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17th August 2025
01:50pm BST
Oasis returned to Ireland to perform for the first time in 17 years in front of over 80,000 fans at Croke Park yesterday (August 16).
Their performance yesterday was one of two sell-out shows for the Gallagher brothers this weekend.
They dedicated their Be Here Now hit, Stand By Me, to their mother Peggy, from Charlestown County Mayo, who was cheering her boys on in the crowd.
Dublin wasn't Oasis's first stop, Liam and Noel had already conquered crowds across Wales, England, and Scotland before arriving in Ireland's capital. However, Dublin's crowd might have topped the charts regarding atmosphere.
During Noel's solo section of the gig, Liam took a step back and truly soaked in the crowd's atmosphere as they all chanted 'Olé Olé Olé' in unison.
80,000 people chanting Ole Ole Ole at @oasis #Oasis #OasisLive25 🇮🇪🍀☀️ pic.twitter.com/bckZNmuRpB
— Doug Leddin ☘️ (@dougleddin) August 16, 2025
Lots of fan videos of the crowd's chants were uploaded to social media, with many comments praising the Irish fans for their enthusiasm.
One user wrote on X: "Now that's Ireland."
However, not everyone deemed the Irish chanting as highly, with one user claiming the Olé chant was 'the cringiest part of every concert in Ireland', while another added: "Why do people suddenly pretend to hate this. It’s f****** class when you’re there," per The Irish Mirror.
The popular chant is rarely missing from Irish sporting events, concerts, and homecomings. Its origin is credited to the Italia '90 World Cup, where Ireland reached the quarter-final stage, when they lost against Italy.
Dr Seán Doherty, composer and lecturer at Dublin City University, has once before commented on the origin of the infamous chant's history.
The chant's origin derives from the 1985 Belgian song called Anderlecht Champion, which featured the French 'allez, allez, allez' lyrics instead of the widely known Spanish 'Olé', which was formed the following year for the Mexican World Cup.
According to Dr Doherty, during the Italia '90, Put 'Em Under Pressure became Ireland's anthem, and it was from that tournament onwards that the chant 'got inserted into every Irish person's brain'.
Oasis is set to perform their second sold-out show in Croke Park today (August 17).
