The most unexpected reconciliation of 2025 might just be between Tom Cruise and Oasis, as the Mission: Impossible star was spotted in the crowd at the band’s sold-out Wembley Stadium show—years after the Gallagher brothers famously trashed him as a “bastard” who’d “not been in one good film in his entire career.” The appearance marked a full-circle moment for Cruise and the newly reunited rock icons, whose feud dates back to their 2007 documentary Lord Don’t Slow Me Down, where Noel and Liam Gallagher took turns mocking the actor. “He’s a little fucker,” Noel declared on camera, while Liam added, “I hate Tom Cruise. Him and [soccer player] Michael Owen.”
Yet time (and perhaps Cruise’s legendary charm) seems to have softened tensions. The actor reportedly confronted Liam in 2009 at a Berlin hotel, playfully reminding him that despite the insults, Liam had at least admitted Cocktail was a decent movie. The two shared a laugh and a handshake—and now, 16 years after Oasis’ last live performance, Cruise was front and center at their comeback tour, rocking out alongside fellow A-listers like Dua Lipa and Callum Turner.
The Wembley concerts are just the beginning of Oasis’ massive reunion tour, which kicked off in Cardiff earlier this month and will soon hit North America, Asia, Australia, and Latin America before returning to London for two more stadium dates in September. For Cruise, the show was likely a mix of nostalgia and vindication—proof that even the harshest critics can’t deny his enduring star power. And for Oasis fans, it’s one more surreal chapter in the band’s chaotic legacy: the day their biggest celebrity hater became one of their most high-profile concertgoers.
After decades of feuds, breakups, and brutal interviews, maybe the real miracle of Oasis’ reunion isn’t that the Gallaghers buried the hatchet—it’s that they somehow made peace with Tom Cruise, too.
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