Oasis 2025 Reunion Tour Captured in Lovelace-Southern Doc — SkimNews
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- "Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger" concert documentary, directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern with Steven Knight credited as creator/writer, chronicles the band's blockbuster 2025 reunion tour with stops in Cardiff, Seoul, Wembley and Sao Paulo.
- The film traces Oasis' history from 1994's Definitely Maybe — the fastest-selling debut album in British history — through their Paris pre-gig split roughly 15 years later, using news archive and fan footage before granting access to six weeks of reunion rehearsals.
- Noel Gallagher is shown precisely organizing arrangements during rehearsals while Liam Gallagher brings 'deathless punky energy' to each snarled word, with the review noting the footage alone would have made a great film even without an audience.
- A serious moment sees Noel passionately declare that the band is 'for everyone, not the right-wing,' addressing the political tensions that have followed Oasis fandom.
- Liam dedicates 'Live Forever' in Sao Paulo to the late Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield, and demands crowds perform the Poznań during 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' — reinforced by a life-size cardboard cutout of then-Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola adorning the stage.
- The review concedes the documentary 'does not reinvent the form' and 'doesn't contain revelations,' but credits Lovelace and Southern — previously behind NYC indie-scene doc 'Meet Me in the Bathroom' — with capturing weeping, dancing fans with 'genuine love and care.'
Why it matters: For an audience that hasn't lived through Oasis mania, this documentary crystalizes a reunion tour that the reviewer frames as the last great British band's return — but the reviewer himself admits the film offers no new revelations about the Gallaghers, making it a fan-facing artifact rather than a definitive band biography. The Noel-on-politics moment and the Mani dedication give it emotional stakes beyond nostalgia.
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