The announcement came to fans via twitter yesterday, with the singer-songwriter explaining that he will be playing the album “from start to finish in it’s original order at a few BIBLICAL venues“.

As it’s 30 years since DM was released nxt year I’m gonna be playing the album from start to finish in it’s original order at a few BIBLICAL venues LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) May 11, 2023

While it is not yet known where these so-called biblical venues will be located, one thing that is abundantly clear is that these shows will sell out and sell out fast, given Liam’s, and Oasis’ in general, tremendously huge fan base and the popularity of the seminal LP.

Recorded at Sawmill Studios in Cornwall in January 1994 and mastered by Owen Morris later on in Manchester, Definitely Maybe was released later the same year by Creation Records on 29th August to immediate widespread critical acclaim. Following the release of singles “Supersonic“, “Shakermaker” and “Live Forever“, the album went straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart and subsequently became the fastest-selling debut album in the UK at the time.

Watch the music video for “Live Forever” below:

Definitely Maybe thereby cemented Oasis’ position as one of the best bands in the UK at the time, and helped instigate a surge in popularity of the britpop genre. The LP continually ranks extremely highly amongst fans and critics of the band alike and ultimately set Oasis on the road to attaining rock and roll legendary status.

In addition to Liam’s live shows, his brother Noel, last month, too expressed a wish to celebrate the anniversary of the release, this time by way of a 2024 reissue of the album. The reissue will feature acoustic, never heard before versions of “Live Forever“, “Supersonic” and “Slide Away“, and the prospect of both brothers celebrating the 30th anniversary next year, albeit in different ways, will surely leave fans salivating at the idea of a possible reunion.

Noel, however, undoubtedly piling on the misery to fans persisting on a reunion, unfortunately quashed hopes of the band performing together again in announcing the aforementioned reissue, claiming, in an interview with NME, that there “won’t be a tour” and that “we won’t come back to play them together“.

Watch the music video for “Supersonic” below:

Regardless, Oasis fans can find solace in the fact that both brothers will be doing something, at least, to celebrate one of the group’s finest and most successful albums.

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— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 26, 2022

Beloved Manchester singer-songwriter Liam Gallagher broadcasted a tribute to Hawkins via his Twitter, saying: “Absolutely devastated to hear the sad news about Taylor Hawkins my thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends RIP brother LG x”. Gallagher also dedicated the final song of his set at his Teenage Cancer Trust show at London’s Royal Albert Hall to Hawkins; a performance of the classic Oasis tune “Live Forever” from 1994’s Definitely Maybe. Hawkins’ name was printed on the drum kit of Gallagher’s band, and during the performance of “Live Forever”, featured a projector image of the late drummer at the back of the stage. You can view a clip of the moving performance down below.

Liam Gallagher dedicating ‘Live Forever’ to Taylor Hawkins tonight at the Royal Albert Hall pic.twitter.com/3A6WvsM9sD — Mainly Oasis (@mainlyoasis) March 26, 2022

During the evening, Gallagher also performed the as-yet-unreleased title track from his forthcoming third solo record C’MON YOU KNOW, which will be released on May 27^th. Gallagher has presently shared one single from the album entitled “Everything’s Electric”, which was co-written with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. More information regarding Gallagher’s upcoming new album, as well as his UK stadium dates in June can be found here.

As mentioned previously, Gallagher is only one of many acclaimed musicians who have shared warm sentiments and tributes regarding the late Taylor Hawkins. Other such musicians who have come forward to speak about the drummer in the short time the news has been public include Sam Fender, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, Ozzy Osbourne, acclaimed bluesman John Mayer, Brian May of Queen and Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine.

Hawkins was fifty years of age at the time of his passing, and his titanic influence on rock music cannot be understated, having toured with Alanis Morrissette in the mid-1990s before officially joining the Foo Fighters on March 18^th 1997, three years after the formation of the beloved group.