Oasis are back! Liam and Noel Gallagher FINALLY arrive on stage at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for first night of long-awaited reunion tour as celebrities flood the crowds – 15 years since their dramatic split

Liam and Noel Gallagher have finally arrived on stage at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for first night of the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour.

More than 75,000 fans watched history be made as Noel, 58, and Liam, 52, appeared for the first time on stage together in 16 years on Friday.

‘Manchester vibes in the area,’ Liam said before kicking off the show with Hello, which serves as the opening track for their 1995 classic ‘What’s The Story (Morning Glory).

Richard Ashcroft appeared on stage shortly before Oasis, saying: ‘So glad to be here with the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band. When I heard Oasis were reforming I thought I was in it!’

Richard’s former band The Verve toured with Oasis back in the early days, and Noel was spotted in the crowd ahead of his own performance to catch some of Richard’s set.

Noel’s ex-wife Meg Mathews and daughter Anais were in the crowd to support him.

A source told the Mirror: ‘After posting about her ex-husband for weeks, Meg Mathews had a prime seat for watching the band. She was in great spirits before the set, watching Richard Ashcroft with pals.’

Liam and Noel Gallagher have finally arrived on stage at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for first night of the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour.

Liverpudlian indie rock band Cast paid an emotional tribute to Diogo Jota as they kicked off the Cardiff show.

Frontman John Power took a moment to pay tribute to Liverpool footballer Diogo as he dedicated their song Walkaway to the star after his tragic death.

In an emotional moment, he said: ‘This is Walkaway. This one is for Diogo Jota. Take it easy brother.’

The Portuguese sportsman and his brother Andre, 26 – who played for Portuguese second division side Penafiel – both died on Thursday following a tragic car crash.

His Lamborghini Huracan had a tyre blow out while overtaking another vehicle on the A-52 at Cernadilla near Zamora – just ten miles over the border from Portugal.

The £180,000 car is said to have rolled and burst into flames, with emergency services unable to save the footballing duo. No other vehicles were involved, police have said.

The siblings were heading to Santander to catch a ferry to Britain after Diogo was advised not to fly following lung surgery, it was reported in his home country.

Jota’s untimely death sent shockwaves through the footballing world and fans have gathered in their hundreds to lay and pay tribute to the 28-year-old.

More than 75,000 fans watched history be made as Noel, 58, and Liam, 52, appeared for the first time on stage together in 16 years on Friday

‘Manchester vibes in the area,’ Liam said before kicking off the show with Hello, which serves as the opening track for their 1995 classic ‘What’s The Story (Morning Glory)

After 15 years, Liam and Noel finally reunite for 41 shows across Europe and the 900,000 fans who have eagerly snapped up tickets will not be disappointed with the set list which is crammed with the nineties band’s classics

The tragedy came just days after Jota married his new wife Rute Cardoso – who he shares three young children with – on June 22.

After 15 years, Liam and Noel finally reunite for 41 shows across Europe and the 900,000 fans who have eagerly snapped up tickets will not be disappointed with the set list which is crammed with the nineties band’s classics.

The streets of Cardiff were ‘electric’ ahead Oasis’s opening night with Wonderwall blasting from work vans while superfans are queuing up to purchase bucket hats and T-shirts.

Patrick Foley and his 10-year-old son, Alex, who is a self-proclaimed superfan, had travelled from Stroud to be there for the ‘monumental’ moment.

Alex said: ‘I have been a fan for six to seven years, when my dad played a song I just fell in love with them, I’ll remember this forever.

‘I would rather be here than the Man United Champions league final, it’s a once in a lifetime.

‘Everyone at school thinks I’m really cool. I woke up at 3am because I couldn’t sleep I was so excited to see Liam.

Despite being a longstanding superfan, it is Patrick’s first gig and said: ‘I wouldn’t rather be with anyone else than my son.’

