Frosty Reunion

A new film about Oasis's historic 2025 world tour, premiering Saturday in Venice, captures the frosty reunion of the Gallagher brothers and shows how their children have become the "cement" in their volatile relationship. Film creator Steven Knight described how Liam Gallagher arrived for the first meeting in 15 years with estranged brother Noel.

"He walks in and says 'are we ready? Are we ready? Should we go?' And then they all said, 'Yeah, okay, okay. 1,2,3,4, bang!'" Knight told AFP. "They're English working-class men, they're not going to show emotion, not going to even shake hands."

The cement

The film shows the Manchester-born brothers gradually burying one of the most famous feuds in modern rock music, dating back to a 2009 backstage fight in Paris. Fans began gathering at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday morning, with the Gallagher brothers waving from a boat as they arrived in the sun-drenched Italian city.

Liam and Noel's reconciliation was helped by the budding relationships between their children who didn't know each other before the reunion. "I think once their kids got involved, that was the cement. Their kids met and became mates," Knight said. Asked about his work on the next Bond, Knight said: "I'm very much looking forward to that. It's going to be really good."