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Piers Morgan couldn’t resist but take a jibe at Oasis ahead of their reunion tour starting. Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are ready to take to the stage together for the first time in 16 years at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
And the former Good Morning Britain presenter made a cheeky dig at the duo’s infamous fallout that saw the band initially split. Taking to social media, Piers shared a snap of himself alongside Liam.
In the throwback snap shared on Twitter /X, Liam and Pier were sharing a glass of bubbly. He captioned the upload: “Good luck, lads @oasis – try to make it to the second half before brawling on stage. @liamgallagher @NoelGallagher”
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It comes after the Mancunian brothers’ huge fallout in 2009. Ever since, Liam and Noel have been involved in a bitter war of words for years. On August 28, 2009, lead guitarist and songwriter, Noel, quit the band ahead of a gig in Paris.
It came as Oasis were preparing to go onstage at the Rock En Seine festival. A row is said to have broken out, with Liam wielding Noel’s guitar around “like an axe”.
“He nearly took my face off with it,” Noel claimed, adding after that the show was cancelled, along with the rest of the tour.
The explosive row also saw Liam chuck a plum at his older brother. The fruit burst against the dressing room wall shortly before they were due on stage. Noel told Radio X: “Part of me wishes it did end like that – ‘plum throws plum’. “
He went on: “He storms out of the dressing room and on the way out, he picked up a plum and threw it across the dressing room and it smashes against the wall. ” Liam then began “swinging” a guitar, which Noel says was a “real unnecessary violent act”.
Thankfully for their fans, they have agreed to bury the hatchet, starting with tonight’s offering in Wales. The city of Cardiff has been taken over by Britpop fans, with pubs nearby the Principality Stadium seemingly bursting at the seams.
When those lucky enough to have got their hands on tickets get into the venue they will be treated to over two hours worth of tunes by the iconic hitmakers. It was revealed earlier in the week that Oasis will take to the stage at 8. 15pm before exiting at the 10. 30pm curfew.
It’s thought they will entertain the 74,500 crowd with 24 of their biggest tunes. While they hadn’t confirmed the setlist, leaks online seemingly showed fans what to expect.
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Louis Tomlinson has found himself having a lucky day ahead of the first Oasis show of their tour. Last year, Louis revealed that like thousands across the globe, he’d been unsuccessful in securing tickets for the tour. In August of 2024, the Manchester band left fans completely gobsmacked when they announced that Liam and Noel Gallagher’s long-running feud had finally come to an end.
Almost 15 years to the day after their split, the two biblical musicians put their differences aside and confirmed that Oasis was back with a bang. It came just weeks after Liam had been touring the country to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Definitely Maybe.
Noel quit the Manchester rock group on August 28 2009, saying he “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”. Last year, the pair posed for several photos together, confirming the band’s long-awaited reunion, saying: “The great wait is over.” But one fan who didn’t get tickets was former One Direction star Louis – but things have since changed.
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The Mirror can reveal that the cheeky Doncaster chap, 33, has found himself on the guest list for tonight’s tour opener at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. A source close to the musician told us: ” Louis is a huge Oasis fan and has been extremely open about failing to secure tickets in the queue. He’s said to have found himself on tonight’s guestlist, which promises to be one of the most exciting concerts in music history.”
Just days after tickets went on sale and sold out on August 31, Headlines singer Louis revealed that despite his huge celebrity status, he was unable to secure tickets. Speaking on Sky Sports at the Italian Grand Prix on September 1, he said: “I didn’t, I was in the queue but I never got a number. I did try. I did try.”
But he did say he hoped his fame would help him. “I have my fingers crossed,” when the Sky reporter suggested he may get sent a few. But Louis isn’t the only excited fan attending the concert tonight. 74,500 fans are expected to pack into the waterfront stadium to see Oasis perform for the first time in 16 years.
Two fans spent more than a day travelling to get to Cardiff in time for the band’s first gig since 2009. Lachlan Weekes and Jayden Helm travelled from Sydney, Australia, to attend the concert in the Welsh capital.
Mr Weekes said: “We’ve been planning it forever. We always said that if they got back together, we’d be at that first show. ” Mr Helm said: “We’ve been lifelong fans – we’re 22 and 21, so haven’t really had a chance to see them before.
“It was a long two flights to get here, it’s just over a day of travel – a long time – we’re still a bit jet lagged, I think. We always said it was worth it to come, we wouldn’t miss it for the world. To take time off work to come over here, it’s more than worth it.”
They also visited Manchester, stopping off at Heaton Park as part of their personal Oasis tour. Mr Weekes hopes the band will play Slide Away, while Mr Helm said he would “go crazy” for Cigarettes & Alcohol. Thousands of fans have flooded the streets of Cardiff, visiting dozens of pubs while making their way to the stadium.
