THE world has been sent wild at the news that Oasis are finally set to reunite – prompting the band’s official website to crash.
It comes after Noel and Liam Gallagher confirmed a long-awaited reunion tour, with them announcing a string of UK gigs.
The Sun revealed that the pair had secretly met up for the first time in years to plot their comeback.
Oasis split in 2009 and it is well known that Noel, 57, and Liam, 51, have not seen eye to eye over the years.
However, they have clearly put aside differences for their upcoming tour, which includes four shows at Wembley Stadium.
But it’s not just the Gallagher brothers who have been behind the success of Oasis.
Here, we take a look at where the other band members are now.
Paul Arthurs is a co-founding member of Oasis and the rhythm guitarist’s gritty sound helped define the band during their early years.
Professionally known as Bonehead, he got his nickname as an eight-year-old because his parents insisted he got short haircuts.
He said: “It was only my mum and dad throughout my life, really, that called me Paul.”
While working as a building contractor, he co-founded a band called The Rain in the late 1980s with his friends Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan, Tony McCarroll, and Chris Hutton.
After Chris was sacked, he was replaced by Liam as the lead vocalist. Liam then encouraged his brother to join, with Noel becoming the guitarist and primary songwriter, which prompted the band to rename themselves Oasis.
Bonehead quit Oasis in 1999, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family.
However, he has continued to work with Liam over the years, including in his band Beady Eye and on other solo projects.
He once jokingly referred to himself as Oasis’ “tour psychiatrist”, acting as a mediator between the warring brothers.
Bonehead, now 59, said in 2016: “I had a good relationship with everyone. And I’m closer to Liam now than I’ve ever been in my life. I always used to say I was the rhythm guitarist and tour psychiatrist.
“If there was a little fallout when we were hurling down the motorway, I’d be the one pulling Noel and Liam apart and telling them to get over it and sit down. I always did jump in.”
In April 2022, the musician revealed he had been diagnosed with tonsil cancer before announcing on Instagram in September that year he was “clear” of the disease.
In a post that was ‘liked’ by Liam, he wrote: “Update on my cancer, I had a full scan 10 days ago, and it’s all clear, it’s gone.”
Paul – better known as Guigsy – was the band’s original bassist and his journey with Oasis began back in the late 1980s as he was a founding member of The Rain.
He was once described as a “calming influence” on the Gallagher brothers. However, Paul and Liam did find themselves locked in a cell for getting into a bust up on a ferry to Amsterdam in 1994, before being deported back to the UK.
Paul famously quit the band in 1999 by sending a fax, explaining he wanted to spend more time with his family. His wife Ruth had recently given birth to their first son Patrick while he was the band’s Be Here Now tour.
His departure came just weeks after Oasis’ other guitarist Bonehead left at a time when the band’s fourth album was still unfinished and a world tour was looming.
Speaking at a press conference at the time, Noel said: “We’ve been left holding the sh*te sandwich.
I always used to say I was the rhythm guitarist and tour psychiatrist
Bonehead
“We’re no good at goodbyes anyway, but it would have been better face-to-face. We spoke to him on the phone. He’s been a mate for 15 years. Yeah, we’re shocked.”
And he added: “We have to get the album out and tour…But the story and the glory will go on.”
Since his Oasis days, Paul, 53, who lives with his family outside London, has largely retired from the music scene and kept a relatively low public profile.
In the 2016 documentary Oasis: Supersonic, Noel quipped that being in Oasis was a “lowly fifth” on the list of Paul’s favourite things after “cricket, Doctor Who, weed, and Man City”.
And last year Liam said that despite still living “only up the road”, the pair have not seen each other since 1999.
OASIS brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have revealed a 14 gig comeback tour next summer - here are the details
The Wonderwall hitmakers will delight crowds as follows:
JULY 2025
4th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
5th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
11th – Manchester, Heaton Park
12th – Manchester, Heaton Park
19th – Manchester, Heaton Park
20th – Manchester, Heaton Park
25th – London, Wembley Stadium
26th – London, Wembley Stadium
AUGUST 2025
2nd – London, Wembley Stadium
3rd – London, Wembley Stadium
8th – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
9th – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
16th – Dublin, Croke Park
17th – Dublin, Croke Park
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Tickets for the UK dates go on sale from 9am on Saturday, August 31st and will be available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk, www.gigsandtours.com and www.seetickets.com. Dublin tickets will be available from 8am that same day from www.ticketmaster.ie.
Tony was the original drummer in Oasis, having joined in the 1980s when they were still known as The Rain.
During his time with the band, he contributed to Oasis’ 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe. However, in April 1995, he was sacked from the band after Noel had become increasingly frustrated over his drumming, with the drummer reportedly telling Noel to “f*** off”.
Noel reportedly said: “I like Tony as a geezer but he wouldn’t have been able to drum the new songs.”
Tony, who grew up in the same tough south Manchester district as Noel, attempted to sue Oasis for £18million before securing a £600,000 out-of-court settlement from the band in 1999.
“He loved cricket and Doctor Who and weed and Man City. I’d say 5th after that was being in Oasis.”
