The pioneering Britpop band’s world tour — marking the first time famously feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have played together since 2009 — kicks off on Friday night in Cardiff, Wales, at Principality Stadium. Richard Ashcroft from the Verve is the opening act alongside Liverpool-based band Cast.

Cardiff is starting to fill up with Oasis fans as the Gallagher brothers gear up for their first show together in 16 years "This is it, there's no going back now," Noel Gallagher says Watch all the build up to tonight's show in our stream at the top of this page - the BBC's Tina Daheley and Jason Mohammad will be live from 15:00 BST Being into Oasis "felt like an exclusive club,

Oasis finally took to the stage in Wales on Friday for the start of a highly anticipated reunion tour. In front of an ecstatic capacity crowd, the band chose to resume live performances after 16 years with the apt “Hello” and its refrain of “it’s good to be back.

Noel also took the opportunity to honour Oasis co-founder Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, who joined the Gallaghers on stage for the first time in over a decade and a half, with Noel expressing his admiration by calling him: "This f***ing uber-legend here Bonehead".

I was one of the lucky 60-odd thousand or so fans who can say "I was there" at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Friday night. And what a truly special moment it was for any Oasis fan, heck, for any fan of live music, to witness the return of the Gallagher brothers on stage and back at the peak of their rock 'n' roll powers.

The band brought the long-awaited show in Cardiff to a close with Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova.