The filmmakers behind the upcoming Oasis documentary have explained why concealed cameras were used to record Liam and Noel Gallagher meeting again for the first time.
Titled Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger, the documentary follows the band’s landmark reunion tour in 2025. The run opened at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4 and finished at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 23. Other major locations on the schedule included Wembley Stadium in London, Heaton Park in Manchester and the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles.
The production features material from the group’s rehearsals and live performances, along with the first interview Liam and Noel have conducted together in over two decades. It is due to debut at the Venice International Film Festival in early September before arriving in cinemas on September 11. The documentary will also become available on Disney+ in the UK later this year. Watch the official preview below.
A key scene shows the Gallagher brothers entering a recording studio for their first meeting in 15 years. The encounter was filmed using cameras carefully concealed around the space. Directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace explained to Billboard that this approach meant the musicians “would never see a single member of the film crew”. Southern added: “I don’t think Liam even realised there were cameras there for the first week.”
The strength of the audience’s emotional response during the reunion concerts particularly surprised the directors. “When the lights came up at the end of the first concert in Cardiff [Wales], we have a sequence where you just see people looking shell-shocked, like they’ve been through every possible emotion,” Southern said. “Seeing that in real time [was] when we were like, ‘We knew this was going to be big, but it’s on a different level emotionally than what we’d thought.’”
The changing bond between the Gallagher brothers also became an important part of the story. “Then, as the film progresses, you see the music bringing [the brothers] together,” Southern continued. “The [fan] reaction is a huge catalyst in where they end up in terms of their relationship by the end of the film.”
Looking ahead, speculation continues that Oasis could return to Knebworth, where they delivered their record setting concerts across two evenings in August 1996. The potential appearances are said to form part of a huge UK and European tour that could also feature a 12 night run in Manchester.
There has also been talk of the Britpop stars leading the Glastonbury lineup next year. However, Liam Gallagher recently dismissed those claims in a direct social media response.
