Andy Bell confirms he is a part of band line-up

Andy Bell has confirmed that he can be a part of the line-up for the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour this summer season.

• READ MORE: Supersonic setlist: what Oasis have to play on their 2025 reunion tour

The bassist carried out with the Gallagher brothers from 1999 till their famously acrimonious break-up in 2009. He was then a part of Liam‘s spin-off band Beady Eye.

Bell, who was additionally a member of Experience and Mantra of the Cosmos, confirmed his involvement within the tour in a brand new interview with Austrian newspaper Oe24.

“I’m in and I’m actually wanting ahead to it,” he stated. “We’ll see one another on tour. Or somewhat, you’ll see me – I’ll hardly have the ability to see you within the viewers.”

Bell’s long-rumoured involvement within the tour was revealed to NME by sources near the band in March. He’s anticipated to be joined by fellow Beady Eye alumnus and longtime collaborator Gem Archer, who was a part of his latest solo album ‘Pinball Wanderer’. Additionally stated to be a part of the stay band are Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs on guitar and drummer Joey Waronker, the latter of whom is believed to be one of many “new faces” that Liam teased can be a part of the line-up.

Oasis have 41 dates booked for 2025, kicking off at stadiums across the UK and Eire in July earlier than transferring throughout a number of continents. Help will come from Forged, Richard Ashcroft, Cage The Elephant and Ball Park Music.

In different information, Liam just lately solid doubt over claims from the band’s supervisor that Oasis haven’t any intentions of sharing any new materials.

Supervisor Alec McKinlay made headlines when he dismissed any hopes of recent materials from the Britpop icons and stated that they had no intention of saying any extra tour dates both. “That is very a lot the final time round, as Noel’s made clear within the press,” he stated. “It’s an opportunity for followers who haven’t seen the band to see them, or at the least for a few of them to. And no, there’s no plan for any new music.”

Responding to at least one fan on X/Twitter who stated it didn’t really feel “very biblical” for McKinlay to dismiss all future plans, the singer responded: “Neither do I and the one those that can be making any form of choices on the way forward for OASIS can be ME n RKID so let’s simply take it sooner or later at a time.”

Later, the frontman doubled down on his stance, telling one other fan who thought “there should be a level of fact” to the supervisor’s feedback that McKinley is “the accountant” for the band.

Then, when pressed additional by one other fan to straight say if the supervisor was mendacity, Gallagher induced additional confusion when he made the tongue-in-cheek response: “Am I?”