https://www.spin.com/2025/08/how-is-oasis-live-25-going-so-far-so-fuckin-brilliant/
How is Oasis Live ’25 Going? So Far, So Fuckin’ Brilliant
A recap of their rainy North American kick-off in Toronto, absent tantrums, insults, cricket bats, swinging guitars, or middle fingers
Written by Karen Bliss |
August 25, 2025 - 3:30 pm
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Liam dedicated “D’You Know What I Mean?” to the “warriors,” and he couldn’t have been more split-second prophetic before the rain began—a little at first, around “Stand by Me,” “Cast No Shadow,” and “Slide Away” and then it was windy and torrential. People put boxes on their heads. Some ran to guest services to get plastic ponchos. Some even used their merch bags or new Oasis swag to cover up. Even Liam put the hood of his signature parka up while they waited on some towels so they wouldn’t wipe out on the slippery stage
“It’s only a bit of rain, man. We’re from Manchester,” Liam said. As the weather got more unapologetic, he said “Don’t you just love it? A little bit of chaos when the weather comes,” while later joking that he was told he wouldn’t need a parka during Toronto’s summer, just “shorts, a Bermuda shirt, you’ll have a fucking lovely time.”
Quipped Noel, “All this money we’re making and we can’t afford a bit of fucking carpet.”
And then as they played through the next hour—“Whatever” (incorporating a bit of the Beatles’ “Octopus’s Garden,” which they did in the ’90s too), “Live Forever,” and “Rock ‘N’ Roll Star”—the crowd settled in and went with it, enjoying the rain, dancing and pogoing, hugging and singing, spirits undampened by the damp. No doubt, it was the universe playing a hilarious joke, testing our willingness to get soaked to the skin after waiting 16 years for the brothers to make up.
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First I'd heard of the stage being slippery. Hope they'll be prepared tonight, if there's a chance of rain again, as a weather page I saw yesterday was predicting for tonight.
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