Noel Gallagher has been spotted in Maynooth ahead of Oasis’s two sold out gigs in Croke Park this weekend.
The elder of the two Gallagher brothers was pictured conversing and posing for pictures with fans outside Brady’s in Maynooth on Friday evening, prompting some fans to speculate that the Manchester signer/songwriter is staying at Carton House.
Meanwhile, his bandmates, fellow guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and drummer Joey Waronker, took to the waters off the Dublin coast on their day off before the group’s hotly-anticipated gigs this weekend.
The 59-year-old guitarist shared a snap of the pair swimming in Killiney on his social media accounts on Friday afternoon, captioning the picture: “When in Rome and all that”.
Noel Gallagher on stage at the Royal Albert Hall last year. Oasis will play wo sold out gigs in Dublin this weekend. File picture: PA
A founding member of the band, Bonehead has been in the country since Wednesday. Like the Gallagher brothers, he has Irish roots and visits here frequently.
Per the NME, Arthurs is, according to Noel Gallagher, the man most responsible for the group’s reunion tour.
“On guitar, if it wasn’t for him, none of this would have happened,” Gallagher told the magazine.
Oasis’s gigs this Saturday, August 16, and Sunday, August 17 will be their first on Irish soil in 17 years.
The band are expected to begin their set at Croke Park at around 8.15pm on Saturday night. Support on the night comes from The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft, and Liverpool rockers Cast.