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Liam Gallagher‘s almost-gig at Manchester’s Lidl has gone missing, and there’s a £500 reward for its return.The plaque was put in place after Gallagher first joked he would perform in a Lidl if the new Co-Op Live Arena in Manchester wasn’t “sorted” in time for his ‘Definitely Maybe’ anniversary tour dates in the city in June.It followed a string of technical issues and subsequent cancellations when the venue first opened earlier this year. Gigs and events from the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Keane, Peter Kay and The Black Keys were postponed, leading to concern from Gallagher fans about his planned dates.After a fan on X/Twitter asked what he would do if the issues hadn’t been resolved by the time his tour came around, he replied: “Gig in LIDL.”Then, once the shows went ahead in their original location, a plaque was installed at Lidl’s Newton Heath store in Manchester, commemorating the gig that Liam Gallagher “almost” played there.But now, it appears that the plaque has been stolen.

The Smiths, and has been featured in TV series and films such as Peaky Blinders, Last Tango In Halifax, Mrs Biggs, Cold Feet, Blue Murder, and more.However, last month it was reported that the iconic site was under threat of closure due to rising costs and a drop in grant funding. To remain open, it was forced to try and raise £250,000 by mid-November, and called out for support from the community.Now, in a new update shared on Instagram, the venue has confirmed that it has hit the financial target required, and will now be allowed to continue functioning as usual.“We did it! Salford Lads and Girls Club is officially saved,” the update began.

BBC News, the Westminster City Council confirmed that it had suspended the venue in Soho, following a request from the Metropolitan Police. The Groucho Club is reported as having cooperated with the licensing subcommittee from the council, and accepted the decision to close following the seriousness of the allegations.Few details have been shared about the incident at hand, but a full hearing about the licence is scheduled to be held within 28 days of police submitting the review application.“[The closure] follows reports that a serious crime may have taken place at the premises in circumstances linked to a breach in the premises licencing conditions,” said a council spokesperson.

Liam Gallagher has responded to comments made by Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock, in which he called Oasis “boring”.The bassist – who has also worked alongside Blondie and Iggy Pop, and has been hitting the road with Frank Carter in recent months – spoke to NME earlier this month, as he is currently touring the UK to promote his 2023 solo album ‘Consequences Coming’.As well as discussing his time in Sex Pistols, thoughts on Trump’s re-election as US President, and Danny Boyle’s “cheesy” Pistol TV biopic, he also opened up about his thoughts on the massive news of an Oasis reunion.Discussing how he perceived the fans’ reaction to the news of a comeback tour, he told NME: “I’ve always seen Oasis as a bit Status Quo. [With Quo], to hear one song once was enough. It’s a bit like that with Oasis: to hear one song once is enough.

Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock has spoken to NME about once being invited to join Oasis, what the future holds for the punk icons with Frank Carter, and his thoughts on John Lydon‘s lyrics and pro-Trump stance.Matlock is currently touring the UK to promote his 2023 solo album ‘Consequences Coming’. Speaking to NME, the 68-year-old discussed his part in Blondie’s “heavy” and “atonal” new album and reflected on the Sex Pistols’ recent UK reunion tour, which featured himself, original members Steve Jones (guitar) and Paul Cook (drums), with guest vocalist Frank Carter in place of the estranged Lydon.Check out our full interview below, where he alo expressed annoyance at the ongoing veneration of “likeable nitwit” Sid Vicious, who replaced him as the Pistols’ bassist in 1977, and explained his dissatisfaction with Danny Boyle’s 2022 Pistol TV biopic, which was adapted from Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy.NME: Hi Glen! You’ve always had eclectic music tastes. Is that something you wanted to convey with ‘Consequences Coming’, which features rock’n’roll and doo-wop?Glen Matlock: “Yeah, I’d like to not just be known as the punk rocker bloke from a long time ago – there’s an element of that.

Oasis have announced the South Korea and Japan dates for their eagerly anticipated 2025 reunion tour – see the full list of dates and details below.Today (November 22), Liam Gallagher and brother Noel Gallagher have confirmed the three new dates that they will perform in Asia next year after previously teasing an announcement earlier this week.Oasis will perform at the Goyang Stadium in South Korea on 21 October, 2025, and will perform two shows in Japan at the Tokyo Dome on October 25 and 26.A post shared by Oasis (@oasis)General tickets to the South Korea show will go on sale on November 29 at 12pm KST, and general tickets to the Japan shows will go on sale on December 7 at 10am JST. South Korean pre-sale details and Japan pre-sale details have also been announced.A post shared by Oasis (@oasis)Since they revealed their highly-awaited return to the stage earlier this year, Liam and Noel Gallagher have announced huge stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland, followed by a string of dates in North America.

