Oasis have launched ‘Project Rock N’ Roll Stars’, which sells prints in a bid to help “put music back into UK State Schools”. Check out the details below.
The new project comes in collaboration with CIRCA, and sees the iconic Britpop band celebrate their ‘Live ‘25’ reunion dates by creating a series of limited edition fine art prints.
Dubbed ‘Project Rock ‘n’ Roll Stars’, the collection features the prints of hand-written lyrics for some of their most iconic tracks, including ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’, ‘Stand By Me’, ‘Champagne Supernova’ and, of course, ‘Rock ’n’ Roll Star’.
It also includes a screen-print of an iconic shot of Liam and Noel Gallagher walking out on stage hand-in-hand at London’s Wembley Stadium earlier this summer.
With the project, the band will give state schools across the country the opportunity to apply to receive instruments – ensuring the next generation have the tools to play, create and dream loud.
With the prints, 100 per cent of Oasis royalties (50 per cent of proceeds) will be committed to helping to put music back into UK state schools.
State schools across the UK can apply to receive instruments here, and prints are available here. They will be available for a limited time until November 25.
The band will return to the capital for a pair of huge dates at Wembley this Saturday and Sunday (September 27, 28). They played an initial five-night run at the venue over the summer as part of the UK and Ireland leg of their Live ’25 reunion tour.
Earlier this month, Oasis concluded the North American portion of the trek with two huge concerts in Mexico City. These followed dates in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Toronto.
Earlier this week, the band shared the stage times for the two upcoming shows. They’ll be joined by support acts Richard Ashcroft and Cast, both of whom opened for them at the previous UK and Ireland gigs.
NME gave the opening night of Live ’25 in Cardiff a glowing five-star review. “After a ‘90s heyday and an often maligned post-millennium era, this is Oasis redesigned for the 21st Century,” it read. “Playing before a pop-art-meets-psychedelia visual spectacular that never distracts but will look sick on a phone, they seem the quintessential stadium band playing the greatest hits of greatest hits.”
The likes of Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish and Dave Grohl were among the celebrities spotted at Oasis’ recent gigs in LA. Melissa Lim – the woman who inspired the band’s 1995 song ‘Talk Tonight’ – was also in attendance.
Since the dates kicked off, Oasis have been dropping some official live versions of tracks from different cities on the Live ’25 tour. So far we’ve had ‘Slide Away’ from Cardiff, ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ from Manchester, ‘Little By Little’ from London, ‘Bring It On Down’ from Edinburgh and ‘Wonderwall’ from Dublin.
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