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Noel and Liam Gallagher have posed for their second public snap together in 15 years, since Oasis’ sudden 2009 split and almighty fall out.
In August the bickering brothers announced a huge reunion tour, posing for a black and white picture together to celebrate the momentous occasion.
The brothers have now publicly joined forces for the second time to promote their Adidas partnership, marking the first time Liam, 52, and Noel, 58, have been photographed together since the Oasis comeback news.
The new image, posted on Adidas’ social media on Thursday, showed the pair dressed in the fresh designs branded with ‘Oasis’, and was captioned: ‘The band with three stripes.’
Fittingly, the advert for the collaboration features historic clips from Knebworth to Heaton Park, and Wembley to Rio, emotionally soundtracked by Oasis’ 1994 hit Live Forever.
The clip comes to a crescendo of Liam and Noel posing moodily side-by-side – not hugging just yet – as they stare into the camera wearing their Adidas gear, seemingly gearing up for the stage.
Oasis and Adidas are also teaming up for an Oasis Live ‘25 apparel collection, which sees their classic 90s looks modernised.
Just a month short of 16 years since Noel announced he could no longer work with his brother Liam, the Britpop legends will be taking to the stage once more on July 5.
They are performing in Cardiff, before heading to their native Manchester for a five-night run, and London’s Wembley Stadium at the end of the month.
Edinburgh and Dublin dates are set for August, before Noel and Liam head over to kick off the North America leg of their tour.
Fear not though: the brothers will (hopefully) be back, getting on like a champagne supernova in the sky (fingers crossed), to perform two more Wembley shows in September.
The Adidas campaign comes after Edinburgh City Council expressed concern about Oasis’ gigs in Murrayfield Stadium. The dates come in the middle of the famed Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which takes over the city for the month of August.
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In the official papers, the council called Oasis fans mainly ‘middle-aged men’ who ‘take up more room’, as reported by The Sun.
They also expressed concerns about the amount they might drink, explaining they expect ‘medium to high intoxication’ and a ‘substantial amount of older fans’ amongst the 210,000 punters on August 8, 9 and 12.
Not one to ever hold back, Liam shared his thoughts…
‘To the Edinburgh council I’ve heard what you said about OASIS fans and quite frankly your attitude f***ing stinks I’d leave town that day if I was any of you lot,’ he said, adding: ‘I’d love to see a picture of all the people on the Edinburgh council bet there’s some real STUNING individuals.’
In an update about the Oasis Live shows, a source who was at one of the band’s rehearsals told The Sun: ‘Oasis have never sounded better. They were playing Cigarettes & Alcohol and Liam’s vocals sounded really good.
‘[Liam’s impressive vocals] were probably down to the two packets of Lockets cough sweets that he was sucking throughout the rehearsal.’
The source added: ‘You could hear Noel’s lead guitar really well and he sounded so good too. To hear them playing live, and playing so loudly, was an incredible moment.’
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