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- Oasis documentary "Don't Look Back In Anger," scripted by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, chronicles the band's 2025 comeback tour after a 15-year split triggered by a backstage brawl in Paris in 2009.
- Liam Gallagher's newfound professionalism — giving up cigarettes and alcohol for the tour and refusing to walk out of rehearsals — is flagged as the film's biggest revelation, with Noel noting "chaos can ensue" if the singer isn't focused.
- The Cardiff Principality Stadium reunion gig lands only 40 minutes into the runtime, leaving the directors "flailing for a story" as subsequent shows in Dublin, Manchester, São Paulo, Tokyo and New York repeat the same tear-soaked fan template.
- The review highlights major omissions: no mention of the dynamic pricing row that marred the tour's launch, no interview with guitarist Bonehead about his cancer diagnosis (which forced him off the final leg), and no reckoning with Liam publicly criticising Noel for skipping Manchester Arena Bombing charity shows.
- Noel Gallagher admits the emotional gravity of the reunion "knocked me back," as fans worldwide — including a South Korean Haenyeo free-diver who credits Oasis with pulling her out of depression — share personal stories of what the music meant to them.
- The film releases in UK cinemas on Wednesday, September 9, and is positioned as both a souvenir for tour attendees and a soft trailer for the band's heavily rumoured return to Knebworth next summer.
Why it matters: For a global audience that paid inflated ticket prices and waited 15 years for this reunion, the documentary's selective memory is a commercial choice with consequences: fans seeking answers about Bonehead's health, the dynamic pricing fallout, or the brothers' family rift will leave unsatisfied, while the film functions more as a Knebworth hype reel than a candid portrait.
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