If you were one of the unlucky Oasis fans who didn’t manage to get tickets for their Live ’25 reunion tour taking place in the Principality Stadium next week, fear not as another Oas-ish event is coming to Cardiff next year. A new comedy based on the Britpop music charts in the summer of 1995, will embark on a major UK tour in 2026. The Battle, will be coming to the Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) in Cardiff Bay next spring. It was announced earlier today by the WMC that it will also feature an icon from Welsh TV. From superstar gigs to cosy pubs, find out What’s On in Wales by signing up to our newsletter here . They shared on social media, “just announced! Newydd gyhoeddi!”, as they revealed that Gavin and Stacey’s Gavin, Matthew Horne will be starring in the comedy play. They continued: “Mathew Horne (Gavin & Stacey) stars as the music industry executive who kicked off the race to No 1. between Oasis and Blur, in @thebattleplay , coming to Cardiff in April 2026.” The show’s world premiere, prior to appearing on the West End will be available to watch in the WMC’s Donald Gordon Theatre from April 28 to May 2, 2026. There will be evening show options as well as matinees starting at 2.30pm. Tickets are available now for the new comedy play about the battle that rocked the nation, which is apparently mostly based on real events. Set in London during the 90s, the story surrounds two of the country’s biggest bands, Blur and Oasis and how they released new singles on the same day, “commencing the battle of Britpop.” They’ve said: “On one side, clean-cut, art-school intellectuals from the South. On the other: raw and unapologetic lads from the North. Rivalries flare, friendships fracture and at the centre of it all a mania that would define an era – were you Blur or Oasis?” The show will outline the chaos of the Brit Awards to the infamous chart war, and has been described as “a wickedly funny dive into one of the greatest rivalries in rock history.” It is the first stage play by best-selling Scottish novelist John Niven, and will be lead by the director behind 2:22 A Ghost Story, Matthew Dunster. They say that audiences have to “expect filthy language and razor-sharp dialogue in this cut-throat new comedy that puts you right at the heart of the feuding, the fame, and the fallout.” The Battle will start it’s tour at Birmingham Rep on 11 February 2026, before visiting theatres across the UK. It includes stops at Leicester, Manchester, Bromley, Woking, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Ipswich, London Glasgow York, Norwich, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Brighton, Chester and of course Cardiff. Tickets are now on sale. For more information and to buy tickets, follow this link to the Wales Millennium Centre’s website.