The only thing ready to ruin the Oasis reunion is their utterly cringe, gatekeeping fans

It is an unprecedented date in music. The unthinkable has not only been well and truly thought, but it has also come to fruition. Liam and Noel Gallagher have put aside their widely publicised, utterly infamous beef and have announced the long awaited Oasis reunion concert dates. It’s hugely euphoric news for pretty much anyone who has been touched by the band’s ubiquitous music – namely, everyone. I’m born and raised in Greater Manchester and listening to Oasis growing up was practically part of our daily routine, but you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in my generation who didn’t have an era obsessed with the Britpop legends – and if they didn’t, they got forcefed their output via the CDs in their dad’s car. The thought of being able to attend an Oasis gig in 2025 – something that seemed literally impossible a few weeks ago – means a lot to many people, of all ages and gender and for different reasons. What a shame then, that this Oasis reunion news has brought the most utterly insufferable loser fans out of the woodwork who feel entitled to gatekeep a band literally everyone has listened to. We go again.

Imagine waiting 15 years for Oasis to reform only to lose out on tickets to Chloe, 21 from Stockport who just wants to hear Wonderwall live. #oasisreunion

— Billy Corcoran (@BillyCorcoran) August 26, 2024

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I suppose we must speak about Chloe from Stockport – aged 21. Chloe doesn’t exist, of course – although I’m sure a version of her does. A tweet went viral yesterday as the Oasis reunion news got increasingly legitimised following some teaser tweets from the Gallagher brothers and a date flashing up behind Noel after he finished his set at this year’s Reading and Leeds festival. The said tweet has been viewed over six million times, and sees a man chastising those fans he deems less worthy of getting to witness an Oasis reunion tour because they’re young and “just want to hear Wonderwall live.”

I’m sure those men who were in the muddy trenches of Glasto in the 90s think they’re more entitled than the fictional Chloe, 21, from Stockport to get to witness Oasis again – or even for the first time, if they only remember watching them on the TV and couldn’t make it to Worthy Farm. But I’m afraid you simply can’t gatekeep one of the biggest bands of all time, and one that transcends genre and generations, from people who are willing to pay to see Oasis in their reunion tour because some fans think they’re more entitled. Even if the non-existent Chloe, 21, from Stockport is willing to fight through the Ticketmaster battle to get her hands on what will inevitably be golddust tickets just so she can hear Wonderwall live, such is her right. It’s a song with over two billion streams on Spotify, the first from the 90s to achieve the feat. Besides, hearing Wonderwall live from someone who isn’t a dreadful busker for once in our lives might aloner be worth the cost of a ticket.

[you inventing a woman to be annoyed at] and guess what she does next 😡 https://t.co/Ya9tw7NtXe

— Beth McColl (@imbethmccoll) August 26, 2024

At the end of the day, this all really stems from snobbery. It’s the type of people who moan about “real music”, and long for a time when female artists getting the luxury of appearing on a festival lineup was treated like a jumpscare. These are the sort of men who were punching holes in their smelly bedroom walls at the mere thought of Dua Lipa headlining the Glastonbury Pyramid stage. Their tiny minds simply can’t comprehend that not only do a load of us love pop music, we love Oasis too.

You can’t always blame them when the band themselves have emboldened such fans with their own behaviour. They have slated female pop acts in the past, specifically girl bands like the Spice Girls and Little Mix. When the Spice Girls won Best British Single at the Brits over Oasis, Mel C famously shouted “Liam, come and have a go if you think your hard enough.” Noel Gallagher slated Little Mix in the press to The Sun, diminishing their achievements by saying “Little Mix, with the greatest respect, are not in the same league as Oasis. Not even in the same f***ing sport… Record company guys constantly say, ‘Oh these guys are the real deal.’ And I think, ‘You wouldn’t know the real deal if it bit you on the f**king arse, mate.”

Little Mix legend Jade Thirlwall retaliated in 2021 on a viral Never Mind the Buzzcocks appearance, saying the infamous read “[Noel said] something about that we were undeserving of the BRIT Award because we’re women and don’t… well, we do write music, but he thinks we don’t write music. Yeah, shame really. Because you know, we are definitely the most successful girl group in the country, but he’s not even the most successful performer in his family.” Excellent.

But the thing is, a lot of these men can’t understand that those of us like Chloe, 21, from Stockport – and me, actually – love Little Mix and we love Oasis. Their songs mean a lot to us, and if we’re paying and feel excited to see the Oasis reunion tour we have every right to be there singing along to Wonderwall (and, MAYBE, even MORE songs! Imagine that!) as the fans who think they deserve to be there more because they went the barbers with a picture of Liam Gallagher in 1996 and said “make me this.” I’m afraid to say, they do not deserve it more.

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