Oasis recently confirmed on social media that Richard Ashcroft will be a special guest for their 2025 UK and Ireland reunion tour.
Oasis announces Richard Ashcroft as special guest
The singer-songwriter and the former The Verve frontman is set to open for the Britpop band at each date of the trek next summer – which includes seven nights at London’s Wembley Stadium and five gigs at Manchester’s Heaton Park.
This comes after recent reports that Ashcroft would be joining Liam and Noel Gallagher on the road for Oasis Live ’25, along with Cast (who have not yet been announced).
In a statement about the forthcoming massive support slots, Ashcroft stated that: “As a fan from day one I was buzzing for many reasons when the news of Oasis’ return was announced.”
“I can say with no exaggeration that the songwriting talent of Noel and Liam’s pure spirit as a lead singer helped to inspire me to create some of my best work. It was the perfection of ‘Live Forever’ that forced me to try and write my own.”
He added: “They dared to be great, made the dreams we had real and I will always remember those days with joy. Now it’s time to create more memories and I’m ready to bring it. See you next summer. Music is power.”
Details regarding the rest of the support line-up for Oasis’ 2025 UK and Ireland shows will be revealed in due course as per a press release.
Ashcroft has a fair share of history with Oasis, serving as the inspiration behind their 1995 song ‘Cast No Shadow’. One of Liam and Noel Gallagher’s first national tours was as the support act for The Verve back in 1993, ahead of their 1994 debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’. In 1995, The Verve opened for Oasis at The Bataclan in Paris before featuring as special guests at Scotland’s Irvine Beach. Ashcroft later provided backing vocals on Oasis’ single ‘All Around The World’ from 1997’s ‘Be Here Now’. Ashcroft had also played a surprise support set when LG headlined London’s Finsbury Park in 2018.
