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‘I’m up for it’: Liam Gallagher wants The Wolfe Tones to support Oasis at Dublin gigs

Oasis are reuniting as controversial Irish rebel band wrap up after six decades of performing

Liam Gallagher, pictured, who reformed Oasis with his brother Noel Gallagher for Oasis shows in 2025
Liam Gallagher, who is reuniting with brother Noel for Oasis shows in 2025. (David Jensen/PA)
By Paul Ainsworth

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has said “let’s do it” to having The Wolfe Tones as a support act for his band’s Dublin gigs next year.

The swaggering Britpop rocker confirmed his interest in having the Irish rebel group join Oasis at Croke Park in a post to the X social media platform on Sunday.

The Wolfe Tones
The Wolfe Tones are performing their final shows as a group this year after six decades.

Liam and brother Noel Gallagher have ended their long-running feud to reunite for a series of Oasis comeback shows next summer, with the band playing their sold-out Dublin shows on August 15 and 16.

No support acts for the gigs have yet been announced, but Liam Gallagher expressed interest in having The Wolfe Tones join him and his Oasis bandmates in entertaining the Croker crowd.

The Gallagher brothers are of Irish descent, with mum Peggy hailing from Charlestown in Co Mayo.

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An X account titled ‘Irish Unity’ posted the question of a support act directly to Liam on X, asking: “What about the Wolfe Tones opening at Croke Park?”

Liam, who regularly engages with X users, responded: “I’m up for it let’s do it.”

The Wolfe Tones’ official account reposted Liam’s post with an Irish tricolour emoji with green hearts on either side, but as of Sunday afternoon have made no other comment.

The Wolfe Tones’ profile has risen sharply in recent years, with the folk band - famous for their Irish rebel tunes - drawing one of the biggest crowds of this year’s Electric Picnic festival in Co Laois last month.

However, they announced last year that they were hanging up their instruments at the end of 2024, after six decades of performing.

The group are regularly criticised for their ‘Celtic Symphony’ track, which contains the chorus line “Ooh ah, up the Ra”, in relation to the song’s description of pro-Provisional IRA “graffiti on the wall” in Glasgow.

The Wolfe Tones, with current line-up Brian Warfield, Tommy Byrne and Noel Nagle, also played at the Féile in west Belfast last month, and are also due to play at Belfast’s SSE Arena in October as part of their ‘Farewell Tour’.