Andy Bell has confirmed that he will be part of the line-up for the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour this summer.
The bassist performed with the Gallagher brothers from 1999 until their famously acrimonious break-up in 2009. He was then part of Liam‘s spin-off band Beady Eye.
Bell, who was also a member of Ride and Mantra of the Cosmos, confirmed his involvement in the tour in a new interview with Austrian newspaper Oe24.
“I’m in and I’m really looking forward to it,” he said. “We’ll see each other on tour. Or rather, you’ll see me – I’ll hardly be able to see you in the audience.”
Bell’s long-rumoured involvement in the tour was revealed to NME by sources close to the band in March. He is expected to be joined by fellow Beady Eye alumnus and longtime collaborator Gem Archer, who was part of his recent solo album ‘Pinball Wanderer’. Also said to be part of the live band are Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs on guitar and drummer Joey Waronker, the latter of whom is believed to be one of the “new faces” that Liam teased would be part of the line-up.
Oasis have 41 dates booked for 2025, kicking off at stadiums around the UK and Ireland in July before moving across multiple continents. Support will come from Cast, Richard Ashcroft, Cage The Elephant and Ball Park Music.
In other news, Liam recently cast doubt over claims from the band’s manager that Oasis have no intentions of sharing any new material.
Manager Alec McKinlay made headlines when he dismissed any hopes of new material from the Britpop icons and said they had no intention of announcing any more tour dates either. “This is very much the last time around, as Noel’s made clear in the press,” he said. “It’s a chance for fans who haven’t seen the band to see them, or at least for some of them to. And no, there’s no plan for any new music.”
Responding to one fan on X/Twitter who said it didn’t feel “very biblical” for McKinlay to dismiss all future plans, the singer responded: “Neither do I and the only people that will be making any kind of decisions on the future of OASIS will be ME n RKID so let’s just take it one day at a time.”
Later, the frontman doubled down on his stance, telling another fan who thought “there must be a degree of truth” to the manager’s comments that McKinley is “the accountant” for the band.
Then, when pressed further by another fan to directly say if the manager was lying, Gallagher caused further confusion when he made the tongue-in-cheek response: “Am I?”