CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Oasis ended a 16-year hiatus on Friday with a punchy, powerful trip through one of Britpop’s greatest songbooks, kicking off a reunion tour in Cardiff, Wales, to a crowd ecstatic for the band’s 1990s hits.

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Oasis ended a 16-year hiatus on Friday with a punchy, powerful trip through one of Britpop’s greatest songbooks, kicking off a reunion tour in Cardiff, Wales to a crowd ecstatic for the band’s 1990s hits.

Oasis fans have been praised for their “amazing” behaviour on the jubilant first night of Liam and Noel Gallagher’s reunion tour. Thousands of fans gathered at Principality

Noel also took the opportunity to honour Oasis co-founder Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, who joined the Gallaghers on stage for the first time in over a decade and a half, with Noel expressing his admiration by calling him: "This f***ing uber-legend here Bonehead".

The band brought the long-awaited show in Cardiff to a close with Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova.

Noel and Liam Gallagher, who had not performed together since their dramatic split in 2009, performed in Cardiff, Wales, last night - it was the first stop on their reunion tour

The Oasis Live '25 reunion tour marks the end of an almost 16-year split between the Gallagher brothers It's been almost 16 years since Oasis last performed live, following the band's dramatic split in 2009 after a backstage bust-up.

The reunion to end all reunions is set to take place this Friday. That's when the Britpop band Oasis gets together for a five-month world tour kicking off in Cardiff, Wales, officially marking the end of the yearslong feud between bandmates and brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher.

The main reason for the long break was the famous and stormy quarrel between the Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel, which culminated in the breakup of the band in 2009.