The Gallaghers take over Venice with documentary about their reconciliation tour

Liam and Noel Gallagher arrived in Venice by water taxi, posed for cameras and let their documentary speak for them. The brothers made no joint statements at the press conference, despite intense interest in their reconciliation and rumors of another tour.

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It’s not called ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ by chance. We don’t look at what happened. We simply take it as a given that it happened. A lot of people know it, some don’t. But this film is about what is happening right now.

“Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger,” directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace and written by Steven Knight, screened out of competition at the Venice festival. It does not dwell on the 2009 dispute that ended the brothers’ relationship, nor does it explain what brought them back together before their reunion was announced in August 2024. Instead, it follows the tour that began in Cardiff and continued across 10 other countries.

“It’s not called ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ by chance. We don’t look at what happened. We simply take it as a given that it happened. A lot of people know it, some don’t. But this film is about what is happening right now,” Knight told reporters.

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sort out the shit

The film contains the brothers’ first joint interview in more than 20 years. Noel says their reunion allowed them to “sort out the shit” that had separated them, while also saying they forgave each other “without saying a word.” Knight described them as working-class Britons who were not going to hug or cry.

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without saying a word

The documentary enters rehearsals and the tour, including a scene in which Liam arrives while the band is already playing, asks what the drummer is doing, and tells them to change it. The group then carries on as though the years apart had never happened. It also interviews fans about Oasis’s generational imprint through songs such as “Wonderwall,” “Some Might Say” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger.” Noel says the brothers returned to the tour as equals, with “no longer a power struggle.”

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no longer a power struggle