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The Gallagher brothers smile for cameras at Venice festival, but stay silent before the microphones

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Liam and Noel Gallagher appeared together at the Venice Film Festival to promote a documentary about Oasis’s latest concert tour.
  • The brothers posed for photographs but did not attend the directors’ press conference, continuing their limited contact with the press.
  • The film includes backstage and stage footage, and will open in cinemas before its Disney+ release later this year.

Seeing Liam and Noel Gallagher together without a fight still feels surprising. Seeing them pose side by side at the Venice Film Festival was another small surprise, but the brothers stopped short of facing the microphones.

They arrived at the Lido by boat to present Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, a Disney+ documentary about the band’s latest concert tour. They posed for the film’s photocall and smiled for the cameras, then left before the press conference with co-directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace and screenwriter Steven Knight.

They were here a second ago taking a photo, so they’re here.

· Will LovelaceThe co-director responded when asked why Liam and Noel Gallagher were absent from the press conference.

When a journalist asked why the Gallaghers were absent, Lovelace replied, “They were here a second ago taking a photo, so they’re here,” without offering more details. The brothers apparently had never been scheduled to attend the conference, although journalists and fans at the festival seemed unaware of that.

more than satisfied

· Steven KnightKnight described the brothers’ reaction after they watched the documentary.

Since Oasis announced its reunion and tour, Liam and Noel have largely avoided the press. They have given only one interview together to promote Don’t Look Back in Anger, ending a period of 20 years without direct contact with the media, apart from their separate appearances.

The documentary premieres worldwide in Venice on Saturday, September 5, opens in cinemas on September 9 and reaches Disney+ later this year. It includes footage of the band backstage and onstage. Knight said the brothers had seen the film and were “more than satisfied,” adding that they found it “very emotional.” Asked whether another split could occur, Lovelace said, “It doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen. They get along quite well.”

very emotional

· Steven KnightKnight said the Gallaghers found the documentary moving.

Their absence also left room for speculation. Cryptic social-media posts have appeared in recent days, while Noel recently hinted at a possible 2027 tour in an interview with Talksport: “Let’s put it this way: there’s no football tournament next year, so we have to do something in the summer, right?”

It doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen. They get along quite well.

· Will LovelaceLovelace answered a question about whether the Gallagher brothers might split again.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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