'I'm living the Oasis dream but this weekend I'm just another fan at Croke Park'
Oasis are set to hit the stage in Dublin's Croke Park on August 16 and 17 in front of an excited sold-out crowd on both nights of the Irish leg of their hugely anticipated reunion tour.
Live Forever will be playing shows over the weekend as fans don their bucket hats for the Supersonic hitmakers, and while the group could have packed out venues over the two days - they have opted to head to the shows instead.
'We probably could have done evening shows while Oasis was going on in Croke Park,' Paul, who performs as the group's Noel Gallagher, told the Irish Mirror ahead of this weekend's shows.
'But we want to enjoy it ourselves, we're all die-hard fans as well.
'We were going to do the Friday night, but then it would be Friday night, Saturday morning, going to the Oasis gig Saturday night, the Sunday afternoon gig and then some of the lads are going Sunday night.' Liam Gallagher (L) and Noel Gallagher (R) of Oasis perform during the opening night of their Live 25' Tour at Principality Stadium on July 04, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
For any punters hoping for some tunes to get them into the mood before the shows, or Oasis superfans who missed out on a coveted ticket, the group will be playing two day-time acoustic shows in Whelan's - but sadly these shows are sold out too.
'We're doing an acoustic show… A sing-a-long, stripped back, acoustic show,' Paul explained.
'We'll play a lot of songs that aren't on an Oasis setlist. We obviously do the hits as well now, but we will do a lot of the album tracks and B-side that the hardcore farms really like'.
'Anytime Liam or Noel played over here, there's always a sing-a-long in a pub somewhere," Paul added.
'It literally started out, first of all, just in the pub…. and it just really took off. And now we're actually playing in a venue.
'It's gotten bigger and bigger, but we always keep it acoustic, because we don't think people want to come in and see a full live band, with electric guitars, with the drums and everything.'
Paul says that since Oasis announced their reunion last year, the average age of fans at shows has dropped - owing to a younger audience getting into the Whatever songwriters.
'We were quite lucky that we were as busy as we'd like to be before. But what we have noticed, we're probably doing the same amount out of shows, but there's a lot more people have turned up. And the age has gotten a lot younger.
'A lot more younger people now have gotten into Oasis because of the reunion and they are so popular now again.
'We have certainly noticed that the average age group in the audience has dropped probably eight to 10 years. So that's a great sign.' Live Forever
Thankfully, Paul managed to secure a ticket for the Saturday show. 'I have my tickets for Saturday,' Paul revealed. 'I'm not sure if I know it on Sunday as well.
'I'll see how the head is on Sunday morning… because we're obviously playing Whelan's on Saturday and Sunday in the daytime!'
Liam and Noel Gallagher announced last August that they would perform together for the first time since Oasis' dramatic split in 2009.
The Oasis Live '25 tour kicked off in Cardiff's Principality Stadium in July, before moving on to Manchester, London and Edinburgh.
The band have two sold-out performances in Dublin's Croke Park on Saturday August 16 and Sunday August 17.
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