Richard Ashcroft has said the Oasis reunion tour was a “real catalyst” for young fans.
The former Verve frontman appeared on TalkSPORT, where he spoke about the impact of supporting the Britpop giants on their huge OASIS LIVE ’25 tour – you can watch the moment from 4 minutes 50 seconds.
“It almost feels like this summer is a catalyst for a whole new lot of momentum – not only for me and for Oasis, but the young people in the crowd,” he told TalkSPORT.
Ashcroft went on to recall a trip to Cornwall, where he had a “relentless” number of fans stopping him thanks to the shows. “So many of them have been to the shows, because the show are like 1.5million or something we played to – you’re always going to bump into someone who’s been there.”
He shared that plenty of younger fans had told him they were now writing songs and attending music college, theorising the tour had been “a real catalyst for them”: “I think that’s a really exciting thing,” he added. “We’ll probably see this come through into the culture in three years time. It won’t be next year, it’ll be two or three years when those 16, 17-year-olds have got those bands together.”
Ashcroft continued, saying that the Oasis tour could shift attitudes away from the X Factor-style methods of production in mainstream culture where “you’re already giving away a bit of yourself in order to sign on that dotted line – you pretty much know you’re not gonna write those songs.
“The beauty of what Oasis did, what Noel did by writing those 22 bangers – I mean, that was phenomenal for me to see – [the tour] really brought on what an incredible songwriter he was. To see it back in mainstream culture again and to see young kids be influenced by that, it’s so much better if you do your own thing, I think.”
Ashcroft then shared that young kids had previously asked him whether he had been on X Factor, adding that there was a “disconnect”: “This was how we used to do it, we’d get a rehearsal room, we’d do all the hard stuff, we’d play tiny venues, we’d work on our craft. We’d be individual, we’d wear what we want, we’d say what we want.”
Ashcroft released his new LP ‘Lovin’ You’ last Friday (October 3). The long-awaited album is his seventh album, and Ashcroft will embark on a string of solo dates to tour the record.
He is due to play a run of solo headline arena dates early next year, following a concert at Manchester’s Co-op Live in November. Due to high demand, Ashcroft went on to add a handful of new shows to the tour last summer, which now includes stops in Glasgow, Birmingham, and Newcastle.
On September 29, Ashcroft also announced details of a stop at London’s Alexandra Palace Park, and shortly afterwards revealed huge summer show at Englefield Estate.
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Richard Ashcroft’s 2025/2026 UK headline dates are:
NOVEMBER 2025
8 – Co-op Live, Manchester
MARCH 2026
24 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
26 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
28 – The O2, London
31 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
APRIL 2026
2 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
4 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
6 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle
JULY 2026
17 – Alexandra Palace Park, London
24 – Englefield Estate, Berkshire
Elsewhere, Richard Ashcroft has said he’s only seen Liam Gallagher on stage during the Oasis reunion tour: “The guy has been so disciplined”.
