I can imagine Bono recreating this famous photo with David Trimble and John Hume, but with Liam and Noel – The Irish Times

To be clear, there isn't anyone who has attended a Liam Gallagher solo concert or a Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert in the last decade who hasn't imagined and wished they were at an Oasis concert. In the 15 years since the brothers', and hence the band's, acrimonious split, we've continued to indulge them, accept their solo work, roll our eyes at the childish public jibes, but ultimately wait to hear them play Live Forever or Champagne Supernova. I thought Liam's return to Knebworth two summers ago was the closest thing to a reunion. I thought seeing him in Dublin earlier this summer on his extremely cheeky outing to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe meant there would never be a reunion. Until this week.

Tickets go on sale for at least two Croke Park Oasis concerts on Saturday morning. An hour later, presumably to give the Ticketmaster website a chance and possibly to gauge interest, London, Manchester, Cardiff and Edinburgh open. I had my alarm set for 7:45 this morning for the 8:00 announcement – and I'll change it to Saturday morning. In the 90s, when these were all fields, we'd queue at the local Ticketmaster vendor at night (RIP Top Twenty, Naas). My parents volunteered to write rock'n'roll notes for school so I could leave early on the day of the shows and queue up again to get a seat at the front of the Point Depot. Unfortunately, my collection of 90s band t-shirts eventually came to nothing, around the same time my parents were renovating the bathroom in the mid-2000s. I kept them in a plastic bag in a press in the old bathroom and was repeatedly asked if I could consider giving them away as they served no purpose other than taking up space and collecting dust.

My dim premonitions that Oasis and Blur would one day be back in the zeitgeist, or that I would ceremoniously pass these historic retro pieces on to my awestruck children, evidently went as wrong as the old blue bathtub and pinewood interior, because the t-shirts are long gone. I searched eBay for a particular favourite Oasis collar shirt and it hurt a little to see that it now fetches hundreds in decent condition. Thankfully, and depressingly, I can now replace my Nirvana Unplugged t-shirt at Penneys.

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I still remember it though, and it was at the Point in 1997 when I attended my first Noel Gallagher solo show. It was supposed to be an Oasis gig, but Liam had pulled out as frontman, citing a sore throat. Even then, just a few years after Oasis formed, his ill health excuse was seen as a cover for tensions within the band. When I attended my second Noel Gallagher headline show in Kilmainham last summer, he was still embroiled in a public row with Liam. So what has changed?

Noel's divorce is considered a turning point. Rumour has it that not only was his split from Sara McDonald expensive, but her relationship with Liam was non-existent after he made scathing public jabs at her during her marriage to Noel. I strongly suspect that everyone's favourite peacemaker – Bono – also played a role. He's pig-headed with Noely G and his son Elijah Hewson is best friends with Noel's daughter Anaïs. The two grew up together, raising their children in the South of France. Elijah is a bona fide musician himself and is the frontman of the band Inhaler, who opened for Harry Styles in Slane last year. Anaïs has been stoking the fires of hope for family reconciliation in recent years, occasionally posting Instagram photos with her cousins ​​Gene and Lennon, Liam's sons. If the kids are doing well, why can't the dads be doing well?

I can imagine Bono re-enacting that famous photo with David Trimble and John Hume, only this time with an anoraked Liam and an ironic Noel. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee is probably having an emergency meeting right now.

The jokes about Oasis breaking up again started even before they officially announced their reunion, but the cynic in me believes the revenue from these shows will be more important than any family feud.

I really hope for the sake of the fans, their mother Peggy and themselves that this is about more than just money, because it will be something very special to finally be able to scream “Don't Look Back in Anger” to them with all my heart again.