Liam Gallagher Performs Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’ At 2024 Reading Festival
Liam Gallagher closed Reading Festival last night, performing all of Oasis’ classic debut album Definitely Maybe.
Gallagher’s set came in the midst of growing Oasis reunion rumours — spurred by the frontman himself on Twitter/X in the lead up to him taking the main stage.
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Consequently, by the time Liam’s set started, fans had already spent the day anticipating a potential appearance from Noel Gallagher — one that would mark the end of their two-decade public rift and see a return of Oasis. In the end, that’s not quite what happened, but the set seemed to confirm that an end to the band’s infamous hiatus is approaching.
Gallagher played Oasis‘ debut studio album in full last night ahead of its 30th-anniversary reissue due out on 30 August. And, in honour of the occasion, he took a moment to shout out his brother. Before launching into Half The World Away, he told the crowd: “I wanna dedicate this song to Noel fucking Gallagher.”
Other dedications included handing Digsy’s Dinner to “all the vegetarians” and prefacing D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman? with “who’s still sniffing glue in Reading? This one’s for all the space cadets”.
Gallagher also teased a mysterious date on his screens towards the end of his set, with some news allegedly dropping at 8am on ‘27.08.24’. The same image cropped up in Manchester following Blossoms‘ homecoming gig in the city, and on Noel’s, Liam’s and Oasis’s official Twitter/X after the set.
When not fuelling Oasis-reunion speculation, Gallagher took a moment to acknowledge those in the crowd at Reading for the rite-of-passage celebration of their exam results, altering the lyrics of Cigarettes & Alcohol to include the line: “It doesn’t matter how many fucking GCSEs you’ve got.”
It’s a sentiment he continued to the end, admitting he had pre-conceptions about the audience before taking to the stage. “They all fucking think they’re clever clogs, too cool for school and shit like that. ‘I’m gonna be a doctor on Monday, fuck Liam G and all that bollocks, his Rock and Roll nonsense’,” he said. “Well, you actually turned out nice like good kids.”
Following that, Liam departed with a cover of The Beatles‘ I Am the Walrus, closing Reading for another year while, perhaps, opening the door to a new era for Oasis. Watch this space.
Liam Gallagher: 2024 Reading Festival Set List:
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Columbia
Shakermaker
Up in the Sky
‘Digsy’s Dinner’
Bring It On Down
Half the World Away
D’Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
Fade Away
(It’s Good) To Be Free
Whatever
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Married With Children
Supersonic
Don’t Look Back in Anger
I Am the Walrus.
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