Oasis reunion 2025: which band members are in the line-up?

4 July 2025, 15:12

With the Oasis Live '25 tour underway, Radio X takes a look at who we can expect to see join Liam and Noel Gallagher at the long-awaited reunion gigs.

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Ever since the news was announced that Liam and Noel Gallagher would reunite for a series of enormous shows this summer, there's been much speculation as to who else will be joining them onstage. What will Oasis in 2025 look like?

During the original Oasis years, the line-up was subject to change, with the core members being, of course, Liam Gallagher on vocals and his older brother and songsmith Noel on vocals and guitar.

However, rehearsals taking place in June, we've now had a glimpse of the individuals taking part in this momentous tour.

So here's what we know about the Oasis Live '25 line-up.

Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs: rhythm guitar

Bonehead was a member of the pre-Oasis band The Rain, and a founding member of the Mancunian behemoth that went onto conquer the world. He left Oasis in 1999, but came back to perform with Liam Gallagher in 2013 when Beady Eye's guitarist Gem Archer suffered a hand injury.

This led to Bonehead being part of Liam's solo band when he performed live at the Manchester Ritz in June 2017. The guitarist has since performed with his former Oasis colleague on his solo shows as recently as summer 2024. In 2023, the musician told Radio X that his plectrums would be ready at a moment's notice - and he wasn't lying. The press have reported that the star had already been practising with his former colleagues before frontman Liam arrived at the rehearsal room on 3rd June.

Bonehead on whether he'd take part in an Oasis reunion

Gem Archer: guitar

Born in Durham on 7th December 1966, Colin Murray "Gem" Archer began his musical career in a local band called The Edge, who released one single in 1985. After a spell in the short-lived band Whirlpool, Archer formed Heavy Stereo in 1993, who were signed to Alan McGee's Creation Records two years later and issued their sole album, Deja Voodoo, in September 1996. Around the time of Heavy Stereo's contribution to Fire & Skill: The Songs Of The Jam in November 1999, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs announced he was leaving Oasis and Noel Gallagher offered Archer the job of guitarist.

Andy Bell: bass

Hailing from Cardiff, Andy Bell first came to fame as part of Creation act and shoegaze legends Ride, who issued four albums on Creation Records in the first half of the 90s: Nowhere (1990), Going Blank Again (1992), Carnival Of Light (1994) and Tarantula (1995). Friction between Bell and frontman Mark Gardener caused Ride to split during the making of that final album, and the guitarist formed a new group, Hurricane #1. whose singles Step Into My World and Only The Strongest Will Survive were both Top 40 hits. Bell then was invited to replace the departed Paul McGuigan in 1999, and contributed the instrumental track A Quick Peep to Heathen Chemistry, Turn Up The Sun and Keep The Dream Alive to Don't Believe The Truth and The Nature of Reality to Dig Out Your Soul.

Bell was also a member of the short-lived Beady Eye and when Liam's group folded in 2014, Bell buried the hatchet with his former bandmate Mark Gardener and reformed Ride. The band recorded three further albums, Weather Diaries in 2017, 2019's This Is Not A Safe Place and Interplay from 2024. Alongside this activity, Andy Bell has also forged a solo career, including the album Pinball Wanderer, released in February of this year and worked alongside his former wife Idha Övelius on her albums Melody Inn and Troublemaker.

Joey Waronker: drums

Los Angeles-born Waronker's father Lenny was the president of Warner Bros amd Dreamworks record labels. The drummer worked with Beck, appearing on the albums Midnight Vultures and Odelay among others. When Bill Berry permanently left R.E.M. in 1997, Waronker became the band's full-time drummer, contiburing to the albums Up (1998) and Reveal (2001). The musician has also worked with Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, Brandon Flowers, The Who and Thom Yorke and Flea's project Atoms For Peace; he's appeared on the soundtracks to Man On The Moon, Dawn Of The Dead and Badly Drawn Boy's About A Boy. The Oasis connection comes from Joey's gig as the drummer on the Liam Gallagher and John Squire album from 2024.

Christian Madden: keyboards

Liam Gallagher confirmed that this hugely-experienced session musician would be playing on the Live '25 tour, dubbing him "CHRISTIAN F**KING MADMAN". While being a member of the British psychedelic folk act The Earlies, Madden has played with the likes of Paul Heaton, King Creosote, Plan B and more, while forming part of Liam's touring band. He appeared on the younger Gallagher's solo albums As You Were and Why Me? Why Not, playing on the track Now That I've Found You among others.

Liam Gallagher - Now That I've Found You (Lyric Video)

Who were the official members of Oasis between 1994 and 2009?

