“Nobody has fans like this. Nobody.”

Whether or not it was technically true, Noel Gallagher’s pre-encore observation about the tens of thousands who packed into East Rutherford, New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on Sunday night (Aug. 31) to see Oasis‘ first gig in the New York area (the entire East Coast, really) since 2008 couldn’t be considered much of an exaggeration. For two months now, Oasis fans new and old have been swarming major cities one at a time at a level rarely seen outside of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé tours, lining the streets with box-logo shirts and bucket hats and impromptu “Don’t Look Back in Anger” singalongs as the Brothers Gallagher ready their next triumphant mini-residency. If other bands have fans on the same level, they certainly aren’t showing out like this in 2025.

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