Oasis returns to stadium rock

Oasis to perform in its biggest concert for nearly two years

LONDON, England -- Britpop brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher are to stage their biggest UK concerts for two years this summer.

Oasis will perform for up to 120,000 people at two open-air shows at Finsbury Park in north London on July 5 and 6, the band said on Tuesday.

"These are the biggest concerts they have played since July 2000 when they did a UK stadium tour," a spokeswoman for the band told Reuters.

UK indie band, The Charlatans, and Californian rockers, The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, are expected to be the support acts.

Since they first found fame at the height of the Britpop explosion the Gallaghers have been in the headlines almost as much for their rows and tangled love lives as for their music.

The band's first single in nearly two years, "The Hindu Times," is expected in British shops on April 15 this year and an album is to follow in July.

Oasis gained a massive fan base with their first two albums "Definitely Maybe" (1994) and "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" (1995). Both albums scored UK number ones.

Their success reached a high in 1996 when their show at Knebworth in north London was one of Britain's biggest ever outdoor concerts.

But their 1997 offering "Be Here Now" received harsh reviews and the band appeared to be losing its top of the pops status as interest in Britpop declined during the late 1990s.

But the reviews of their last album "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants" (2000) were better than the previous album as Rolling Stone magazine called it easily their boldest work.

Oasis played a charity concert at London's Royal Albert Hall earlier this month and are reported to be performing at the Coachella Festival in California at the end of April.