Sixteen years after their explosive split, Liam and Noel Gallagher reunited Oasis for Live ’25, a worldwide tour of over forty concerts held in fourteen countries. This triumphant return, which filled the biggest stadiums, is the subject of Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, premiered in cinemas before its release on Disney+.
Directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace deliver a promising opening by showing the band’s rehearsals and Liam Gallagher’s late arrival. This sequence reveals the tension surrounding the reunion with his brother. But the documentary quickly abandons this intimate dimension in favor of conventional statements about their reconciliation.
Carefully controlled communication
The film reveals almost nothing about the behind-the-scenes of the tour, the relationship between the two brothers, or the extensive commercial organization surrounding the concerts. Revenues, merchandise shops, and the controversy caused by dynamic ticket pricing are also omitted. The narrative thus gives more the impression of accompanying the band’s official communication than investigating their comeback.
The extensive concert excerpts nevertheless save the whole thanks to the intact effectiveness of Oasis’s hits and the spectacular fervor of the audience. Between longtime fans accompanied by their children and young admirers discovering the band live for the first time, the documentary captures some moments of collective happiness. A musical power that makes the superficial treatment of the Gallagher brothers all the more regrettable.
