As they plan their massive reunion next year, Oasis will be looking for support bands to join the bill on their 17 UK and Irish stadium tour dates, but Fontaines DC likely won't be one of them.
Talking to you Studio Brussels the Irish band, who recently released their superb fourth album Romance on XL Records, had their say on the reunion. “I couldn't give a sh-t, to be honest,” said guitarist Carlos O'Connell.
Bassist Conor Deegan III added: “I'm not excited about it either, to be honest. I feel like we've gotten caught up in the last era – like the 10s – and in such a nostalgic thing that we're forgetting to do new things.”
“I feel like that's what we wanted to do with this record [Romance] anyway it was about looking to the future and making new things,” Deegan continued. “So the reshaping of Oasis right now for us is really upsetting.” Watch the clip below.
An active user on X, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher responded to the band in an interaction with a fan. “For little spunkbubbles, I've seen better dressed ROADIES,” he said. he wrote in a tweet. “They look like sh-t EMF,” said another, comparing the band to the 90s alternative rock group.
Fans were hoping that Fontaines DC could be recruited as a supporting act for the shows, and debunked posters suggested that they could be in the frame. Frontman Grian Chatten hoped to ease tensions in a comment NME's Instagramsaying “I love Oasis. That's not my opinion.”
Recent reports suggest that Oasis are looking tour-3793095″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener nofollow”>”established” acts to join the Gallagher brothers on the 2025 dates, their first in 15 years. Noel and Liam announced their reunion in August, following their acrimonious split in 2009.
The band have been teasing international dates in the US and recently shot down rumors of a return to Knebworth House in 2026;. The sale for the original run of shows, where more than 10 million fans from 158 countries tried to buy tickets, came under fire for using Ticketmaster's controversial “on-demand” pricing.
Fontaines DC, meanwhile, are set to play their biggest ever show at London's Finsbury Park next summer on July 4, the same date Oasis kick off their tour at Cardiff's Principality Stadium.
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