NEW YORK (AP) — “Don’t Look Again in Anger” is sweet recommendation for the Britpop band Oasis, who launch their stunning reunion tour this week in Cardiff, Wales.
Led by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, the reunion marks the top of the siblings’ long-held feud, one which led to Oasis disbanding in 2009. For a lot of followers, this information is nearly too good to be true. They’re anxiously awaiting whether or not the Gallaghers will certainly make it via the whole run of worldwide dates and even maybe prolong the reunion.
Whether or not they’re in it for the lengthy haul or will name it quits in some unspecified time in the future sooner, right here’s a have a look at a number of different very well-known — however very transient — band reunions.
The Seaside Boys
DISBANDED: Technically, they by no means broke up. Learn on.
HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: Just a few months in 2012.
WHAT HAPPENED: There isn’t a linear historical past on the subject of The Seaside Boys, however right here’s the abridged: Band members got here and went, and the band’s visionary, the late Brian Wilson, retired from touring in 1964 following a breakdown attributable to stress and exhaustion. His place was quickly crammed by Bruce Johnston, who remained with the group for many years. Wilson additionally infamously feuded along with his cousin and bandmate Mike Love over songwriting credit for years.
The query right here is: Can a band that by no means broke up reunite? On this case, sure: The band — with each Wilson and Love — bought collectively for a brand new album, “That’s Why God Made the Radio” and world tour in 2012, celebrating the band’s fiftieth anniversary. It wasn’t the entire authentic lineup, nevertheless: Drummer Dennis Wilson died in 1983, and guitarist Carl Wilson died in 1998.
CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: The drive behind the band, Brian Wilson, died final month at age 82, however Love continues to tour beneath The Seaside Boys title.
Led Zeppelin
DISBANDED: 1980
HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: Good query. The band performed a number of one-off occasions within the mid-Nineteen Eighties all through the ’00s, by no means embarking on a reunion tour. So, a number of days? Just a few hours?
WHAT HAPPENED: Led Zeppelin disbanded instantly following the loss of life of drummer John Bonham in 1980, reuniting just for a choose few occasions within the many years that adopted. Most notably, their first present again was an advanced set at Stay Assist in 1985 in Philadelphia. Their final efficiency collectively was in 2007 on the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Live performance held in London’s O2 Area. There, Bonham’s son Jason Bonham performed the drums.
CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: Extremely unlikely. Lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Web page have efficiently evaded reunion requests up to now, together with one from President Invoice Clinton. In 2013, Clinton requested the British rock greats to get again collectively for the 2012 Superstorm Sandy profit live performance in New York Metropolis. He requested; they mentioned no.
Nirvana
DISBANDED: 1994
HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: A sequence of one-off performances within the 2010s and 2020s.
WHAT HAPPENED: Nirvana disbanded following the loss of life of frontman and principal songwriter Kurt Cobain. Its members pursued different initiatives — most notably, drummer Dave Grohl based the Foo Fighters. However 20 years after Cobain’s loss of life, in 2014, Nirvana was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, so bassist Krist Novoselic, touring guitarist Pat Smear (of the Germs) and Grohl bought collectively for a brief set — joined by Lorde, St. Vincent, Joan Jett and Kim Gordon on vocals for a reunion dubbed “Hervana.”
CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: Perhaps there might be a number of extra gigs right here and there? Novoselic and Grohl reunited for a number of one-off performances within the years that adopted, most just lately coming collectively for the Fireplace Assist profit live performance in Los Angeles and the fiftieth anniversary celebrations for “Saturday Evening Stay,” each this yr. On the latter, Submit Malone took over vocal duties.
Oasis
DISBANDED: 2009
HOW LONG THE REUNION IS SUPPOSED TO LAST: If the band makes it via their full run of reunion exhibits, July via November. So, 5 months.
WHAT HAPPENED: Good query. The band — and particularly, the Gallagher brothers — haven’t launched a public assertion giving particular causes for the reunion. However the preliminary tour announcement did appear to allude to previous tensions. “The weapons have fallen silent,” Oasis mentioned. “The celebrities have aligned. The nice wait is over. Come see. It is not going to be televised.”
In 2019, Liam Gallagher instructed the AP he was able to reconcile.
“An important factor is about me and him being brothers,” he mentioned of Noel. “He thinks I’m determined to get the band again collectively for cash. However I didn’t be part of the band to earn a living. I joined the band to have enjoyable and to see the world.”
Followers had lengthy theorized a reunion is likely to be on the horizon, too: Within the wake of the 2017 bombing that killed 22 at an Ariana Grande live performance in Oasis’ hometown of Manchester, Liam Gallagher carried out at a profit live performance. He criticized his brother’s absence, however a spokesperson mentioned Noel Gallagher couldn’t attend due to a long-standing household journey. Profit organizers mentioned Noel Gallagher authorized the use of Oasis’ music and donated royalties from “Don’t Look Again in Anger” to the British Crimson Cross’ One Love Manchester fund.
CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: It’s occurring. A greater query is: What are the probabilities of a brand new album? That’s unattainable to know.
Outkast
DISBANDED: They by no means formally disbanded, so name it a hiatus. They by no means launched one other album after 2006’s “Idlewild,” and 2007 is ceaselessly cited because the yr they formally took a break.
HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: Just a few months in 2014? They introduced reunion dates in January 2014, performed their first in April, and ended that October.
WHAT HAPPENED: On the prime of 2014, Outkast — the modern Atlanta-based hip-hop duo consisting of Huge Boi and André 3000 — introduced they’d tour festivals all over the world to mark 20 years of their band, following a near-decade hiatus. The dates started at Coachella, the place the duo headlined each Friday evening exhibits. Then they made their option to their house state of Georgia for the CounterPoint Music & Arts Pageant, which The Related Press described as “an brisk present that saved the group jamming within the late hours.”
As soon as the reunion exhibits have been performed, so was Outkast. Huge Boi continued to launch solo information, and André 3000 would observe go well with … virtually 10 years later, when he launched his debut solo full-length, the flute-forward “New Blue Solar,” in 2023.
“New Blue Solar” has “no bars,” he joked to AP shortly after it was launched. It’s a divergence from rap as a result of “there was nothing I used to be liking sufficient to rap about, or I didn’t really feel it sounded contemporary.”
CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: When requested about new Outkast music, André 3000 instructed AP, “I by no means say by no means. … However I can say that the older I get, I really feel like that point has occurred.”
The Velvet Underground
DISBANDED: 1973, kind of.
HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: Just a few months in 1993.
WHAT HAPPENED: Right here’s one other opaque one for you, as band reunions so usually are typically: John Cale was ousted in 1968, Lou Reed left in 1970 and the Velvet Underground slowly dissolved from there, releasing their last album in 1973, “Squeeze.” In 1990, Cale and Reed joined forces to launch an album in homage to Andy Warhol, “Songs for Drella,” opening the door for a future reunion. There have been a number of one-off performances, after which the band toured Europe in 1993, together with a efficiency at Glastonbury.
CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: It’s just about unattainable. Reed died in 2013. Guitarist Sterling Morrison died in 1995. And Nico died in 1988.