OASIS manager Alec McKinlay has firmly shot down hopes that Liam and Noel Gallagher‘s reunited band will record and release new music.
In an exclusive interview with UK music industry bible Music Week, celebrating the return of the London-based, Manchester-raised Britpop stars, McKinlay admits that the team around OASIS were “bowled over” by the “phenomenal” worldwide response to the group’s return, which he confesses was “way beyond our expectations.”
But when asked if there was the possibility of the reformed group extending their touring plans beyond the 41 shows already announced, McKinlay insists this will not happen, despite the demand to see the brothers and whoever else makes up the OASIS line-up in 2025.
“This is very much the last time around, as Noel’s made clear in the press,” he says, stating that OASIS could have sold out eight nights at the 82,500-capacity MetLife stadium in New York in a single day, had they wanted to.
“It’s a chance for fans who haven’t seen the band to see them,” he continues, “or at least for some of them to.”
Last month, STEREOPHONICS frontman Kelly Jones mentioned in an interview with NME that when he last spoke with Noel Gallagher, OASIS‘ main songwriter had been “doing some writing in the studio”, fuelling rumours (and hopes) that a new OASIS album may be in the pipeline. Not so, says their manager, who is also a director of the band’s Big Brother Recordings label.
“No, there’s no plan for any new music,” he insists.