Manchester venue New Century Hall will host the official Oasis afterparties, taking place after some of their Heaton Park gigs this July.
Due to kick off in Cardiff on Friday July 4, the Oasis’ Live ’25 reunion tour sees a long-run of UK dates as their only shows in Europe this year, before the band head to stadiums across North America, South America, Australia and Asia.
This includes five shows in Manchester’s Heaton Park on July 11, 12, 16, 19 and 20. After the gigs on July 11, 12 and 19 – official afterparties will take place at New Century Hall.
The parties will feature DJ sets from Bez (Happy Mondays), Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets), Mani (The Stone Roses), Tin Tin (New Order Tour DJ), Col White (Vinyl Revival) and Ricco (Creamfields).
Manchester’s iconic New Century Hall played host to Jimi Hendrix, Tina Turner, The Kink, The Stones and was a go-to spot for acid-house parties. In 2022, it was relaunched as part of the development of the Noma district, extended to three floors.
Devoted Oasis fans have been excitedly waiting for the Oasis reunion since their announcement in August. Speaking to NME in a feature about the band’s return to their hometown, 29-year-old Oasis enthusiast and Manchester-based sports writer Razz Ashraf opened up to journalist Gary Ryan while at Sifters Records – the record shop the Gallagher brothers used to visit and name-checked in their 1994 track ‘Shakermaker’– and shared: “All I wanted to do was come down here and touch the sign and be where it all started.”
“I get emotional about it. I’ve been fantasising about this moment for so many years,” he added, explaining that his father would play Oasis around the house. “He wasn’t that big into rock, but because they were from Manchester, he could understand it. As I started connecting more to my city, they started meaning more to me.”
Earlier today (March 12), sources close to the upcoming Oasis reunion tour revealed details of who’ll be playing in the band line-up to NME. They said Andy Bell will be on bass, Gem Archer and Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs on guitar, and Joey Waronker is set to be on drums.
The band recently reissued their fourth album ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’ to mark its 25th anniversary, and engaged in a brief chart battle with Kendrick Lamar after the vinyl re-release of classic single ‘Whatever’ threatened to take the Number One spot after 31 years.
Oasis are nominated for this year’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame alongside the likes of New Order, The White Stripes and Mariah Carey, but Liam continues to maintain that the honour is “for wankers“.
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