Noel’s ex-wife Meg Mathews and daughter Anais were in the crowd to support him

Cast frontman John Power paid an emotional tribute to Diogo Jota on the first night of the Oasis reunion tour

The Portuguese sportsman and his brother Andre both died on Thursday when his Lamborghini had a tyre blow out while overtaking another vehicle on the A-52 at Cernadilla near Zamora

The tragedy came just days after Jota married his new wife Rute Cardoso – who he shares three young children with – on June 22 

In an emotional moment, he said: ‘This is Walkaway. This one is for Diogo Jota. Take it easy brother’

The Liverpudlian indie rock band kicked off the show at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium as the first support act to take to the stage

Richard Ashcroft appeared on stage shortly after Cast

He said: ‘So glad to be here with the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band. When I heard Oasis were reforming I thought I was in it!’

Richard’s former band The Verve toured with Oasis back in the early days

He performed a selection of The Verve classics as well as some solo songs

Standing next to his wife Holly, 31, Welsh superfan Jarreth, 33, told MailOnline: ‘This is bigger than my wedding day. Well I can’t say that, it’s the top three. It goes wedding day, birth of our daughter Lila, who is named after the Oasis song, and then today.

Holly added: ‘The atmosphere here in Cardiff is electric. There’s never been a build up like this before, like this is way bigger than Taylor Swift when she came to Cardiff.

‘We said that if Oasis ever got back together we would have to be there.’

The superfan couple spent more than £450 on Oasis merchandise, with two T-shirts and a bucket hat.

Glen, 42, a window cleaner from Essex who charges £1,000 as a part-time professional Liam Gallagher look-a-like, has been inundated with overexcited fans taking selfies.

He told MailOnline: ‘I got up this morning with a buzz. I think it’s going to take off for the next three or four months, it’s going to be massive, it’s going to be Supersonic.

‘I was here last July watching Noel at Cardiff Castle and you never would have thought a year later we’d be back here watching Oasis in the main stadium.

‘You’d never believe it, it was just getting longer and longer, it was getting to the point but they’re in their prime to do it now, they’re not too old.

‘There’s been nothing like Oasis since the nineties so it’s nice that the next generation get to see them, it’s the perfect time for them.

‘This is going to be one of the biggest things that has happened in our lifetimes. This is going to be something that people have never experienced before

‘I got to see them in Nebworth in 2000, when I was 17. People genuinely think I’m Liam Gallagher so I’ve been taking a few selfies.’

Vernon Kay was spotted in the crowd

The streets of Cardiff are ‘electric’ ahead Oasis’s opening night with Wonderwall blasting from work vans while superfans are queuing up to purchase bucket hats and T-shirts [pictured: Jarreth, Holly and Sarah from Bridgend, South Wales]

The atmosphere in Cardiff is ‘electric’ as thousands of fans descend upon the Welsh capital for the first of Oasis’ reunion gigs [Pictured: Richard Ellis, Scott Griffin, Chloe Griffin and David Griffin]

Patrick Foley and his 10-year-old son, Alex, [both pictured] who is a self-proclaimed superfan, had travelled from Stroud to be there for the ‘monumental’ moment

Glen, 42, a window cleaner from Essex [pictured] who charges £1,000 as a part-time professional Liam Gallagher look-a-like, has been inundated with overexcited fans taking selfies

The Cardiff Principality Stadium  lit up in anticipation of the first show 

He continued: ‘I’ve got Manchester next week, Wembley and then LA. I did my first lookalike event yesterday, I did a photoshoot in the Marstens pub in Cardiff, I’ve always turned it down.

‘But now obviously they’re back I have to do it, everyone is loving Oasis at the moment so it’s nice to help people get in the spirit, so I’ll be busy all summer. They’re fun to be fair and it’s good I’m going to be gigging around.’

Another fan, Luciana Barba, 44, had spent £1,000 to travel from Argentina to watch Oasis on Friday and Saturday night, admitting she had spent up to £3,000 on merchandise.

‘Today is the day,’ she told MailOnline.

Ahead of the highly-anticipated evening, footage and pictures from a special drone show over Cardiff Principality enticed.

The duo lit up the sky with brightly coloured drones which spelt out the word ‘OASIS’.