Liam Gallagher: Fontaines D.C. 'Not Good Enough' to Open

Liam Gallagher has ruled Fontaines D.C. out of the Oasis support race in blunt terms. He posted on X that the Dublin band “are not good enough” to open for Oasis on Live ‘27, NME reported on 19 October 2026.

The post landed on 16 October, in the middle of a support act debate among fans. Liam had already promised more openers for the tour weeks earlier. This time he closed a door instead of opening one.

The history behind the jab runs back to 2024. Band members Carlos O’Connell and Conor Deegan III criticised the Oasis reunion that year. Both men framed the comeback as nostalgia winning over new music.

Singer Grian Chatten took a different line afterwards. Chatten distanced himself from his bandmates’ comments in later interviews. He says he personally loves Oasis, which makes Liam’s broadside land on the whole band anyway.

By contrast, Chatten’s position leaves his own band in an odd split. The singer praises the band that his bandmates criticised on the record. Liam’s post ignored the distinction and addressed the whole group by name alone.

Plenty of Oasis fans also stream Fontaines D.C. heavily. The two bands share a young, guitar led audience across Britain and Ireland. A feud between them splits group chats rather than uniting them, which keeps the story alive for days.

On the practical side, support slots on this tour carry unusual value. One opening set reaches 125,000 people at Knebworth, or 60,000 a night at the Etihad. A rejection costs an act the biggest rooms of its career, in public.

Meanwhile, the timing gave the story a second engine. Fontaines D.C. released their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, on the same day as Liam’s post. NME gave the record a five star review, and the feud carried the album across two fanbases at once.

For context, the support question matters beyond gossip. Richard Ashcroft holds the only confirmed opening slot across all 42 Live ‘27 shows. Every ruled-out name sharpens the picture of the bill fans will actually get.

The Oasis Live ‘27 lineup page tracks the confirmed names only. It lists Ashcroft, the returning band members and nobody from the rumour mill. Fontaines D.C. now sit in a small, explicit not-booked category of one.

That said, Liam’s verdict says more about loyalty than quality. The 2024 comments questioned the reunion’s whole purpose, and Liam defends the reunion fiercely. Bands who praise the comeback tour with the band; bands who mocked it watch from the seats.

The support bill itself now carries a public list of the rejected. DMA’s heard a no from Liam in September, in almost the same language. Fontaines D.C. join them as acts the frontman has personally crossed off the list.

Fontaines D.C. have made no public response so far. Their album campaign rolls on, with a five star NME review doing the talking. Silence suits a band with a record to sell this week.

In practice, the full picture sits on the Oasis Live ‘27 support acts guide, which separates confirmed names from public rejections. Ashcroft stands confirmed, DMA’s and Fontaines D.C. stand rejected, and every other name stands unannounced. Fans arguing the shortlist should argue from that page, not from screenshots.

Promoters watch rows like this one with professional interest. A public rejection costs them nothing and keeps the support announcement inside the news cycle for weeks. The eventual reveal now lands with a ready-made undercard of rejected names.

The Oasis stage times guide will confirm the real running order in time. Fans can expect Ashcroft, then Oasis, with any extra openers announced through official channels only. Dublin’s finest will watch this one like everyone else.