Oasis’ lineup has been confirmed for their UK tour in 2025.
Former bassist Andy Bell is returning, as confirmed by The Sun, while Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs and Gem Archer will be seen on stage alongside Noel and Liam Gallagher. The Sun also revealed some interesting news from inside sources.
“Noel and Liam are slowly putting Oasis back together and they’re hoping to get Zak (Starkey, Ringo Starr’s son) on board for drums. Andy has confirmed he is free for the tour now, with Bonehead and Gem both signed up too.”
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“Alan White, who was the drummer until 2004, isn’t returning. Zak was probably the best live drummer Oasis ever had and to get him back on board would be amazing,” wrote The Sun. Starkey is a rock drummer who has performed and recorded with The Who since 1996, as well as being the third drummer to have worked with Oasis.
He has also worked with Johnny Marr, The Icicle Works, The Lightning Seeds and The Semantics. His parents are The Beatles icon Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey, his first wife.
Oasis have had many lineup changes throughout the years as founding members Bonehead and Paul McGuigan leaving in 1999, replaced by Gem and Andy, and original drummer Tony McCarroll left in 1995, replaced by Alan White.
Zak joined Oasis five years later but left in 2008. Chris Sharrock took on the role until Oasis later split in 2009. On 5 September, it was announced that a UK competition watchdog had launched an investigation against Ticketmaster due to the “dynamic pricing” of Oasis reunion tour tickets.
The Competition and Markets Authority is probing into whether the company breached customer protection law. “Dynamic pricing” was used while eager fans rushed to get their hands on tickets once they went live on the website.
The BBC reported: “Dynamic pricing meant that on Ticketmaster, where tickets to the reunion tour were originally sold, prices rose in line with demand. The investigation will examine whether Ticketmaster engaged in unfair commercial practices, buyers were given clear information that the tickets could be subject to price rises [and whether] people were put under pressure to buy tickets within a short period of time.”
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