Noel Gallagher on Guigsy
Speaking at the time, he said he “got drunk for three whole years” as the court case dragged on and that he “got completely leathered” after the settlement.
Tony said: ‘I’ve been staying at the Savoy. I thought ‘flash, flash, flash, not seen that for quite a while’. I sat down, had a beer, took it in.”
And he added: “’We were in it together. I worked my bollocks off to set up the group. I was a member of a super-group one day and unemployed the next. I was trying to work out how.’
Tony, now 53, went on to play with various bands, including a stint with The Boo Radleys but not much has been heard from him since the release of his 2010 autobiography, The Truth: My Life as Oasis’s Drummer.
In 2021, he suffered a heart attack and praised the NHS for helping him recover. In 2022, Tony, who lives in Manchester, tied the knot with his wife Sue and now works as a guest speaker, presenter and podcaster.
Alan White joined Oasis in 1995 when he replaced original Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll.
He performed on Top Of The Pops the day after joining and one of his early major performances was at Glastonbury in 1995.
Alan played on some of the band’s most iconic albums, including (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, Be Here Now, Standing on the Shoulder of Giants and Heathen Chemistry.
He stayed with the band until 2004, making him the longest-serving drummer in the band’s history. Alan, now 52, left under somewhat mysterious circumstances, with him being replaced by Zak Starkey.
The musician was married to American actress and model Liz Carey from 1997 until 2004, after meeting during the filming of the Don’t Look Back in Anger music video.
Alan later had a son with a woman called Charlie, with him moving from London to the countryside in 2013.
Born Colin Murray, Gem Archer joined Oasis as a rhythm guitarist in 1999, replacing Bonehead.
He also handled lead guitar on acoustic tracks, and contributed to songwriting, including co-writing songs like the 2002 track Hung in a Bad Place, which appeared on Oasis‘ fifth album Heathen Chemistry.
After the band broke up in 2009, Gem joined Liam, Andy Bell, and Chris Sharrock in forming Beady Eye, with them releasing two albums before the band split up in 2014.
In August 2013, Gem suffered a severe head trauma after falling down the stairs at home in a freak accident, forcing Beady Eye to pull out of V Festival.
He spent several days in hospital before being discharged and making a recovery at home.
Four years later, he joined as the lead guitarist for Noel’s band High Flying Birds and continues to perform with them. The 57-year-old guitarist has also collaborated with other artists, including Paul Weller.
He was previously married to Lou and has two children, Joel and Libby. He married Christine Mary Biller in November 2022.
Zak is the eldest son of The Beatles legend Ringo Starr and has been the drummer for The Who since 1996.
He also performed the role of a session player between 2004 and 2009 for Oasis. But the drummer reportedly fell out with Noel and left the band in 2008, replaced by Chris Sharrock.
Zak was with second wife Sharna Liguz for 18 years before they tied the knot in 2022, in California. They share a daughter Luna Lee Lightnin, three. He also has another daughter, Tatia Jayne Starkey, 38, from his previous marriage to Sarah Menikides.
It was reported this month that Zak, 58, had been banned from an Airbnb manor house after after letting slip he was planning a party in the Chilterns for Sharna’s 40th birthday – with Liam said to be on the guest list.
He said: “The Airbnb hosts cancelled after Googling me and seeing Oasis and The Who – the two worst-behaved bands in the history of rock ’n’ roll . It would look great on a T-shirt.”
The Welsh musician joined Oasis in 1999 as their bassist after the departures of Bonehead and Guigsy, with him having to learn the entire Oasis catalogue before his first gig with the band.
He wrote a number of album tracks, including Turn Up the Sun and Keep the Dream Alive – and was involved in the band until their split in 2009.
Andy, now 54, then joined Liam’s band Beady Eye, along with former Oasis members, Gem Archer and Chris Sharrock.
He was the band’s guitarist and also wrote songs for their albums. After Beady Eye split up in 2014, Andy embarked on a solo career.
He has been married to a label rep from Universal Music Group, Shiarra Bell, since 2010, and the couple has two children – a daughter born in 2012, followed by a son in 2014.
Andy was also previously married to Swedish singer Idha Övelius, and they have two children, Leia and Leon, together.
Chris joined Oasis in 2008 after the band’s previous drummer Zak Starkey left the group.
Before that, he was part of Robbie Williams’ live band.
Chris is fondly remembered for his drum solo during the song The Shock of the Lightning, which he performed several times while touring with Oasis in 2008.
The 60-year-old is also well known for playing tricks with his drumsticks, including twirling them during the intro to their 1995 hit Morning Glory and chucking them up in the air mid song.
However, after signing him to the band, Noel said in an interview at the time: “Liam [Gallagher] is still not happy about Chris Sharrock, because he’s Robbie Williams’ drummer.
“I went home and thought about it and it was just too much of a temptation to piss Robbie Williams and Liam off in one phone call.”
The Gallagher brothers had an infamous feud with the former Take That star.
After Oasis split he joined Liam’s new band called Beady Eye and when that disbanded in 2014, he joined the touring band for Noel’s High Flying Birds.
