Liam Gallagher has definitively ruled out an Oasis return to Glastonbury Festival, dashing hopes that the reunited Manchester band might headline the Pyramid Stage in 2027. In a characteristically blunt response to a fan account on social media, the 53-year-old singer wrote: “It’s not HAPPENING so all you croc wearing flag waving shit c**** can calm the f*** down.”
The denial comes after a fan account posted that Oasis were among the favourites to headline Glastonbury 2027, citing bookmaker odds of 4/1 and speculation about a possible return to Worthy Farm. The original post read: “According to The Scotsman, Oasis are among the favourites to headline Glastonbury 2027, with odds of 4/1. Could we see them return to the Pyramid Stage?”
Brothers’ Long-Held Criticisms of the Festival
Oasis have headlined Glastonbury twice, in 1995 and 2004, but in recent years both Liam and his brother Noel have publicly criticised the festival. Responding to a post on X last year asking if they could headline the Pyramid Stage again, Liam commented: “Hope not.” He later added: “I like the other stages and the tents, but the main stage is like playing to a load of jamboree teachers.”
He continued: “It’s a load of divs dressed in Ty die (sic) clothes banging clogs and blowing up balloons all with psycho smiles and crusty eyes and red wine mouths.”
A year earlier, Noel Gallagher, 59, criticised Glastonbury for “virtue-signalling” on a podcast. He said: “It’s getting a bit woke now, that place, and a bit kind of preachy and a bit virtue-signalling. I don’t like it in music – little f***** idiots waving flags around and making political statements, and bands taking the stage and saying, ‘Hey guys, isn’t war terrible, yeah? Let’s all boo war. F*** the Tories man,’ and all that. It’s like, look – play your f****** tunes and get off.”
Noel’s Mixed Feelings and Tour Documentary
Despite the criticism, Noel, who performed at Glastonbury with his band Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds in 2022, acknowledged a fondness for the festival. He told the podcast: “Donate all your money to the cause – that’s it, stop yapping about it. Let’s just say for instance the world is in a bit of a f***** up place… what’s all the kids in a field at Glastonbury going to do about it? Everybody knows what’s going on in the f****** world, you’ve got a phone in your pocket that tells you anyway. What is the point of virtue-signalling?”
He also called Glastonbury “probably the best f****** thing about Britain apart from the Premier League.”
Next month, a documentary following the brothers on their Live 25 Tour will screen. Titled Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger, it follows the Gallaghers across the tour that began in Cardiff in July last year. It will be released in cinemas on September 9 and on Disney Plus, with the streaming service saying it will highlight the “triumphant reunion tour” from rehearsals to backstage and onstage. It will also include the first joint interviews with Noel and Liam in over 20 years.
Reunion Tour Legacy
The Oasis reunion tour was announced in August 2024, 15 years after the brothers’ dramatic split in 2009, which was prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in France. The band have had eight number one singles and albums each in the UK charts, with Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, and Some Might Say among their best-known hits.
