Are Oasis in fact the greatest Irish band ever?

<p>With the biggest reunion tour in years kicking off in Cardiff last weekend, the culture show asks if Oasis were just too Irish to be the best Britpop band in the first place?</p><br /><p>The New Statesman's commissioning editor Finn McRedmond sits down with colleagues George Eaton, Nick Harris and Faye Curran to discuss the Gallagher brothers real allegiances.</p><br /><p><br /></p><p>READ</p><br /><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2025/07/how-ireland-gave-us-oasis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oasis are the greatest Irish band of all time</a> - George Eaton</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2025/07/so-you-want-to-be-irish-now-kneecap-fontaines-finsbury-park" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">So you want to be Irish?</a> - Fay Curran</p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>