• Liam Gallagher (vocals)
• Noel Gallagher (vocals, guitar)
• Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar)
• Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass)
• Tony McCarroll (drums)
• Alan White (drums)
• Gem Archer (guitar)
• Andy Bell (bass)

1. Oasis Mark 1 1991-1995

   

   • Liam Gallagher (vocals)
   • Noel Gallagher (guitar/vocals),
   • Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs (guitar)
   • Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan (bass)
   • Tony McCarroll (drums)

   Guigsy, Bonehead and Tony McCarroll had a band called The Rain, which replaced original singer Chris Hutton with a young man called Liam Gallagher in 1991. The Rain changed their name to Oasis after seeing the name of the Swindon venue of the same name on a tour poster for Inspiral Carpets whose guitar roadie was Liam's brother Noel.

   Noel Gallagher joined the nascent Oasis. This was the line-up that Creation Records boss Alan McGee saw playing at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow in May 1993 and went onto record the landmark debut album Definitely Maybe, released in August 1994.

2. Oasis Mark 2: 1995-1999

   

   • Liam Gallagher (vocals)
   • Noel Gallagher (guitar/vocals)
   • Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs (guitar)
   • Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan (bass)
   • Alan White (drums)

   The last Oasis track to feature original drummer Tony McCarroll was the first single to be taken from the band's second album, Some Might Say. McCarroll was sacked before recording on What's The Story (Morning Glory?) went any further, but he was later paid £550,000 after taking the band to court over unpaid royalties.

   Tony was replaced by Alan White, who'd stay with the band for the next decade and this line up remained for the enormous Knebworth shows in the summer of 1996 and the mammoth Be Here Now album in August 1997.

3. Oasis Mark 3: 1999-2004

   • Liam Gallagher (vocals)
   • Noel Gallagher (guitar/vocals)
   • Gem Archer (guitar)
   • Andy Bell (bass)
   • Alan White (drums)

   Bonehead left Oasis in August 1999, with the guitarist leaving to "concentrate on other things". He was followed two weeks later by original bassist Paul McGuigan, leaving Liam as the only member left from the Rain days. The new millennium was a time of change, with the Creation label folding and the next album, Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, being released on the band's own Big Brother label and recorded by the core of Liam, Noel and Alan White.

   For live shows, new members were brought on board: former Heavy Stereo guitarist Gem Archer and ex-Ride guitar hero Andy Bell joined Oasis on bass. This line-up appears on the Familiar To Millions live album recorded at Wembley, and the 2002 album Heathen Chemistry.

   

   OASIS: Familiar to Millions || Don't Look Back In Anger (Remastered)

4. Oasis Mark 4: 2004-2008

   • Liam Gallagher (vocals)
   • Noel Gallagher (guitar/vocals)
   • Gem Archer (guitar)
   • Andy Bell (bass)

   In early 2004, long term member Alan White was asked to leave Oasis, leaving the official members as a quartet: Liam and Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer and Andy Bell. Zak Starkey, son of Ringo Starr and drummer with The Who for many years, played on the 2005 album Don't Believe The Truth and the subsequent live shows including a headline set at Glastonbury 2004, but was not considered an "official" member of the band.

   

   Starkey appeared on the last Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul, but left the band soon after, leaving former La's drummer Chris Sharrock to handle the live dates. Like Starkey, Sharrock was not an official member and when Oasis split in August 2009, they were still a foursome.

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See Oasis' Live '25 reunion dates:

July 2025

• 4th July - Cardiff, Principality Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 5th July - Cardiff, Principality Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 11th July - Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
• 12th July - Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
• 16th July - Manchester, Heaton Park - (SOLD OUT)
• 19th July - Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
• 20th July - Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
• 25th July - London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 26th July - London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 30th July - London, Wembley Stadium -(SOLD OUT)

August 2025

• 2nd August - London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 3rd August - London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 8th August- Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 9th August- Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 12th August- Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 16th August- Dublin, Croke Park (SOLD OUT)
• 17th August- Dublin, Croke Park (SOLD OUT)
• 24th August - Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 25th August - Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 28th August – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field (SOLD OUT)
• 31st August – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium (SOLD OUT)

September 2025

• 1st September - East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 6th September – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 7th September - Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 12th September – Mexico City, MX – Estadio GNP Seguros (SOLD OUT)
• 13th September - Mexico City, MX – Estadio GNP Seguros (SOLD OUT)
• 27th September - London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
• 28th September - London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)

October 2025

• 21st October - Goyang Stadium, Seoul, South Korea (SOLD OUT)
• 25th October - Tokyo Dome, Japan
• 26th October - Tokyo Dome, Japan
• 31st October - Marvel Stadium, Melbourne (SOLD OUT)

November 2025

• 1st November: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne (SOLD OUT)
• 4th November: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
• 7th November: Accor Stadium, Sydney (SOLD OUT)
• 8th November: Accor Stadium, Sydney (SOLD OUT)
• 15th November: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina (SOLD OUT)
• 16th November: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina (SOLD OUT)
• 19th November: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile (SOLD OUT)
• 22nd November: Estadio MorumBIS, São Paulo, Brazil (SOLD OUT)
• 23rd November: Estadio MorumBIS, São Paulo, Brazil (SOLD OUT)