Liam and Noel Gallagher held hands and raised them above their heads at the world premiere of their Oasis documentary, ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday night.
The brothers received an eight-minute standing ovation inside the Palazzo del Cinema. Noel appeared to wipe tears from his eyes during the response. The gesture offered a public image of reconciliation from musicians whose relationship had long been defined by separation following Oasis’s breakup in 2009.
The documentary follows the band’s 2025 reunion tour, ‘Oasis Live ’25’, across 12 concerts. It covers the return through rehearsals, backstage footage and concert images, and shows fan enthusiasm from Brazil to Japan.
Before the screening, Liam and Noel were greeted with cheers of “C’mon, boys!” and “Fight!” The calls reflected the history that has followed the pair through the years since Oasis split. A fan brought a Manchester City flag and flew it over a balcony during the premiere.
The brothers skipped the news conference, leaving their appearance inside the cinema as the central public moment of the evening. It is unknown whether the standing ovation and the hand-holding were spontaneous or part of the premiere presentation.
‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ features what is described as the first interview between Liam and Noel Gallagher in approximately twenty years. The film was directed by Dylan Southerne and Will Lovelace, conceived by Steven Knight and presented by Sony Music Vision.
Knight said Noel had told him that Liam “sounded better than he ever sounded, and everyone was, honestly, quite astonished”. The documentary also revisits the band’s 2009 breakup and the path to its reunion.
For years, an Oasis return had seemed impossible. The Venice premiere placed the reunion in a film-festival setting while also presenting it as a story for the band’s worldwide audience, whose response is part of the documentary’s account of the tour.
The film will be available on Disney+ from 10 September.
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