
Culture and Curiosity
Oasis doc Don’t Look Back in Anger gets an 8-minute Venice ovation
What happened
Variety, dated 5 September 2026, reports that Liam and Noel Gallagher presented the world premiere of the documentary Don’t Look Back in Anger at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday night. The rock doc received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Palazzo del Cinema. The brothers held hands and raised them; Noel appeared to wipe tears while Liam hyped the crowd. Fans chanted, waved a Manchester City flag from a balcony, and later turned the aisle into a mild mosh pit for autographs.
Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace — not other names floating on social — the film charts the Oasis Live ’25 reunion tour, the first time the Gallaghers had played together since 2009, with backstage and onstage footage plus their first joint interview in more than 20 years. Variety puts theatrical release on Sept. 11 before a Disney+ bow later this year. The Live ’25 tour sold out immediately and spanned the U.K., North America, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.
The brothers were not at the day’s press conference; cryptic Instagram teasers and a Noel Talksport line about a summer without a football tournament have fans guessing at more dates. This desk is filing the premiere, the eight-minute ovation, the directors, the Sept. 11 theatrical date, and Disney+. Cartoon bucket-hat stand-ins only — never likenesses. Culture is a dated festival night with a source URL, not a rumor mill.
Why it matters
Tour docs are culture’s memory stick. A band that can pack Venice’s cinema like a gig is still treating the reunion as a story worth projecting, not only a ticket stub. House form is the carpet, the ovation clock, the Live ’25 banner, and the theaters-to-streaming ticket. Bright stage colors. White gutters. Skip gossip about every comment-section fight.
Conclusion
Don’t Look Back in Anger premiered at Venice with an eight-minute ovation, Southern and Lovelace directing, theaters Sept. 11, Disney+ later. Cartoon stand-ins only. Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/oasis-documentary-premiere-liam-noel-gallagher-venice-ovation-1236845853/
Source: Variety