Meg Mathews “sets it straight” about her early exit from Oasis’ Cardiff reunion gig

6 July, 2025

Noel Gallagher’s ex-wife Meg Mathews has “set it straight” after being seen leaving Oasis’ first reunion gig early in Cardiff on Friday (July 4).

The Britpop icons ended a 16-year absence and made a triumphant return to the stage on Friday night (July 4) at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in front of over 70,000 fans.

Mathews, who was married to the guitarist and songwriter from 1997 to 2001 and is the mother of his daughter Anaïs, was in attendance at the show, but was seen leaving the stadium during ‘Wonderwall’ in the band’s encore.

On Saturday, she took to Instagram to clear up tabloid speculation that she picked that moment to leave because that song – which Noel has said was written about her – was too much for her to listen to.

She wrote: “5 stars, loved every minute thank you Oasis…you were brilliant.” She went on to say that it was “worth the countdown”, before adding: “And to all the F**king papers I left before the encore as I have left many a stadium at the end and it’s carnage…..But yes I could hear ‘Wonderwall’ as I walked to my car! Happy now..”

Anaïs Gallagher was also in attendance in Cardiff on Friday, posting on her own Instagram that “it’s good to be back”, referencing the lyrics to the band’s opening song ‘Hello’.

Opening the second Cardiff show, Noel and Liam walked on stage hand in hand, as they had done the previous night, before bowing to each other. They then took their positions on opposite sides of the stage and launched into the opener ‘Hello’. Check out the moment, the setlist from night two, and some fan reactions, here.

On night one, both brothers took turns poking fun at Ticketmaster’s dynamic ticket pricing system – something they’ve publicly denied knowing anything about. The opening gig also included a tribute to late Liverpool star Diogo Jota during a performance of ‘Live Forever’. Jota was killed in a car crash on Thursday (July 03) at just 28 years old.

NME gave the historic night one gig five stars, in a review that read: “After a ‘90s heyday and an often maligned post-millennium era, this is Oasis redesigned for the 21st Century. 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.”

Fans have also shared their takes, with one deeming it “better than Jesus’ return!” and another adding that the brothers’ reunion is “the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen” and “the moment we were all waiting for”.

Oasis next play five homecoming shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park, with seven nights at London’s Wembley Stadium to come, as well as stops in Edinburgh and Dublin. Later on the Oasis Live ’25 trek, they’ll head to North America, South America, Australia, South Korea and Japan.

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