very biggest hits of Oasis’ career.

"Acquiesce"

In the Oasis catalog, there are typically the Liam-fronted songs and the Noel-fronted songs and never the twain shall meet. But the brothers Gallagher, well, acquiesced on this one and split up lead vocals, with Liam tackling the verses and Noel handling the chorus – including that so-true-it-hurts line that we can’t wait to hear onstage: “Because we neeeeeeeed each other.”

ENCORE: "Wonderwall"

All the roads we had to walk are winding — and they all led to this moment. We wonder if we’ll even be able to hear Liam’s vocals over the crowd shout-singing to Oasis’ most enduring anthem. Over the past 15 years, both brothers have continued to perform their own versions of the band’s signature hit – the fourth single from Morning Glory – but nothing can ever replace the original: Noel’s simple strumming backing up Liam’s unmistakable voice.

“Don’t Look Back in Anger”

This one will be particularly moving – especially for the brothers’ five hometown shows – after the Morning Glory single was embraced as the unofficial tribute song for the victims of the deadly Manchester Arena bombing in 2017. And in the light of the reunion tour, it symbolizes a range of healthy turning points for the once-warring siblings: burying the hatchet, living life without regret and generally finding the silver lining in every cloud. Whatever the song represents to each fan lucky enough to be at Live ’25, this sing-along will bring the house down.

"Live Forever"

Forget what we said up top. If you’re not totally wrung out and on the verge of tears of joy by this absolutely titanic  Definitely Maybe  classic you’ve done it wrong. Even now, nearly a year out, we’re already screeching “you and I we’re gonna live forever!!!!!” into our screens in our worst Liam falsetto. Be honest, has there ever been a better message to send us off after the greatest night of our lives?

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Oasis is reuniting for a tour in 2025, but can the Gallagher brothers get along — for once?

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Fans have been clamoring for the legendary Britpop band’s return. Against all odds, it’s happening. But are the pressures of a high profile tour healthy for an already complicated family relationship?

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For more than decade, an Oasis reunion was just not in the cards. Fans didn’t dare dream. 

The legendary Britpop band from the 1990s was known as much for hit songs like “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Champagne Supernova” as it was the tempestuous relationship between brothers and bandmates Noel and Liam Gallagher that ended the band.

So, it is against all odds that this week, almost exactly 15 years since Oasis broke up, the Gallaghers both confirmed Oasis will reunite in 2025 for a set of concerts in the U.K. and Ireland.

The reunion is great news for fans who have been hoping for Oasis to return to the stage for more than decade. But is it good for Noel and Liam Gallagher? Is another tour helpful or harmful for their relationship?

Laurie Kramer , a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University who specializes in sibling relationships, says it might make things worse. The stress that comes with a massive tour, especially one that comes with as much anticipation as this, certainly won’t help.

“When people are stressed, when people are feeling like the stakes are really high that they have to succeed and they have to do it together, it increases the amount of pressure that they perceive,” Kramer says. “That may mean that they might not approach their relationship using their strongest social and emotional competencies.”

To say that Noel and Liam Gallagher have a complicated relationship would be an understatement. When Oasis released its acclaimed debut “Definitely Maybe” in 1994, the group ushered in a new era of English rock, but the band was always on the verge of calamity due to the Gallaghers’ constant infighting.

The list of incidents that ultimately led Oasis to break up five minutes before taking the stage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009 is extensive . 

It includes:

• An interview with NME that degenerated into 14 minutes of arguing (that the band later released as a song called “Wibbling Rivalry”).
• Liam hitting Noel in the head with a tambourine.
• Noel hitting Liam with a cricket bat.
• Both brothers leaving the stage, and band, countless times in the middle of performances or tours.
• Numerous insults lobbed onstage and in the press, including Noel telling Q magazine that Liam is “the angriest man you’ll ever meet” and comparing him to “a man with a fork in a world of soup.”

When the band finally broke up, Noel said , “I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.”

Post-Oasis, Noel and Liam continued to make music with their bands High Flying Birds and Beady Eye, respectively. They’ve also continued hurling insults at each other in interviews and on social media .

“Although I have studied siblings for a very long time and I have seen all sorts of behaviors between siblings, the description of the type of conflict, rivalry, the range of behaviors I’ve seen here are really at the extreme part of the continuum,” Kramer says.

Sibling relationships already tend to be “ambivalent,” Kramer adds. They are often both positive and negative and can switch very quickly from one to the other. And since siblings know each other better than anyone, they tend to understand each other’s strengths and how to support them, as well as how to push each other’s buttons. 

Even if Noel and Liam have worked on their relationship –– and it’s unclear that they have –– the smallest things can set them off because of how intimate that familial, and in this case professional, relationship is, Kramer says.

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“Especially with young kids, you can’t always predict that 15 seconds from now someone will say something, do something, look at someone in a strange, unexpected manner, and that can launch them directly into a conflict,” Kramer says. “Something is going to happen that may stimulate one of them or both of them to get upset at the other and resurrect some of this kneejerk conflict and rivalry.”

Kramer adds that Noel and Liam’s history doesn’t necessarily mean the relationship is beyond saving. Their dynamic isn’t going to change overnight and would require some kind of intervention, family counseling or therapy or, at the very least, a willingness to learn and read about strategies for managing disputes, Kramer says. It’s not impossible to end more than a decade of conflict, but it takes work.

However, adding money and the pressures of a reunion tour on top of their complicated family dynamics is potentially adding fuel to the fire. There’s a reason some fans have joked that anyone who purchases tickets for a show beyond the tour’s first night is taking a bit of a risk .

“This is stressful –– it’s going to exacerbate some of their less skillful moments in relating to others,” Kramer says. “But there’s part of me that wonders whether that’s part of the plan. Maybe that’s just part of their identity at this point, that they are a band that’s composed of people who fight a lot, who conflict, because they’ve gotten attention for that.”

Kramer fears the drama and media circus that follows Noel and Liam might distract from the real problem that sibling conflict and sibling abuse “happens a lot more frequently than people imagine.”

“When we see kids fighting, being antagonistic, being cruel, mean, abusive, which happens more often than we would expect, that’s a problem we should not be rewarding or reinforcing,” Kramer says. “We want to help children, we want to help adults, develop social and emotional competencies so that they can negotiate disagreements, so that they can express their points of view and advocate for themselves but do it in ways that are not hurtful, emotionally or physically.”

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