Oasis In Talks Over Manchester Gig

Oasis are in talks to play Manchester, the M.E.N. can reveal.

It had been thought the Gallagher brothers had snubbed their home city after confirming their long-awaited British tour - without a date here.

And with the first night of the 18 dates scheduled to take place in Liverpool, it appeared as if salt had been rubbed in the wound.

But now the Manchester Evening News has learned there are plans for Noel and Liam to play a major venue in the city, although the exact location has not been finalised.

A spokesman for the band said: "On the last tour they played to nearly 200,000 people in Manchester and the shows were amazing. This is the first leg of a very long tour."

The British dates will follow the return of the band from a string of concerts in North America and Canada, which will take in cities such as Seattle, Vancouver and Toronto.

They begin the British leg of the tour on October 7 - the day after the release of their latest studio album, Dig Out Your Soul. It will take in Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham, London, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Belfast, Aberdeen and Glasgow.

In 2005, Oasis - fronted by City fans Liam and Noel - played three sell-out nights at the City of Manchester Stadium. In 2006, Noel returned to perform in fan Ben Hayes' front room, in Poynton, as part of a competition run by BBC Radio 1.

Ben, 23, who now lives in Didsbury, has already seen the band play 11 times.

He said: "I am sure they must have a surprise for Manchester.

"There's no way they would leave out Manchester."

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk