On Sunday, Aug. 31, the dream of the 90s was alive in the Meadowlands.

For the first time since ’09, Oasis performed live in the Garden State and did so with gusto.

The show, which was the first of their two nights at the 82,500-seat MetLife Stadium with special guest Cage The Elephant, was part of their ongoing, headline-making, earth-shaking ‘Live ’25 Tour’ that was announced last summer.

And, they didn’t disappoint. In fact, the Gallagher brothers far exceeded expectations.

Over two hours, Liam and Noel ran through their legendary catalog, playing a dense set heavy on cuts from their 1994 debut “Definitely Maybe” and game-changing 1995 album “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?” along with a few tracks from “Be Here Now,” “The Masterplan” and “Heathen Chemistry.”

Sorry “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants,” “Don’t Believe the Truth” and “Dig Out Your Soul” fans. This wasn’t your night.

Diehard “Madferits” sang along with every single word matching Liam’s incomparable sneering vocals and Noel’s lilting, impassioned sound with relative ease. Clearly, these songs were the soundtracks to a great many of those in the building and that giddy excitement carried throughout the night.

In fact, at times, the lively show turned into a hooligan-like atmosphere as the Britpop rockers — who wear an anti-authoritarian punk streak on their sleeve — inspired the general admission audience to jump in unison causing the Giants and Jets’ stadium to actively shake.

Yes, really.

Was this the show of the summer?

Definitely maybe.

For a more comprehensive recap of the evening, keep reading.

We’ve got everything you need to know about the Oasis MetLife concert from Cage The Elephant’s energetic opening set to the Gallagher brothers’ explosive encore below.

Before diving into our full rundown of the evening, we wanted to point out that Oasis still has a few more shows before calling it quits this year. Here’s where you can find the band live this September.

As is par for the course, traveling to East Rutherford, NJ takes some astute commuter skill.

To get to MetLife from New York — if you’re one of the many carefree, carless New Yorkers like myself — one needs to take the New Jersey Transit one stop from Penn Station to Secaucus. Then, once you’ve hopscotched to another train for another quick one-stop trek, you’re at MetLife. All in all, this jaunt takes about 30 minutes.

Upon arrival, you de-train, stroll to the entrance and wait in line. One emptying of the pockets and showing QR codes later, you’re in the building. Concert time.

Almost immediately after grabbing my seat, Matt Shultz’s blustery band swaggered onstage. Now, that’s how you time a concert night just right.

The fuzzed-out Kentuckians kicked off the evening with the bleat-y rocker “Broken Boy” and its hook-y chorus “How does it feel?” that can easily worm its way into your brain for weeks on end. To cap the cheeky jam, they ended the song on a blackout dime. The rock and roll party was officially underway.

Shultz, 41, came out swinging with “Spiderhead” next. Evoking a scraggly, young Mick Jagger, he refused to hold back on the big stage. Although the crowd hadn’t quite connected with him just yet — that would happen once the lights got low — the frontman and his tight backing band with their kick-slap drums delivered trippy, bluesy breakdowns. Delightful.

No matter what different musical avenue they traveled down, the group seemingly always ended up at the same place: pure rock and roll that works for all ages.

To add to the carefree spirit, Shultz requested the audience take part in a “dog bark” call and response. As unconventional a move as this was, he unleashed something within the half-full stadium. Here was a showman willing to go the whole nine yards to pull us in. It worked. 

The temperature finally changed once the stadium went from magic hour golden hues to darkened black and blues. Cage busted out the hits like “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked,” “Telescope,” “Shake Me Down,” “Cigarette Daydreams” and the half lullaby, half headbanger “Come A Little Closer.” All of a sudden, this felt like a headliner set.

Buried within these radio-friendly nuggets was a deft skill from the singer who switched from talk-singing to go-for-broke punk vocals (he even held the mic stand upside down at one point for chrissakes), which allowed the band to sound both pristine and dirty all at once. Truly sublime.

Gee whiz, they didn’t have to go this hard. The bar had been raised for Oasis.

If you want to see Cage The Elephant headline, they’re going on a nationwide tour this fall. That includes a pair of concerts at Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre on Oct. 28-29.

Once Cage was out of the way, that hooligan-y energy flooded the mega venue. A handful of folks snuck into my section to get closer to the action. A bucket hat bucket list event was about to get underway and the “Madferits” wouldn’t settle for their seats. I get it. This was a destination show that people had traveled for since Oasis curiously booked so few U.S. dates. They wanted to be as near Liam and Noel as humanly possible.

At 8:45 p.m., a testing pattern checking MetLife’s volume appeared on the giant monitors.

Raucous applause bled into the triumphant opening track “Hello,” which reintroduced us to Liam Gallagher (looking a bit like Willem Dafoe) and his low-key younger sibling Noel. Invigorating images flashed on the larger-than-life screens behind them.

Their down and dirty, lo-fi, “we don’t give a s— what you think,” bare bones rock and roll show of our dreams was finally underway.

They blazed through fan favorites. The classic, soaring B-side “Acquiesce.” The feedback-filled epic “Morning Glory.” The straight down the middle fastball “Some Might Say.”

This was the rare reunion concert that invigorated and didn’t feel like a leisurely stroll down memory lane.

And, even though, the band still exuded their intentionally indifferent attitude from the stage — I’m looking at you, pouting, sunglasses-sporting Liam (although shaking a tambourine and maracas was a nice touch) — the fans couldn’t have been more enthusiastic. The place positively bounced as the general admission faithful jumped in unison and hung on every word.

Sure, one could argue at this point within the show that most of the band’s songs sound somewhat similar. Yet, when they’re all that good, it’s hard for a hater to put up too much of a fight. Oasis is unfiltered, wall-of-sound rock at its finest.

The easy singalongs — it’s hard not to pick up what Liam and Noel are putting down with their oft-repeated lyrics — kept the crowd ’round the group’s spindly finger.

Hard-charging “Bring It On Down” had the fans bloody hopping mad. Heck, this level of fervor is typically reserved for cults. All the while, Liam went hard effortlessly spewing angst. He’s not very mobile for a frontman — compared to Cage The Elephant’s Shultz, he was practically static — but stayed note perfect with his rebel yell kick-in-the-pants vocal style.

Shortly thereafter, Oasis’ “Bang A Gong” homage, “Cigarettes & Alcohol,” blasted rock straight into our faces. Although often labeled as “pop” or “Britpop,” the outfit’s lesser-known hits couldn’t be further from what one might expect from radio-friendly music. They produce blistering stadium anthems that often veer into a higher plane of existence. Call it bliss.

Still, mini squabbles were ever-present. If you paid close enough attention, one could catch a glimpse of Liam micromanaging the band onstage. Even at this scale, playing songs that are three decades old, he’s a perfectionist.

Following the strutting “Fade Away,” slacker epic “Supersonic” (still dripping in cool) and rollicking, Beatles-y “Roll With It” (the soundtrack to youth), the group slowed things down and let Noel take over.

Going into ballad territory with the wistful ‘Talk Tonight,” melancholy “Half The World Away” and sensual singalong “Little By Little” allowed the Oasis GA goons time to finally relax. Yes, things may have gotten a bit sappy for a moment but when you’ve melted our faces clean off for nearly an hour, you’re allowed to get vulnerable, sad and a bit soft.

Prior to the hit parade we were all dreaming of — “Wonderwall,” anyone? — Oasis dropped the chilled-out ball of energy “D’you Know What I Mean?” The lyrics “all my people right here right now know what I mean” served as a perfect thesis for the evening. Everyone in the building was on the Gallaghers’ wavelength.

Right after, Liam took a backseat to Noel on the glorious “Stand By Me.” While his little brother wailed his heart out and rocked the acoustic guitar, he played with his ears. Silly stuff.

Of course, there was a requisite Coldplay cheating joke leading up to the romantic rocker “Slide Away.” For the next fiveish minutes, the dudes shredded, bringing us fuzzed-out jam nirvana. While not the band’s biggest hit, the track was definitely made to be unleashed at a venue this large.

Now, in the home stretch, Liam busted out “Whatever,” aka his persona encapsulated within a single song. The fact that he worked an “Octopus’ Garden” tip of the cap in mid-tune was a nice cherry on top to an Oasis essential.

Dedicating “Live Forever” to “the kiddies in Minneapolis” was a rare misstep for the group. Sure, the sentiment was spot-on but Liam’s tossed-off delivery of the tribute to the victims came across as a bit obtuse. Like a fill-in-the-blank for whatever the most recent tragedy was. A minor complaint for sure — their heart is in the right place —  but a bit of real compassion here would have been a nice touch.

Finally, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star,” an opener tucked away at the end of the show if I ever heard one, invited the crowd in to be a star like Liam and Noel with its big, generous hooks.

The band walked offstage. We were moments away from the…

Before taking us to thee big three, the deceptively simple “The Masterplan” led the way. The inspiring “dance if you wanna dance/please brother take a chance” bit induced chills. You could do a lot worse for a tease ahead of the grand finale.

And, then, it came.

“Sally can wait” for the hits for only so long.

The transcendent barnburner “Don’t Look Back In Anger” — evoking Lennon’s “Imagine” — had the enrapt audience screaming along like it was 1994 all over again. A woman in our row mimed tears flowing. Audience members that didn’t know each other hugged when it was all said and done. Wow. Hearing “So, Sally can wait” live really can heal even the most jaded of Gen X hearts.

Next, the majestic finish turned to the all-timer “Wonderwall.” It felt like we were rolling down a hill, just pure, childlike forward motion. Liam and Noel had us eating from the palm of their hands.

Words can’t describe hearing “Wonderwall” with a packed house. Sharing the song that we’ve all sung alone in our cars, in our showers, in grocery stores for our lives is something else. It doesn’t matter if you’re a fair weather fan or lifelong Oasis obsessive, this is the stuff of magic. Of dreams. A song you’ll play for your kid when they’re born. A song to pass on for generations. A song that will make you inexplicably cry when you hear those unmistakable opening strings. And live? Multiply those emotions times ten. I’m still tearing up, wishing I could be there singing along with my fellow fans forever.

Dammit, Liam, I know you might not care like we fans do, but, this one, this one is a gift from a higher power. Thank you for that.

Unbelievably, Liam and Noel hit an even higher high closing the night with the impossibly gorgeous “Champagne Supernova,” which, sneakily, may be their best song. “Where were you while we were getting high” is undeniably a God-tier lyric.

As the sensitive requiem washed over us, MetLife surprised with a neverending fireworks show. This was a true champagne supernova in the sky. That’s how you finish a show.

For two hours, I felt like I was in England in ’94. I may have been six then. Truth be told, I’ve never been to the U.K. Still, Oasis transported us all back to a time, a place, an attitude, a feeling, a morning glory.

If you’re kicking yourself for not having seen them live on this run, it isn’t too late. They’ll be in LA and London next. Don’t miss Liam and Noel. Who knows if they ever do this again?

Exiting with the masses was a nightmare.

Wall-to-wall fans attempting to take the train home made for transit hell. The NJT stalled. Even, my eventual midnight 7 train home gave out on me. No matter, though.

The fans sang “Don’t Look Back In Anger” and “Champagne Supernova” all the way back. As upsetting as the delayed travel scenario was, once again, one simply couldn’t be angry when you had been part of such an enlightening communal experience that extended long after the last fireworks.

According to Set List FM, here’s what Oasis took to the stage on Aug. 31 at MetLife Stadium.

01.) “Hello”
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

02.) “Acquiesce”
B-side on “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

03.) “Morning Glory”
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

04.) “Some Might Say”
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

05.) “Bring It On Down”
from “Definitely Maybe”

06.) “Cigarettes & Alcohol”
from “Definitely Maybe”

07.) “Fade Away”
from “The Masterplan”

08.) “Supersonic”
from “Definitely Maybe”

09.) “Roll With It”
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

10.) “Talk Tonight”
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

11.) “Half the World Away” (dedicated to ‘the Irish’)
from “The Masterplan”

12.) “Little by Little”
from “Heathen Chemistry”

13.) “D’You Know What I Mean?” (dedicated to ‘the warriors, not the worriers’)
from “Be Here Now”

14.) “Stand by Me”
from “Be Here Now”

15.) “Cast No Shadow”
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

16.) “Slide Away” (dedicated to ‘the lovebirds’)
from “Definitely Maybe”

17.) “Whatever” (with snippet of The Beatles’ ‘Octopus’s Garden’)
from “Definitely Maybe”

18.) “Live Forever” (dedicated to ‘the kiddies in Minneapolis’)
from “Definitely Maybe”

19.) “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”
from “Definitely Maybe”

Encore

20.) “The Masterplan” (preceded by band introductions)
from “The Masterplan”

21.) “Don’t Look Back in Anger”
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

22.) “Wonderwall”
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

23.) “Champagne Supernova” (followed by fireworks)
from “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”

Nostalgic for a time before the internet dominated our lives?

You’re in luck.

Here are five more huge artists that dominated the charts during the early days of the World Wide Web that will be doling their hits at venues all over the U.S. and Canada these next few months.

• Blink-182

• Morrissey

• Trey Anastasio

• Paul McCartney

• Goo Goo Dolls with Dashboard Confessional

Plus, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) has a handful of gigs lined up as well.

Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of all the biggest artists on tour in 2025 to find the show for you.

This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change