Both O’Brien and Brown both grew up in Bradford, near the Gallaghers’ hometown around Manchester. To them, Oasis are “central to how we are,” O’Brien says. The Gallaghers were “working class lads” who “had fuck-all growing up,” Brown says. “I think that’s why we’re drawn to them. “Very relatable,” O’Brien nods. “I’ve waited 20 years for this gig.”

The show was the first of the Live ‘25 tour, which will run for 41 dates — 19 of which are in the U.K. and Ireland. The group will perform Saturday night (July 5) in Cardiff before heading to Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin; the tour will then run through North America, Asia and Australia and conclude in São Paolo, Brazil, on Nov. 23.

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Oasis ended a 16-year hiatus on Friday with a punchy, powerful trip through one of Britpop’s greatest songbooks, kicking off a reunion tour in Cardiff, Wales to a crowd ecstatic for the band’s 1990s hits.