Pep Guardiola watches as Liam Gallagher calls Manchester City boss ‘the greatest’

Liam Gallagher swearily defender Pep Guardiola after boos had been heard when the Oasis frontman known as the Manchester City boss “the best supervisor of all time” whereas dedicating a tune to him on the band’s first gig within the metropolis for 16 years.

Guardiola posed backstage with Liam Gallagher and songwriter Noel Gallagher’s kids on the Heaton Park homecoming on Friday, the place the singer launched 1997 single D’You Know What I Mean? a tribute to the Champions League and six-time Premier League winner with City, the membership the Gallaghers assist.

“I wish to dedicate this subsequent tune to the best supervisor of all time,” mentioned Gallagher. “The one and solely Pep Guardiola. Who’s ******* booing? Who are you ******** booing?”

Pep Guardiola: Oasis household picture at Heaton Park

City’s coach, whose derision might have come from Manchester United followers within the crowd of round 80,000, wore a retro City t-shirt and shorts for a backstage picture with Noel Gallagher’s daughter, Anais, and sons Donovan and Sonny alongside Liam’s sons, Gene and Lennon.

“Pic of the century, alright?” mentioned Gene, sharing the picture on Instagram, the place he has greater than 274,000 followers. “Now everybody else **** off.”

Footage additionally confirmed the Spaniard and daughter Maria enthusiastically singing alongside to 1996 primary Don’t Look Back in Anger.

Pep Guardiola and Noel Gallagher

Guardiola known as Oasis’s reunion for the primary time since 2009 “unbelievable” and “actually good” when it was introduced final yr.

The Spaniard, who would go on to change into essentially the most profitable supervisor in English soccer between 2017 and 2024, spoke to Noel Gallagher in his first public intervew at City after becoming a member of the membership from Bayern Munich in 2016.

A sheepish-looking Guardiola confessed to Gallagher on the time that he appreciated Coldplay and James Blunt. “It’s not that I don’t like him, el senor,” Gallagher replied, talking about Blunt. “It’s that I hate him.”

City appointed Guardiola shortly earlier than Coldplay headlined the membership’s Etihad Stadium. “I’ve obtained a buddy who’s a ticket tout and might get you two [tickets] for £75,” joked Gallagher.

Oasis: Manchester City shirt ‘honour’

City launched a fourth shirt final September co-designed by Gallagher and impressed by Oasis’s 1994 debut album, Definitely Maybe.

“It’s a correct honour,” Gallagher instructed City Studios on the time, additionally assessing the affect of majority proprietor Sheikh Mansour.

“When the fellows from Puma approached us at one of many video games, I took about 5 seconds to conform to it. I’ve been supporting City for 50 years and the final decade this has been stuff that desires are made from.

“One of the nice days of my life was after we had been away at Brighton on the final day of the [2018/19] season. We needed to win that recreation.

“We had been within the dressing room afterwards with the gamers and Kevin De Bruyne is handing me a beer. How did it get any higher than this?”

Pep Guardiola at Oasis singing alongside to ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ together with his daughter. 🥹🩵 pic.twitter.com/7p1CJhnkzL

— City Report (@cityreport_) July 11, 2025

Oasis tour dates 2025

Oasis’s tour began at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4, with their go to to Heaton Park the primary of 5 July dates of their house metropolis.

Their earlier excursions have included dates at City’s former house of Maine Road in 1996 and the Etihad Stadium in 2005.

Principality Stadium, Cardiff

July 4, 5

Heaton Park, Manchester

July 11, 12, 16, 19, 20

Wembley Stadium, London

July 25, 26, 30; August 2, 3

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

August 8, 9, 12

Croke Park, Dublin

August 16, 17

Rogers Stadium, Toronto

August 24, 25

Soldier Field, Toronto

August 28

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

August 31, September 1

Rose Bowl, California

September 6, 7

Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico City

September 12, 13

Wembley Stadium, London

September 27, 28

Goyang Stadium, Goyang

October 21

Tokyo Dome, Tokyo

October 25, 26

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

October 31; November 1, 4

Accor Stadium, Sydney

November 7, 8

Estadio Mas Monumental, Buenos Aires

November 15, 16

Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez Pradanos, Santiago

November 19

MorumBIS, Sao Paulo

November 22, 23

When does Man City’s 2025/26 Premier League season begin and finish?

Having mounted a meek title defence in 2024/25, City return to motion away to Wolves on the opening matchweek of the 2025/26 season.

The recreation at Molineux is at 17:30 on Saturday, August 16 and is reside on Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League and Ultra within the UK.

The final spherical of matches will all begin on the identical time on May 24 2026. No rounds will happen inside 60 hours of one another and there can be no fixture on December 24.