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Oasis Salutes John McEnroe, 'Naughty' Mancunians at Second New Jersey Show on Reunion Tour (another Billboard rave)
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/oasis-new-jersey-metlife-1236057274/9/2/2025
Oasis Salutes John McEnroe, ‘Naughty’ Mancunians at Second New Jersey Show on Reunion Tour
Oasis Live '25 just might be the concert event of the year.
By Joe Lynch
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That’s not to say it’s necessarily the best concert of the year — though thousands of faithful walked away from MetLife on Monday night swearing exactly that – but that Oasis Live ’25 Tour, like Swift’s Eras Tour, feels like a shared cultural happening that goes beyond a musical concert. If the Eras Tour built community among the youngest generations, then Oasis Live ’25 is reawakening a sense of togetherness among Gen Xers and Millennials; after all, if the Gallagher brothers can reconcile and reunite after years of sniping, why can’t we bring back the rambunctious, good-times spirit of ‘90s Britpop for even just a few hours? (One notable difference: No one was flinging cups of beer – well, we hope it was beer — into the mosh pit at the Eras Tour.)
Of course, none of this would work if the tour felt like a cash-in or a swing-and-a-miss – but as plenty of others at Billboard have already said, the reunited Oasis is a supernova of energy, a vibrating, muscular and fluid band. If anything, time apart has reinvigorated Liam and Noel Gallagher, and the setlist is hard to beat. There’s soaring singalongs (“Don’t Look Back in Anger”), raw, Stooges-esque rock (“Bring It on Down”), top-tier musicianship (shout-out to Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, particularly on “The Masterplan”) and that distinctly Gallagher sense of humor throughout (on Monday, Liam anointed himself with the Sign of the Cross using a bottle of water prior to “Acquiesce”).
During Sunday night’s MetLife show, the band dedicated “Live Forever” to “the kiddies in Minneapolis,” referencing the tragic school shooting on Wednesday (Sept. 27) in Minneapolis where a shooter opened fire on a Catholic school during mass, killing two children and injuring 18 others. On Monday, the song dedications were less weighty, but more personal Gallaghers’ history. Liam saluted tennis legend/former partying pal John McEnroe (who was in the crowd and received plenty of adoration from Oasis fans) with Definitely Maybe opener “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star.” He also dedicated “Fade Away” to attendees from the lads’ hometown: “This one is for the Mancunians,” he decreed, adding that it was specifically for “the very naughty” ones.
During Sunday night’s MetLife show, the band dedicated “Live Forever” to “the kiddies in Minneapolis,” referencing the tragic school shooting on Wednesday (Sept. 27) in Minneapolis where a shooter opened fire on a Catholic school during mass, killing two children and injuring 18 others. On Monday, the song dedications were less weighty, but more personal Gallaghers’ history. Liam saluted tennis legend/former partying pal John McEnroe (who was in the crowd and received plenty of adoration from Oasis fans) with Definitely Maybe opener “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star.” He also dedicated “Fade Away” to attendees from the lads’ hometown: “This one is for the Mancunians,” he decreed, adding that it was specifically for “the very naughty” ones.
-snip-
Oasis Salutes John McEnroe, ‘Naughty’ Mancunians at Second New Jersey Show on Reunion Tour
Oasis Live '25 just might be the concert event of the year.
By Joe Lynch
-snip-
That’s not to say it’s necessarily the best concert of the year — though thousands of faithful walked away from MetLife on Monday night swearing exactly that – but that Oasis Live ’25 Tour, like Swift’s Eras Tour, feels like a shared cultural happening that goes beyond a musical concert. If the Eras Tour built community among the youngest generations, then Oasis Live ’25 is reawakening a sense of togetherness among Gen Xers and Millennials; after all, if the Gallagher brothers can reconcile and reunite after years of sniping, why can’t we bring back the rambunctious, good-times spirit of ‘90s Britpop for even just a few hours? (One notable difference: No one was flinging cups of beer – well, we hope it was beer — into the mosh pit at the Eras Tour.)
Of course, none of this would work if the tour felt like a cash-in or a swing-and-a-miss – but as plenty of others at Billboard have already said, the reunited Oasis is a supernova of energy, a vibrating, muscular and fluid band. If anything, time apart has reinvigorated Liam and Noel Gallagher, and the setlist is hard to beat. There’s soaring singalongs (“Don’t Look Back in Anger”), raw, Stooges-esque rock (“Bring It on Down”), top-tier musicianship (shout-out to Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, particularly on “The Masterplan”) and that distinctly Gallagher sense of humor throughout (on Monday, Liam anointed himself with the Sign of the Cross using a bottle of water prior to “Acquiesce”).
During Sunday night’s MetLife show, the band dedicated “Live Forever” to “the kiddies in Minneapolis,” referencing the tragic school shooting on Wednesday (Sept. 27) in Minneapolis where a shooter opened fire on a Catholic school during mass, killing two children and injuring 18 others. On Monday, the song dedications were less weighty, but more personal Gallaghers’ history. Liam saluted tennis legend/former partying pal John McEnroe (who was in the crowd and received plenty of adoration from Oasis fans) with Definitely Maybe opener “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star.” He also dedicated “Fade Away” to attendees from the lads’ hometown: “This one is for the Mancunians,” he decreed, adding that it was specifically for “the very naughty” ones.
During Sunday night’s MetLife show, the band dedicated “Live Forever” to “the kiddies in Minneapolis,” referencing the tragic school shooting on Wednesday (Sept. 27) in Minneapolis where a shooter opened fire on a Catholic school during mass, killing two children and injuring 18 others. On Monday, the song dedications were less weighty, but more personal Gallaghers’ history. Liam saluted tennis legend/former partying pal John McEnroe (who was in the crowd and received plenty of adoration from Oasis fans) with Definitely Maybe opener “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star.” He also dedicated “Fade Away” to attendees from the lads’ hometown: “This one is for the Mancunians,” he decreed, adding that it was specifically for “the very naughty” ones.
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Emphasis added.
The review ends by saying the only people who could walk away from these shows disappointed would be people hoping Noel and Liam will fight again - and there's no sign that fight will happen.