Cage The Elephant guitarist Brad Shultz has spoken to NME about being invited to support Oasis on the North American leg of their 2025 reunion tour, while also previewing the band’s own UK headline dates in February.Kicking off at Toronto’s Rogers Stadium on August 24, Cage The Elephant will join all American, Canadian and Mexican dates on the Oasis Live ‘25 tour, culminating with two nights in Mexico City on September 12 and 13.The Kentucky-raised rockers have spent the last months touring in support of their sixth album ‘Neon Pill’, which arrived in May. Speaking fresh off an appearance at Mexico City’s Corona Capital Festival last Friday (November 15), Shultz told NME that “I think I might have blacked out a little bit!” upon receiving the news of joining the Gallaghers on the road.“It’s an honour to support Oasis,” he said.

Oasis seem to be teasing an upcoming announcement of tour dates in Japan and South Korea.Since they revealed their highly-awaited return to the stage earlier this year, Liam and Noel Gallagher have announced huge stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland, followed by a string of dates in North America. They’ll then return for two extra dates at London’s Wembley Stadium in late September, before heading to Australia for shows in Melbourne and Sydney and then playing further dates in South America.In September, NME exclusively revealed the band’s planned international dates – most of which have now been confirmed.

Fatboy Slim has weighed in on the ticket fiasco around the Oasis 2025 reunion tour, and labelled the use of dynamic pricing as “sick”.Liam and Noel Gallagher announced the reformation of the iconic Britpop band earlier this year, and confirmed that they will be playing their first live shows together since 2009 next summer.The dates kick off with huge stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland, and from there will head to North America before returning for two extra dates at London’s Wembley Stadium in late September. The brothers then confirmed Australia for shows in Melbourne and Sydney, before announcing their first South American dates in 16 years.Upon tickets going live for the UK and Ireland shows, however, the band were at the centre of controversy when some fans found huge price increases due to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing policy upon accessing ticket pages.The ticketing platform’s “surge pricing” scheme, introduced in 2022, increases ticket prices based on demand.

Liam Gallagher has gone back on his claims that Oasis are currently recording a new album, telling fans “it was a laugh”.Since the Britpop icons announced their initial reunion shows earlier this year, which will see them play live together for the first time since 2009, Liam has been teasing that there is more than just a tour on the horizon.In September, when one fan asked “Is it true that Oasis will have a new album???”, Liam replied: “Yep it’s already finished.” He also responded to a fan asking if a new record was “in the air”, to which he said, “It’s in the bag mate fuck the air”.Then, earlier this month, he told fans on Twitter/X that he was “blown away” by the material Noel had written for the record. A comment he made back in April also resurfaced after the comeback announcement, in which he suggested Oasis would be recording a new album in November.While Liam is known for being light-hearted and flippant on X/Twitter, and his tweets fall well short of any official confirmation, he does have form in leaking clues to the news before it becomes public knowledge, having initially teased the band’s reunion and their UK and Ireland 2025 tour dates before both were officially confirmed.But, now, he’s dismissing his earlier teasers, saying there’s “no Oasis album in the making”.

Liam Gallagher has shared his opinion on The Cure saying: “I’m not depressed”.After replying to a tweet from a fan who shared a photo of the ‘Whatever’ singer asking “who is this? wrong answers only,” the Mancunian rockstar took to his X/Twitter account to reply with “The vicar of fucking dibley.”Another fan replied to his comment with “listen to the cure,” to which Gallagher responded with” “I’m not depressed.”Another user went on to comment on his reply saying that he can not be “hating on The Cure,” to which the singer responded: “I don’t hate them I just rather listen to two foxes shagging in the bushes at 5.30 am.”I’m not depressed— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) November 16, 2024I don’t hate them I just rather listen to 2 foxes shagging in the bushes at 5.30 am— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) November 16, 2024Though Liam is not quite fond of Robert Smith and co, his brother and former Oasis bandmate Noel has previously teamed up with the ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ singer on a remix of ‘Pretty Boy’ from his The High Flying Birds album ‘Council Skies‘.Speaking to NME about how the collaboration came to be, Noel shared: “Because the song [‘Pretty Boy’] sounds like The Cure I was like, ‘Does Robert Smith do remixes?’ I got hold of his email, the first line was, ‘Hi Robert, it’s Noel Gallagher’. I thought at that point he’d go, ‘Fuck that c**t’.

Robbie Williams has spoken out on touring at the same time as the Oasis comeback tour.The former Take That star announced a giant string of dates for his 2025 UK, Ireland and European tour just days ago (November 11). It will see Williams commence in Edinburgh on May 31 – and run all the way until September.It follows the news of Oasis’ own reunion tour, after they announced their comeback last August following weeks of reports that the Britpop giants would be returning and Liam teasing the reunion at his Reading Festival headline slot.

Jedward caught up with NME to start “beef” with Coldplay and Oasis, and deliver us a cover of ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’. Watch the footage below.The pair spent a considerable amount of time on the red carpet of the Manchester ceremony at the Co-Op Live Arena, despite not being nominated or involved in the ceremony.Speaking to NME, John Grimes of the former X Factor contestant duo explained how they’d “been writing so many songs” and were “in our emo era, we’ve been in our emotions”.Brother Edward then admitted “I know we’re not Coldplay, I know we’re not Oasis,” before John interjected: “But you know what? Coldplay could have done with some of our songs on their new album [‘Moon Music‘].”Edward then replied: “But we can sing Oasis – can Oasis sing Jedward?”A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)John agreed that “you’ve got to be versatile”, before laying the gauntlet down to the Gallaghers: What we’re saying is: Liam and Noel, there’s some beef here.

