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- Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger, a two-hour concert documentary directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern alongside Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, was filmed during the band's sold-out 2025 reunion tour and opens in cinemas September 10 in Australia and September 11 in the UK and US.
- Hidden rehearsal-room cameras capture Liam arriving weeks after Noel at the first practice, joking about drummer Joey Waronker's kit, then walking straight out the door when finished while bandmates laughed and kept playing.
- Noel Gallagher appears unusually soft in the film — admitting nervousness before opening night, tears before an Ireland show, and being visibly moved by the death of Stone Roses bassist Mani and by fathers embracing sons in the crowd.
- The documentary sidesteps hard questions about the reunion's economics: Liam quips "there are no cheap seats," while the source notes Ticketmaster's "tiered" pricing pushed some £148.50 tickets above £350; Noel claims "all was forgiven without a word" after a decade of estrangement, which the reviewer calls unconvincing.
- Oscar-grade production talent elevates the film — cinematographer Lol Crawley (The Brutalist) and sound designers Tarn Willers and James Mather (The Zone of Interest) capture concerts from Heaton Park and Seoul to Buenos Aires and Dublin.
- The Gallaghers' four sons, aged 15 to 26, met for the first time during the tour, and Noel shared on camera the story of eldest son Donovan getting "absolutely spangled" and vomiting in a taxi.
- The brothers now text "like fucking mates" through a group chat and are "in touch way, way, way, way more" than before — flagged by the reviewer as the strongest signal yet that fresh 2027 tour dates could follow.
Why it matters: The documentary's omission of any financial motive — despite Ticketmaster's tiered pricing pushing some £148.50 tickets above £350 — gives fans an emotionally satisfying but selectively framed portrait of the reunion, and the brothers' newly active group chat positions Oasis for potential 2027 dates without addressing why the reconciliation really happened after fifteen years of silence.
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