Noel Gallagher is currently “writing songs for fun”, says Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr has said that Noel Gallagher is currently “writing songs for fun” – although it isn’t clear whether or not it could be new Oasis material.

READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff opening night review: a supersonic reunion for a new generation The singer, guitarist and former Smiths member made the comments during a new interview with Absolute Radio , where he was asked whether he had seen his friend, collaborator and Britpop legend recently.

“Yeah, I see him all the time,” he replied.

“[He’s the] same as always, brilliant.

He’s writing songs for fun, recording songs, enjoying himself, sending me hilarious WhatsApp’s — usually about Manchester United and lots and lots of effects pedals. [That] is the way our relationship has gone for 30 odd years now.” While Marr didn’t shed any further detail on what kind of music Gallagher was working on, the comments align with what Noel shared with talkSPORT back in February that he was “in the studio now” .

Before then, he also got fans talking when he said he was “back at work” following a break over Christmas, and in spring 2025 Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones revealed that the guitarist had “been doing some writing in the studio”, sharing: “I’m assuming he’s doing some writing for either his stuff or if they’re [Oasis] gonna bring out a couple songs, I don’t know.” View this post on Instagram It isn’t clear whether the music is for a brand new Oasis project – which would be their first new music since 2008’s ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ – a follow-up to his latest High Flying Birds album, or something else.

The last album from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds was 2023’s ‘Council Skies’ , which featured Marr on three songs: ‘Pretty Boy’, ‘Open The Door, See What You Find’ and ‘I’m Not Giving Up Tonight’.

Fans have been speculating over a potential new Oasis single or album since the ’90s veterans announced in 2024 that they had reunited , and returned to the stage for their huge ‘Live ‘25’ tour last year.

In 2024, shortly after news of the return, Liam Gallagher got fans talking when he said that he and Noel had a new album on the way that was “already finished” .

He then stirred the pot again later that year by saying that he was “blown away” by the music his new brother was working on for the record.

That November, he admitted that he was trolling fans with the comments , sharing that there is “no Oasis album in the making” and adding: “I was fucking joking… and the reason being because everyone is a little uptight these days.