Oasis tour: Is this the REAL reason Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher got back together? How six-word message helped inspire UK and Ireland comeback tour

A chance meeting between Oasis front man Liam Gallagher and AFL legend Kevin Sheedy may have set the wheels in motion for the band’s incredible comeback tour.

The worlds of rock and roll and Aussie rules footy collided roughly 10 years ago when Sheedy, during his time with the Greater Western Sydney Giants, was invited to a Nike suite to watch the Manchester derby between United and City.

City tragic Gallagher, in the midst of his bitter dispute with older brother and bandmate Noel, was in attendance, and Giants CEO Dave Matthews revealed that Sheedy left Gallagher walking away from their interaction with plenty to ponder.

The brothers have since announced their reunion, with tickets for Oasis’ comeback tour of the UK and Ireland selling out during a frantic day of sales on Saturday. 

‘We were being hosted by Nike in their suite, the game was at Man City, and they said there’s a chance Liam Gallagher from Oasis is going to be in the suite,’ Matthews told the BackChat podcast.

‘We settled into our seats on the plane, and they (Nike) said you might want to just let him know, because he (Gallagher) can be a bit erratic, a bit unpredictable. He may not even turn up.

‘I told Sheeds, I said, ‘Look, Liam Gallagher from Oasis may well be in this suite’. He’d never heard of him.

‘And I said, ‘Look, when you were coaching in the early 90s, ask (James) Hird and (Matthew) Lloyd and (Scott) Lucas and these guys, they’d know him’ — Oasis were probably the biggest band in the world at the time.

The anecdote has come to light following Oasis’ reunion announcement

‘So, I pulled the old iPod out and I’m playing him some songs as we’re flying over, and he’s saying things like, ‘f***, Dont Look Back In Anger, where was this when Essendon sacked me? What a song’.’

‘I said, ‘He (Gallagher) might be in the suite. There are two quick rules they’ve given us: don’t ask for a photo, and don’t talk to him about his brother, because he and Noel have had this massive break-up, so you can’t talk to him about that’.

‘We get into the suite and he’s not there at the start. (We) introduce ourselves around, and suddenly he comes breezing in with this massive glass of champagne and he’s announced himself.

‘So, he walks around and he’s introducing himself to everyone, and he says to Sheeds, ‘Oh, you’re the f***ing manager?’ And Sheeds says, ‘Well we call it a coach, but yeah. How’d you know that?’ And he (Gallagher) goes, ‘Because my security guard here is from Australia, he’s from Western Australia actually’.

‘Sheeds goes, ‘Why have you got an Australian looking after you?’ And he said, ‘Because if a f***ing fight breaks out, I want an Australian with me. He says he knows your game; how good were you?’

‘And Sheeds says, ‘Oh, I was OK’. And Gallagher said to him something like, ‘Did you ever play in front of 300,000 in Brazil?’

Warring brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have put their differences aside to reunite

‘And Sheeds said, ‘No, the best I ever did was 100,000 a week for 22 weeks for 27 years at the MCG — did f**king Oasis ever do that?’

‘And Gallagher says, he’s got his champagne, he says ‘f**king touche!’

That interaction won Gallagher over, with Matthews reflecting that the pair ‘got on like a house on fire’. 

‘At halftime, he’s talking to Sheeds, and he said, ‘We should get a photo — he asked for a photo’,’ Matthews added.

‘You could hear a pin drop, and Sheeds says, ‘How’s your brother going?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh no, what are you doing? Didn’t we agree on (not saying) that?’

‘And Gallagher said, ‘I’ll f***ing tell you how he’s going, he’s in a box over there with Tom Cruise, and I’m here with you, geezer’.

‘He said, ‘Look, you want to know how my brother’s going? We’re getting offered a lot of money to get back together and play again’.

‘And Sheeds said, ‘No, no, I don’t care about your music — I don’t even know it. I’m just saying life’s short mate, build a bridge with your brother, you’ve got to get back together. And do it out of the spotlight, just reconnect mate. I’ve dealt with my own family and I’ve dealt with a lot of families and I just think it’s a huge mistake you’re making’.

‘And everyone was like … (stunned). Gallagher said something like ‘I’ve engaged five lawyers and I’m paying them a lot of money and no one’s given me any advice as good as that’.

And a six-word message from Sheedy to Liam left the front man with food for thought

The Oasis star ended up posing for a photo with Sheedy at the Manchester Derby

‘And they just got on really, really well. It was a bizarre situation to be in.’

These days, Sheedy has retired from coaching and recently made a hospital visit after falling ill while on holiday.

‘Kevin was visiting family on the Sunshine Coast when he got a fever and sought medical treatment,’ the 76-year-old’s wife, Geraldine, said.

‘He has since been admitted into hospital to undertake tests to determine the cause of the problem.

‘Like all sports people, he’d prefer not to be spending time on the bench and he’s looking forward to getting back to Melbourne and resuming his commitments as soon as possible.’