Oasis star WILL join Gallaghers for the reunion as manager discusses group's future

Bassist will join the Gallaghers for the reunion, according to reports today.

Since Oasis' split in 2009, Bell has been impressing fans with his own band, Ride, and so it was unclear whether the 54-year-old star would be part of the Gallagher's sell-out return. However, the musician has told a reporter he is in and is now preparing for rehearsals with Noel and Liam.

Bell, who joined Oasis in 2000 to replace bassist Paul McGuigan, said: "I’m in and I’m really looking forward to it. We’ll see each other on tour. Or rather, you’ll see me – I’ll hardly be able to see you in the audience." Bell also wrote one song or more on each of Oasis' final three albums.

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Oasis' reunion tour starts on July 4 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, which is Bell's home city. Sixteen gigs in the UK, as well as several abroad, follow, reaching the worldwife climax on November 23 in São Paulo, Brazil. who are also reuniting with the Gallaghers for the huge final tour.

But this stint will indeed be the final hoorah for the brothers, their co-manager Alec McKinlay told Music Week on Tuesday. He said: “This is the last time around, as Noel has made clear in the press. It is a chance for fans who haven’t seen the band to see them, or at least for some of them to. But no, there’s no plan for any new music."

Bell's comments to Austrian newspaper Oe24 come as Oasis get ready to rehearse ahead of their opening gig in Cardiff. More than 74,000 people are set to cram into the Principality Stadium for the performance, the first since Oasis made what was thought to be their farewell at V Festival at Weston Park in Stafford on August 22, 2009.

Fans have been trying to work out what the first song in nearly 16 years will be, and . The visual clue showed what looked like a setlist with five tracks listed – one notably swapped out for 'Songbird' from 2002, a crowd-pleaser among the Oasis faithful.

The teaser was captioned: "Less than two months to go. What's your dream opener?" A post to the r/Oasis subreddit has since sparked a litany of fan theories as to what this puzzle signifies.

One user speculated: "What are all your thoughts on this? Seems odd, I'd never imagine they'd open with the last two? And why scratch out better man? Cryptic. Interested to hear what you make of it."

Detailed in the image are songs such as Supersonic, Rock and Roll Star, Bring it On Down, Champagne Supernova, and Songbird – with Songbird penned beneath Better Man, which is visibly struck through.