Bucket hats, nostalgia and rock’n’roll redemption: Oasis fans – in pictures

From the first chorus of Wonderwall to the arms-aloft chanting of Don’t Look Back in Anger, the crowd was united by a band whose attitude once defined a generation. Even decades after Oasis first swaggered on to the stage, their fans have an unshakeable belief in rock’n’roll redemption, determined to keep the glory days alive, one anthem at a time

Bucket hats, worn low, were a nod to Liam Gallagher’s trademark look, while zipped-up parkas, vintage trainers and retro football tops revived an aesthetic born in Manchester’s swaggering 90s heyday. Sunglasses remained compulsory, come rain or shine

A young fan at Wembley

Wembley 2025

Oasis fans getting drenched in a downpour at Wembley

A happy fan at Wembley

The approach to Murrayfield was a steady tide of parkas and flags, moving in from all directions. August brought gales and drizzle that flattened bucket hats. Fans swapped stories with strangers and eyed each other’s gear for signs of authenticity. Norwegian flags, Welsh scarves and Italian football tops showed how far some had travelled

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, in July

From tickets to travel, merch to new outfits, Oasis fans are on track to pour £1bn into the UK economy during their reunion tour - about equal to Taylor Swift’s UK Eras tour

An Edinburgh council’s leaked safety briefing had said to expect audiences of ‘rowdy, middle-aged men’ with ‘medium to high intoxication’. David Walker, of the Oasis Collectors Group, called the language ‘a nasty, sneering stereotype’ while the Scottish politician Ian Murray said it was ‘snobby and classist’, pointing out that rugby supporters in the same stadium could drink in the stands while football fans could not

There are rumours Knebworth park could be the centre of next year’s shows, with extra dates in Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow and even Paris at the Stade de France hinted at but unconfirmed

The fans’ style paid tribute not just to a band, but to a defiant moment when fashion, football and music came together. It was a look forged in the pubs and terraces of 90s Britain, resurrected now with ironic flair or entirely without irony, depending on who you asked. Either way, it has been adopted by a new generation

Liam Gallagher turned the concerts into open-air theatre. ‘What the f’s goin’ on in Edinburgh? All this jugglers and sword swallowing shit. Load of f’ing bollocks,’ he said, referring to the festival. He called Edinburgh council ‘a bunch of snakes’ and said their ‘attitude f’ing stinks’ and ‘I’d leave town that day if I was any of you lot’

Liam then claimed the gigs would bring ‘one f’ing billion pounds’ into Edinburgh, later upgrading it to ‘two f’ing billion’, and on the final night pushing it again to ‘three f’ing billion we’ve brought into this city over the past three days’. He delivered this line to roaring fan approval, adding that he was ‘still waiting for that f’ing apology’

It was the final night of the three-show run, and Edinburgh stayed warm long after the sun dipped, in the low 20Cs. Beer gardens around Roseburn were still busy as the last fans made their way in. The heat gave it more of a summer festival feel than a wet Scottish gig

Stocked-up fans at Murrayfield

Security horses outside the turnstiles, where there was a pre-match energy more akin to football than a rock gig

Fans at Murrayfield larking about

Dublin doing Dublin: the craic retail and nostalgia wrapped in Irish hustle. The whole place looking like a pop-up high street, pubs spilling on to pavements, lager foam and burger smoke in the air. Oasis, mad for it and grand with it

Summerhill off licence at Croke Park, Dublin, did a roaring trade

The bucket hat economy in full voice. Pop-up racks of hats and scarves, iron railings carrying the weight of a thousand brims’ as if the terraces themselves were part of the merch

They came over on the ferries, turning the Holyhead crossing into a floating karaoke. Others piled off the Belfast train, a slow river of fans with cans, scarves and stories. Coaches waited at Dublin Port, shuttling the rest straight to Drumcondra pubs where the pints were already lined up. By the time the turnstiles opened at Croke Park, the city felt less like a tour stop and more like a pilgrimage

A fan at Croke Park with a bottle of wine.

By the time the turnstiles opened at Croke Park, for two sold-out nights that drew 160,000 people, many flying in for what they saw as a once-in-a-lifetime Oasis return

Hats for sale on a railing in Dublin

Fans at Croke Park, Dublin

A fan wearing a Kneecap-style balaclava. A small flash of mischief

Labubu, the doll of the moment, trending through the terraces in its miniature Live ’25 kit, right down to the little shoes

An estimated 1.6 million will have seen Oasis in the UK and Ireland alone, 3 million worldwide

After shooting the Swifties last year, when I heard of the reunion, I thought the fans would all look the same. If I wanted 90s fashion, I could just loiter outside Wetherspoon’s, I told myself. Turns out I was wrong. Snagging a standing ticket for the first night at Wembley at the last minute turned out to be a blessing. Liam’s voice is, by all accounts, the best it’s been in years. The band are still together and killing it, denying the media the split they’d been sharpening pencils for. The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis handed the band five stars; I’d give the fans six. A must-see