Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Sep 9
Oasis Film Captures 16-Year Feud Healing Across 41 Shows for 2 Million Fans
Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Sep 9

Oasis Film Captures 16-Year Feud Healing Across 41 Shows for 2 Million Fans

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 9

Summary

  • Directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern’s “Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger” centers on Liam and Noel Gallagher’s reconciliation, culminating in their first joint interview in 20 years after the Live 25 comeback tour.
  • 41 concerts in 14 countries and across five continents gave the film its arc, showing the brothers’ relationship thawing onstage rather than in private as more than 2 million fans responded with what Noel called an overwhelming outpouring.
  • 16 years after Oasis imploded, the directors filmed 13 gigs and six weeks of rehearsals with hidden cameras after negotiating rare access, capturing the tension around Liam’s arrival and the brothers’ gradual reconnection.
  • Hundreds of hours of footage widen the story beyond the band, from fans linking Oasis songs to depression, trauma and survival to a Sao Paulo tribute after Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield died at 63.
  • 30 years after Oasis first became a defining 1990s band, the film argues their music itself drove the reunion, turning a comeback documentary into a record of public forgiveness.

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