Oasis fans were sent into a tizzy this week after the iconic 90s British rock group - fronted by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher - announced that it is reuniting for a string of shows in Ireland and the UK in summer 2025.
As the panic to get tickets to one of the 15 Oasis shows next year kicked off, some began to speculate who might open for the band when they play Dublin's Croke Park on August 16 and August 17.
Among the acts being floated are The Wolfe Tones, the Irish rebel band that formed back in the 1960s and has been enjoying a resurgence in popularity over the past few years.
On August 27 - the day Oasis announced their reunion and new concert dates - the social media account @IrishUnity encouraged its more than 100k followers to "manifest" The Wolfe Tones opening for Oasis next year.
Accompanying its post was a clip of the Gallagher brothers reminiscing about a record shop that used to "have some good old Wolfe Tones records."
wolfetones opening oasis at croke park
manifest it pic.twitter.com/jz0emfQJ3z
— Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 (@IrishUnity) August 27, 2024
As it happens, The Wolfe Tones - who have announced they would be retiring by the end of 2024 - are interested in the Oasis gig.
Brian Warfield, the band's frontman, told RSVP Live on Thursday: “The main ambition for the future is Croke Park with Oasis. That would put the icing on the cake.”
RSVP Live noted that Warfield explained that there are no confirmed plans, but that the band has voiced that they would love to take on the position.
“I don’t know," Warfield continued. "We’ve already created an interest that we would love to do it. I guess it’s up to them and their management."
He added: “We would just do our spot opening up for them and they would be part of their spot. People want to see Oasis and they might want to see The Wolfe Tones. They would want to see each of us doing our own thing.”
Coincidentally, the day after The Wolfe Tones drew throngs of crowds at Electric Picnic earlier this month, Warfield told The Irish Independent: "I don‘t think we can cap last night.
“Well, unless we do Croke Park.”
The Wolfe Tones opening for Oasis in Ireland would be a sort of full-circle moment for both of the iconic bands.
The Gallagher brothers, whose parents are from Co Mayo and Co Meath, have pointed to Irish rebel music as an inspiration.
"I feel as Irish as the next person," Noel told The Irish Times in 2008.
"The first music I was ever exposed to was the rebel songs the bands used to sing in the Irish club in Manchester.
"Do you know, I think that's where Oasis songs get their punch-the-air quality - from me being exposed to those rousing rebel songs. It was all rebel songs and that godawful Irish country and Western music."
Meanwhile, Warfield previously said that he recalls the young Gallagher brothers attending the band's gigs in Manchester years ago.
“There were two kids who always showed up in Manchester to see us — Noel and Liam," Warfield told The Irish Sun in 2019.
“I remember them telling us, they were starting a band, it was only years later when I switched on the TV and saw them, I realized it was Oasis.”
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