\n\t\u201cNobody has fans like this. Nobody.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tWhether or not it was technically true, Noel Gallagher\u2019s pre-encore observation about the tens of thousands who packed into East Rutherford, New Jersey\u2019s MetLife Stadium on Sunday night (Aug. 31) to see Oasis<\/a>\u2018 first gig in the New York area (the entire East Coast, really) since 2008 couldn\u2019t be considered much of an exaggeration. For two months now, Oasis fans new and old have been swarming<\/a> major<\/a> cities<\/a> one at a time at a level rarely seen outside of Taylor Swift and Beyonc\u00e9 tours, lining the streets with box-logo shirts and bucket hats and impromptu \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back in Anger\u201d singalongs as the Brothers Gallagher ready their next triumphant mini-residency. If other bands have fans on the same level, they certainly aren\u2019t showing out like this in 2025. <\/p>\n \n\tAnd now, Oasis have finally conquered the States<\/a>, territory that proved at least somewhat resistant to the band upon its first invasion<\/a> in the mid-\u201990s. Three decades later, the lads are packing MetLife Stadium with more fans and merch than the woeful Jets and Giants might be able to manage for many weeks in this upcoming NFL season. Given the context, it\u2019s hardly shocking \u2014 though also somewhat touching \u2014 that even the historically unimpressed Gallaghers couldn\u2019t help but be a little sentimental at the showing, as they were throughout Sunday night\u2019s typically spectacular first of two gigs at the New Jersey venue.<\/p>\n \n\tThough surprises were few outside of the occasional mushiness \u2014\u00a0a well-oiled machine by now, Oasis stuck to the same 23-song setlist it\u2019s played at every show so far on the Live \u201925 Tour, albeit with new intro music this time in The Rolling Stones\u2019 psych-era gem \u201cWe Love You\u201d \u2014 there were plenty of highlights to be had on Sunday. Here were five of the biggest.<\/p>\n
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