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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Andrew Daly

“Noel said, ‘Ever been in a band with three guitars? We’ll let Bonehead do Bonehead, and we’ll fit around it’”: Noel Gallagher’s longtime right-hand man Gem Archer takes us inside the Oasis reunion – and how they negotiated their new three-guitar lineup

Gem Archer performs live with his Epiphone Sheraton.

After touring the globe for 41 shows with the reformed Oasis, Gem Archer is ready for a rest. Before the band announced its return in August 2024, fans had begged for it but weren’t holding their breath – and when the word came, people wondered if Liam and Noel Gallagher could keep it together.

Against all odds they did, and then some. Archer says he knew the Live ’25 tour was going to be biblical. “Those songs, played in that order, are just unbeatable,” he states. Now everyone wants to know what Oasis will do next.

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