It comes as no surprise that many are wearing signature bucket hats and Adidas tops for the first show.
More details of Caitlyn Jenner’s friend Sophia’s fatal accident have emerged as cops have made a statement. Sophia died on Wednesday in an ATV crash at the age of 29.
The LA Sheriff’s Department has reported that she died at around 11. 30am. The crash occurred on Decker Canyon Road which is a public road about a mile north of Pacific Coast Highway.
The accident happened near Caitlyn’s $3. 5 million Malibu house. Police were called and Sophia was pronounced dead at the scene. It has been said that drones were used to help locate Sophia’s body after the ATV collided with another vehicle on the road above.
The US Sun reported that the LA Sheriff’s Department said: “Our search and rescue responded from the station and we were able to find the location using our drones.
“We have a drone program here at the station. So we had a drone go down there and search for the collision and then we sent our search and rescue down to try and rescue the driver of the Polaris. “
They added: “Sophia was driving the 2013 Polaris when she collided with the rear bumper of party two, which was also travelling southbound, so she was going faster than the other party.
“The force of the collision caused party one’s vehicle, the Polaris, to veer to the right and over the cliff side, travelling 350 feet down to the ravine below. Emergency medical personnel arrived onthe scene and determined that the driver of the Polaris was deceased. Party two and her passenger were not injured in the collision. “
They explained that they were currently waiting for “bloodwork” to come through to confirm that no one involved was intoxicated at the time of the crash.
In a heartbreaking final post before the fatal accident, Sophia spoke about healing. She shared a snap of an ornament she had fixed, and wrote alongside it: “From a headless cherub, missing one leg, arm, and foot, to a healing cherub. You can officially call me surgeon, Dr. Hutchins…”
Sophia was Caitlyn’s manager but the pair were also close friends. She had been open about her own transgender journey and after her transition, said: “I truly feel my spirit, my soul, my mind is exactly the same, I am just so much more comfortable physically. Before I transitioned I felt like, ‘Yeah, I’m definitely just a girl, but I’m in the wrong body. ‘ And I felt trapped in that body.
“And I needed to have the hormones to change the body, for me, the surgeries to change the body. But for me, that’s what I wanted to do, and that’s what made me ultimately so at peace. “
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he agreed with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to work to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences, as concerns mounted in Kyiv over US military aid deliveries.
The two leaders had a “very important and fruitful conversation” by phone on Friday, Zelenskyy said.
“We spoke about opportunities in air defence and agreed that we will work together to strengthen protection of our skies,” he added in a post on the social media platform X.
The president added that he discussed joint defence production, as well as joint purchases and investments, with the US leader.
Meanwhile, US publication Axios, citing an unidentified Ukrainian official and a source with knowledge of the call, said Trump told Zelenskyy he wants to help Ukraine with air defence after escalating attacks from Russia.
This comes a day after the US president spoke to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, in a conversation he said was disappointing.
“I’m very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don’t think he’s there, and I’m very disappointed,” Trump said after the call on Thursday. “I’m just saying I don’t think he’s looking to stop, and that’s too bad. ”
Trump said the call with Putin resulted in no progress at all on efforts to end the war, and the Kremlin reiterated that Moscow would keep pushing to solve the conflict’s “root causes”.
Hours after the Trump-Putin call on Thursday, Russia pummelled Kyiv with the largest drone attack of the war, killing one person, injuring at least 23 and damaging buildings across the capital.
Air raid sirens, the whine of kamikaze drones and booming detonations reverberated from early evening until dawn as Russia launched what Ukraine’s Air Force said was a total of 539 drones and 11 missiles.
Zelenskyy called the attack “deliberately massive and cynical”.
Ukraine has been asking Washington to sell it more Patriot missiles and systems that it sees as key to defending its cities from intensifying Russian air strikes.
A decision by Washington to halt some shipments of weapons to Ukraine prompted warnings by Kyiv that the move would weaken its ability to defend against Russia’s air strikes and battlefield advances. Germany said it is in talks on buying Patriot air defence systems to bridge the gap.
Trump spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday, according to Spiegel magazine, citing government sources. The two leaders discussed the situation in Ukraine, including strengthening its air defence, as well as trade issues, Spiegel reported on Friday.
In Zelenskyy’s post on X on Friday after his call with Trump, he said the two had “a detailed conversation about defense industry capabilities and joint production. We are ready for direct projects with the United States and believe this is critically important for security, especially when it comes to drones and related technologies. ”
Zelenskyy also said Ukrainians are “grateful for all the support provided”, as it helps protect lives and safeguard their independence.
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