Noel Gallagher, along with an Oasis exhibition have been launched to help save Salford Lads Club.The club, famous for being the location of the inside sleeve for The Smiths album ‘The Queen Is Dead’, first hosted a giant Oasis exhibition in June – it featured rare and exclusive memorabilia from the band, along with a selection of Gallagher‘s six-figure guitar collection, in what was touted as the “largest ever” exhibition of the band.Now, per Manchester Evening News, a new Oasis exhibition will take place on November 23 & 24 as part of a charity effort to raise funds for the club.It will follow an auction of an autographed Cherry Hofner Verythin, which was used by Gallagher on Oasis studio recordings, estimated between £4,000 to £8,000. Bidding will end on Friday (November 15).

last performed together, but Liam Gallagher wants the world to know the band is still at the top of their game.On Sunday, the 52-year-old rocker took to X to assure fans and critics that Oasis can “wipe the floor” with most of the bands performing today. “Got asked a ridiculous question yesterday so are OASIS gonna be as good as you once were because when sone bands get back together there not as good,” Liam wrote. “I said listen here you C–T even on our bad day we’ll still wipe the floor with majority of bands out there BUMBAC—T LG x.”Liam has a history of making bombastic statements on social media.

Noel Gallagher has created a six-hour-long, ambient version of the Oasis track ‘Champagne Supernova’ for an upcoming exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London.The song, which was first released on the band’s 1995 sophomore album ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’, has been transformed into a mixed track that spans across six hours. It will be played as a portrait of Britpop icon Noel Gallagher will go on display at the Trafalgar Square museum later this month.It all comes as part of a new Legends exhibition, which includes 100 portraits taken by UK photographer Zoë Law, and depicts famous faces who influenced her in both her life and her career.Alongside Gallagher’s portrait will be one of England World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton, Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall, Pirates Of The Caribbean actor Orlando Bloom, and a never-before-seen portrait of Sienna Miller.

Liam Gallagher has insisted that Oasis will “be as good” as they once were when they return next year and “even on our bad day we’ll still wipe the floor with the majority of bands out there”.Liam and Noel Gallagher will play their first live shows together since 2009 next summer, kicking off with huge stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland. From there, the Britpop band are due to head to North America before returning for two extra dates at London’s Wembley Stadium in late September.

Noel Gallagher was a surprise addition to the commentary for Manchester City’s Champions League clash with Sporting Lisbon last night (November 5) – and viewers weren’t impressed.The Oasis and High Flying Birds musician – who is a lifelong Man City fan – joined Darren Fletcher and co-commentator Ally McCoist throughout TNT Sports’ live coverage of the match. He was on co-comms duty alongside the professionals for the entire game.However, Gallagher saw the reigning Premier League champions lose 4-1 to Sporting (helmed by incoming Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim) at Lisbon’s Estádio José Alvalade.The match marked Man City’s third loss in as many games following recent defeats from Bournemouth and Tottenham Hotspur.Gallagher’s punditry resulted in negative responses, with many suggesting that he shouldn’t have been involved.

Oasis have announced the South American leg of their 2025 reunion world tour – you can find all the details below.Liam and Noel Gallagher will play their first live shows together since 2009 next summer, kicking off with huge stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland. From there, the Britpop band are due to head to North America before returning for two extra dates at London’s Wembley Stadium in late September. Then, they’ll head to Australia for shows in Melbourne and Sydney.Now, it’s been announced that they’ll be making their highly-awaited return to South America after 16 years.

Oasis fans who fell victim to ticket scams for their upcoming reunion tour have lost £346 each on average.Tickets for the UK dates first went on sale in August, with 1.4 million up for grabs. They promptly sold out after 10 million fans from 158 countries joined the queue.Now, Lloyds Bank have reported a “landslide” of scams surrounding Noel and Liam Gallagher‘s highly-awaited return to the stage, with “hundreds” of fans reportedly defrauded while attempting to buy tickets – per The Guardian.The banking group’s internal data showed that 90% of ticket scam cases started with fake adverts on social media, with those aged between 35 and 44 among the most likely to be targeted, making up 31% of all cases.On average, victims lost £346, however some reported paying up to £1,000 for fraudulent tickets.The data relates to the period between August 27, when Oasis confirmed their reunion, to September 25.

Parka jackets are making a major comeback, thanks to the Gallagher brothers' reunion sparking a resurgence in 90s grunge fashion - particularly, the iconic parka that Liam Gallagher was often spotted in. Since the announcement of the reunion tour, searches for 90s-style parkas have skyrocketed, with Oasis fans snapping up the staple coat to emulate the Gallagher look for the upcoming concerts.