Oasis have announced a huge 2027 tour, with only Noel and Liam Gallagher confirmed so far. The announcement comes 35 years after the band first formed, having sold over 100 million records worldwide and helped kickstart the Britpop movement of the 90s.
Their debut 1994 album, Definitely Maybe, has sold over 15 million copies alone and is recognised as one of the greatest albums of all time by publications including Rolling Stone and NME. The band's last album was released in 2008, with the split coming a year later. In 2024, Noel and Liam announced a major comeback tour, their first in 16 years, which saw them tour across the world.
Original line-up and the 2025 reunion
Following the success of their Live '25 tour, the band are heading back out on tour next year with dates at Knebworth and Manchester City's Etihad Stadium. Definitely Maybe is the only album to feature all of the original founding members, with other members joining and leaving throughout the band's history.
Here we look at the initial line-up back in 1991 and where they are now.
Bonehead and Guigsy
Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs played rhythm guitar with the band from their formation in 1991 until his departure in 1999 to spend more time with his family. After leaving, he briefly joined Moondog One with Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce from the Smiths, and performed live with Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye in 2013 and 2014. He worked on Liam's solo album As You Were in 2017 and joined Liam as his live backing band from 2017 to 2024, including during his 2021 sets headlining Reading & Leeds Festivals.
He returned for the band's 2025 comeback tour and was championed in the Don't Look Back In Anger documentary film for playing a valuable role in the band. However, he was unable to complete the full run after pulling out of shows in Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney whilst he underwent cancer treatment.
Bassist Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan was also in Oasis from 1991 to 1999. He famously quit via a fax message after avoiding phone calls from the other members. Since leaving, Guigsy has kept a low profile. His last known professional music credit was on a Cornershop track back in 2002. In the DVD for the Definitely Maybe documentary in 2004, he sent a polite letter declining his involvement, saying he preferred to stay out of the spotlight. The letter featured again during the Oasis: Supersonic film in 2016.
Tony McCarroll and the Gallaghers
Bonehead, Guigsy and original drummer Tony McCarroll first came together in 1991 under the band Rain, but were left unimpressed with their original singer, which led to Liam replacing him and spearheading the creation of Oasis. Tony was in the band until 1995, with a Top of the Pops performance of the band's first number one hit Some Might Say marking the end of his involvement.
Noel claimed Tony wasn't good enough to play the hits he was writing for the second album, which included Don't Look Back In Anger and Wonderwall. Tony suggested he was kicked out because he stood up to Noel too many times. Tony later tried to sue Oasis for £18m after feeling he was still owed from the band's initial five-album deal. The case was settled out of court for a six-figure sum. After Oasis, he spent a brief period performing with the band Raika and released his memoir Oasis: The Truth in 2010. In 2019, Tony said he was back in 'regular employment', but admitted he would never fully be able to 'get away' from being the original drummer in one of the UK's biggest-ever bands.
Liam joined after the initial trio couldn't make Rain work. After being invited to audition for the lead singer role, Liam was successful and suggested changing the band's name. Oasis played their first gig in August 1991 at Manchester's Boardwalk club. Noel would later join them. As well as their solo and side ventures, Liam and Noel have been a part of Oasis ever since, including on their 2025 reunion tour and their next set of gigs next year.
