Ahead of Oasis' tour, a look at famous and brief band reunions: Nirvana, Outkast and more

NEW YORK – “Don't Look Back successful Anger” is bully proposal for the Britpop set Oasis, who motorboat their astonishing reunion tour this week successful Cardiff, Wales.

Led by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, the reunion marks the extremity of the siblings' long-held feud, 1 that led to Oasis disbanding successful 2009. For galore fans, this quality is astir excessively bully to beryllium true. They're anxiously awaiting whether the Gallaghers volition so marque it done the full tally of planetary dates and adjacent possibly widen the reunion.

Whether they're successful it for the agelong haul oregon volition telephone it quits astatine immoderate constituent sooner, here's a look astatine a fewer different precise celebrated — but precise little — set reunions.

The Beach Boys

DISBANDED: Technically, they ne'er broke up. Read on.

HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: A fewer months successful 2012.

WHAT HAPPENED: There is nary linear past erstwhile it comes to The Beach Boys, but here’s the abridged: Band members came and went, and the band’s visionary, the precocious Brian Wilson, retired from touring successful 1964 pursuing a breakdown caused by accent and exhaustion. His spot was soon filled by Bruce Johnston, who remained with the radical for decades. Wilson besides infamously feuded with his relative and bandmate Mike Love implicit songwriting credits for years.

The question present is: Can a set that ne'er broke up reunite? In this case, yes: The set — with some Wilson and Love — got unneurotic for a caller album, “That’s Why God Made the Radio” and satellite circuit successful 2012, celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary. It wasn't the full archetypal lineup, however: Drummer Dennis Wilson died successful 1983, and guitarist Carl Wilson died successful 1998.

CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: The unit down the band, Brian Wilson, died past period astatine property 82, but Love continues to circuit nether The Beach Boys name.

Led Zeppelin

DISBANDED: 1980

HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: Good question. The set played a fewer one-off events successful the mid-1980s passim the ’00s, ne'er embarking connected a reunion tour. So, a fewer days? A fewer hours?

WHAT HAPPENED: Led Zeppelin disbanded instantly pursuing the decease of drummer John Bonham successful 1980, reuniting lone for a prime fewer events successful the decades that followed. Most notably, their archetypal amusement backmost was a analyzable acceptable astatine Live Aid successful 1985 successful Philadelphia. Their past show unneurotic was successful 2007 astatine the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert held successful London’s O2 Arena. There, Bonham’s lad Jason Bonham played the drums.

CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: Highly unlikely. Lead vocalist Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page person successfully evaded reunion requests successful the past, including 1 from President Bill Clinton. In 2013, Clinton asked the British stone greats to get backmost unneurotic for the 2012 Superstorm Sandy payment concert successful New York City. He asked; they said no.

Nirvana

DISBANDED: 1994

HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: A bid of one-off performances successful the 2010s and 2020s.

WHAT HAPPENED: Nirvana disbanded pursuing the decease of frontman and main songwriter Kurt Cobain. Its members pursued different projects — astir notably, drummer Dave Grohl founded the Foo Fighters. But 2 decades aft Cobain’s death, successful 2014, Nirvana was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, truthful bassist Krist Novoselic, touring guitarist Pat Smear (of the Germs) and Grohl got unneurotic for a abbreviated acceptable — joined by Lorde, St. Vincent, Joan Jett and Kim Gordon connected vocals for a reunion dubbed “Hervana.”

CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: Maybe determination could beryllium a fewer much gigs present and there? Novoselic and Grohl reunited for a fewer one-off performances successful the years that followed, astir precocious coming unneurotic for the Fire Aid payment concert successful Los Angeles and the 50th day celebrations for “Saturday Night Live,” some this year. At the latter, Post Malone took implicit vocal duties.

Oasis

DISBANDED: 2009

HOW LONG THE REUNION IS SUPPOSED TO LAST: If the set makes it done their afloat tally of reunion shows, July done November. So, 5 months.

WHAT HAPPENED: Good question. The set — and successful particular, the Gallagher brothers — person not released a nationalist connection giving circumstantial reasons for the reunion. But the archetypal circuit announcement did look to allude to past tensions. “The guns person fallen silent,” Oasis said. “The stars person aligned. The large hold is over. Come see. It volition not beryllium televised.”

In 2019, Liam Gallagher told the AP helium was acceptable to reconcile.

“The astir important happening is astir maine and him being brothers,” helium said of Noel. “He thinks I’m hopeless to get the set backmost unneurotic for money. But I didn’t articulation the set to marque money. I joined the set to person amusive and to spot the world.”

Fans had agelong theorized a reunion mightiness beryllium connected the horizon, too: In the aftermath of the 2017 bombing that killed 22 astatine an Ariana Grande concert successful Oasis’ hometown of Manchester, Liam Gallagher performed astatine a payment concert. He criticized his brother’s absence, but a spokesperson said Noel Gallagher couldn’t be due to the fact that of a long-standing household trip. Benefit organizers said Noel Gallagher approved the use of Oasis’ euphony and donated royalties from “Don’t Look Back successful Anger” to the British Red Cross’ One Love Manchester fund.

CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: It's happening. A amended question is: What are the chances of a caller album? That's intolerable to know.

Outkast

DISBANDED: They ne'er officially disbanded, truthful telephone it a hiatus. They ne'er released different medium aft 2006's “Idlewild,” and 2007 is often cited arsenic the twelvemonth they officially took a break.

HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: A fewer months successful 2014? They announced reunion dates successful January 2014, played their archetypal successful April, and ended that October.

WHAT HAPPENED: At the apical of 2014, Outkast — the innovative Atlanta-based hip-hop duo consisting of Big Boi and André 3000 — announced they would circuit festivals astir the satellite to people 20 years of their band, pursuing a near-decade hiatus. The dates began astatine Coachella, wherever the duo headlined some Friday nighttime shows. Then they made their mode to their location authorities of Georgia for the CounterPoint Music & Arts Festival, which The Associated Press described arsenic “an energetic amusement that kept the assemblage jamming successful the precocious hours.”

Once the reunion shows were done, truthful was Outkast. Big Boi continued to merchandise solo records, and André 3000 would travel suit ... astir 10 years later, erstwhile helium released his debut solo full-length, the flute-forward “New Blue Sun,” successful 2023.

“New Blue Sun” has “no bars,” he joked to AP soon aft it was released. It’s a divergence from rap due to the fact that “there was thing I was liking capable to rap about, oregon I didn’t consciousness it sounded fresh.”

CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: When asked astir caller Outkast music, André 3000 told AP, “I ne'er accidental never. … But I tin accidental that the older I get, I consciousness similar that clip has happened.”

The Velvet Underground

DISBANDED: 1973, much oregon less.

HOW LONG THE REUNION LASTED: A fewer months successful 1993.

WHAT HAPPENED: Here's different opaque 1 for you, arsenic set reunions truthful often thin to be: John Cale was ousted successful 1968, Lou Reed near successful 1970 and the Velvet Underground dilatory dissolved from there, releasing their last medium successful 1973, “Squeeze.” In 1990, Cale and Reed joined forces to merchandise an medium successful homage to Andy Warhol, “Songs for Drella,” opening the doorway for a aboriginal reunion. There were a fewer one-off performances, and past the set toured Europe successful 1993, including a show astatine Glastonbury.

CHANCES OF GETTING BACK TOGETHER: It is beauteous overmuch impossible. Reed died successful 2013. Guitarist Sterling Morrison died successful 1995. And Nico died successful 1988.

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