Noel Gallagher reveals Glastonbury plans ahead of Oasis tour comeback

Noel Gallagher says Oasis have been given the weekend off - and are sounding “huge” ahead of their comeback on Friday night.

The Manchester band, led by Noel and brother Liam Gallagher, will play their first gig in 16 years at Cardiff’s Principality stadium.

Ahead of the show, Noel said: “We finished rehearsing last Tuesday. We've got a few days off now and it's sounding huge, so we're all, well this is it, there's no going back now. It's good.”

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Speaking to TalkSport he was asked if he would be at Glastonbury, and Noel joked: “I might have a look at it on the iPlayer, yeah, but everyone was saying ‘are you coming?’ I was like, ‘I think it's probably best if I sit it out this year as I've got something going on next weekend.’”

On Rod Stewart’s Legends slot at the festival, he said: “Big rod, the cup of tea slot, two in the afternoon, good lad, he'd be good, him and Ronnie Wood.”

Rod Stewart will play Glastonbury festival on Sunday afternoon with Olivia Rodrigo then headlining the Pyramid stage later the same day. Noel and Liam will walk on stage for the first time together in public, since the band split nearly two decades ago, on July 4 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

On X, formerly twitter, Liam was asked on Friday if the roof of the stadium would be open or closed for the gigs. Liam replied: “It’ll be coming off either way.”

There will also be dates in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin as part of the tour. The support will come several acts including Liverpool band Cast.

Last week Noel and Liam Gallagher posed up together for the first time since the Oasis global tour was announced.

The brothers were pictured as part of an Adidas promotional campaign which launched in an advert on Channel 4. Liam and Noel have only been photographed together once in the last two decades in August last year, when they confirmed the reunion tour with a black and white shot which made headlines around the world.

Oasis split following a backstage bust-up between the Gallaghers at Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009. But thankfully the brothers have now made up and it is believed Liam made the first move to patch things up.

On X Liam said last year: "I called him but don’t tell anyone as I don't want folk thinking I’m a soft lad and stuffs keep it between me n you cheers x." The reply laced with humour was typical of Liam's responses on social media.

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