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Sat 7 February 2026 8:00, UK
If Liam Gallagher got his wish and could, in fact, ‘Live Forever’, it wouldn’t surprise me if Oasis were infinitely played out of his speakers.
Gallagher is both the frontman and number one fan of the band, regularly stating their case as the greatest outfit to have ever graced the earth. I could even insert a quote to prove this is the case, but Gallagher has been so unrelenting and repetitive in that regard that simply reminding you of a time he said Oasis were “the best band on the planet” does very little in the way of archiving his thoughts to one moment.
So, should an infinite life present itself to Gallagher, then he would have no qualms with playing the entire Oasis discography back to back, as a means of basking in what he regards as music immortality.
That being said, in the moments of brief respite, where his bulletproof confidence has fallen away for a rare moment of earnestness, Gallagher has cited the work of iconic British bands as equally worthy of immortal praise.
His love for The Beatles has never been questioned, with the confrontational frontman often recalling the moment he first listened to the band as somewhat of a spiritual awakening for him. John Lennon’s voice became the template upon which he would develop his own vocals, explaining, “John Lennon is the man for me – it’s his voice I got hooked on, then after that I’d listen to the tunes and the words. But even his speaking voice, there’s just something about his voice that does it for me.”
But while The Beatles represented something of a spiritual inspiration for Gallagher, it was The Stone Roses who showed him how he could express it within his contemporary landscape. And so when a fan asked Gallagher what one album he would play forever, it was their 1989 self-titled debut album that he chose.
It was a record that followed the melodic lead of The Beatles’ discography, but blended it with a more modern sense of groove that spoke directly to the experimental youth of the late 1980s and early 1990s. In that heady crowd of music fans, thirsty for music that would crystallise the meaning of modern life, was a young Gallagher, buoyed by his discovery of The Beatles and quietly harbouring ambitions to follow suit.
“God knows what I would have become without this record. It’s not just the soundtrack of my youth, it is my youth,” Gallagher proudly explained. “Beautiful, sun-kissed pop songs with guitars. The Stone Roses came out in the spring, but I still remember the unusually beautiful weather in England at the time. At parties back then, it was always the same, I’d arrive, head straight to the turntable, take off whatever record was playing, and put on The Stone Roses.”
He continued to explain how that moment, and that record, acted as the fuel that lit a creative flame within him and toppled the first domino towards forming Oasis, “The Stone Roses in 1989, I was obsessed with being in a band. When I saw these guys, I thought, ‘This is as good as we’ve got to be.’ And that was it. That was my epiphany.”
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