A massively popular song may not feature on the highly-anticipated Oasis tour in the summer of 2025.
If this is your first time picking up a phone this week, or you don’t read the news, it’s worth noting that Britpop band Oasis are making a sensation comeback with a tour next year, 16 years after their infamous split.
Liam and Noel Gallagher have sent the UK into euphoria with their joint announcements and a few posts on the band’s social media account, with 14 dates announced across the British Isles.
One of the most iconic British acts of all time will tour next summer. (Des Willie/Redferns/Getty)
The brothers have seemingly made up and are set for an incredibly handsome payday with their reunion, and announced that tickets would go on sale this Saturday (31 August).
Will the group stick to their ’90s hits, will they mix in a number of those early tunes that put them on the map, or will there even be some of the band’s tunes from the 2000s chucked in there?
Obviously, if the group are planning a long-term comeback, we could be introduced to some new tunes, though there has been no indication of these plans.
One huge hit will be missing from their setlist though, unless the band are happy paying a hefty sum.
Released in December 1994, ‘Whatever’ was a bridge between 1994 album ‘Definitely Maybe’ and 1995 classic ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’.
The single reached number three in the UK charts and is widely considered as one of the band’s biggest hits.
However, the release of the song was met with controversy, as co-creator of Beatles spoof band The Rutles, Neil Innes, claimed that the song ripped off his band’s song ‘How Sweet to Be an Idiot’.
Innes sued the band, citing similarities between Whatever’s first line ‘I’m free to do whatever I…’ and The Rutles’ own tune.
Eventually, the lawsuit was settled out of court but according to the Daily Mail, 20% of the royalties from Whatever still goes to the estate of Innes, who passed away in 2019.
So if we don’t hear it next summer, don’t be that surprised given the handsome payday that the Gallagher brothers are set to receive.
One of Oasis’ most iconic songs might not be played next summer. (Simon Emmett/Fear PR/PA Wire)
Just last night, the band announced that there would be a pre-sale ballot which included a mini quiz, with numerous eager fans quickly moving to complete the sign up, only to panic after confirmation emails didn’t arrive instantly in their inboxes.
They took to social media to complain, saying that the system was ‘broken’ leaving some ‘anxious’, as it wasn’t a good omen for Friday and Saturday.
The band’s social media accounts have since come out and reassured fans that the emails are coming, stating: “Everyone who has filled out the ballot form by 7pm BST today, Wednesday 28th August, will receive an email where they can confirm their entry in the ballot.”
We’ll be seeing scenes like this come 2025. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
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Where will Oasis tickets be sold?
Fans will be able to buy tickets from 9am on Saturday 31st August from Ticketmaster, SEE Tickets and GIGSANDTOURS. Hospitality packages will also be available via Seat Unique.
Tickets will be limited to four per household, per show. Under 14s will not be allowed and those under 16 will have to be accompanied by an adult.
Oasis UK and Ireland dates
4, 5 July – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
11, 12, 19, 20 July – Manchester, Heaton Park
25, 26 July and 2, 3 August – London, Wembley Stadium
8, 9 August – Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium
16, 17 August – Dublin, Croke Park
Featured Image Credit: Paul Bergen/Redferns / Dave Benett/Getty Images
Topics: Oasis, Music, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Entertainment
Joshua Nair
How, where, and when you can buy Oasis tickets
Oasis has reunited after Liam and Noel Gallagher put their differences aside
British music is set for a Biblical summer after Oasis confirmed their return following a long 15 years without the iconic rock band.
Noel and Liam Gallagher simultaneously announced the return of the Manchester band, with 14 stadium and field concerts announced across the UK and Ireland in 2025.
The two brothers have seemingly been at war ever since Noel quit the band in 2009, saying he could no longer work with Liam after the frontman reportedly swung a guitar that ‘nearly took Noel’s head off’ at the Rock en Seine Festival in Paris.
But after teasing the return of Oasis over the August bank holiday weekend, the rock ‘n’ roll stars confirmed they had reconciled as they announced on social media: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”
Read on to find out how and where to buy tickets…
The glory days of Oasis (Roberta Parkin/Redferns)
Where are Oasis playing and when will tickets be for sale?
So far, 14 dates have been announced for the Oasis reunion tour with rumour out there that more could be on the way, including a headline slot at Glastonbury.
But that seems to have been cooled by the band itself, which said: “These dates will be the bands exclusive European appearances.”
Eight concerts will take place in July 2025 and six in August 2025 across Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.
The Cardiff gigs will take place at the Principality Stadium on 4 and 5 July, 2025 with the Manchester gigs taking place at Heaton Park on 11, 12, 19, and 20 July, 2025.
Noel and his iconic Union Flag guitar (Patrick Ford/Redferns)
Oasis will then head to Wembley Stadium in London on 25 and 26 July as well as 2 and 3 August.
Two dates will be played at Edinburgh’s Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium on 8 and 9 August, followed by two final concerts at Croke Park in Dublin on 16 and 17 August.
Tickets go on sale for the UK dates at 9.00am on Saturday, 31 August. Importantly for the concerts in Dublin, tickets will be available from 8.00am on the same day.
Is there an Oasis presale?
Oasis announced a presale will take place ahead of the general sale that takes place on Saturday.
Those wanting to try and secure tickets early will have to enter the presale ballot by 7pm on Wednesday (28 August) to get the chance to secure a spot in the ballot.
If you are successful, you’ll get an email confirming your presale code by Friday morning (30 August), with the presale taking place on Friday afternoon.
Access to the presale doesn’t guarantee tickets, the band has stressed.
14 Oasis concerts have been confirmed (Mick Hutson/Redferns)
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Where will Oasis tickets be sold?
Fans will be able to buy tickets from 9am on Saturday 31st August from Ticketmaster, SEE Tickets and GIGSANDTOURS. Hospitality packages will also be available via Seat Unique.
Tickets will be limited to four per household, per show. Under 14s will not be allowed and those under 16 will have to be accompanied by an adult.
Featured Image Credit: Benedict Johnson/Redferns/Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images
Topics: Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Music, UK News, Entertainment, Celebrity
Tom Earnshaw
Oasis fans already in bitter ticket row as millennials say they deserve ‘priority’ for 2025 reunion
These fictional women are getting an earful for wanting to hear Wonderwall
Who could have predicted it? Oasis fans are already in a bitter ticket row over who gets top priority for the upcoming reunion tour..
Earlier this morning (27 August), Liam and Noel Gallagher officially confirmed the band will be going on a reunion tour with the kick off quickly beginning.
I mean, people were already complaining before the announcement was made following teasers and rumours over the bank holiday weekend.
And yep, huge shock, millennials are claiming they deserve a ‘priority’ for the Oasis reunion tour tickets.
It’s been nearly 15 years since the band split in 2009 and the fans who were around in their heyday reckon they should get first dibs on getting to see them back together.
There’s criteria you’ve supposedly got to meet to see Oasis. (Simon Emmett/Fear PR/PA Wire)
Oasis announced the 14-date UK and Ireland tour as they said: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”
And it’s been anything but silence since with offices playing non-stop tracks by the band and the chat on X never-ending.
That includes the millennials banging on about how they apparently deserve tickets, with many ‘fans’ even creating fictional women to lash out at.
One wrote: “Imagine waiting 15 years for Oasis to reform only to lose out on tickets to Chloe, 21 from Stockport who just wants to hear Wonderwall live. #oasisreunion.”
I mean, so what if ‘Chloe’ wants to hear Wonderwall live so she buys a ticket?
And people continued to slam: “Needs to be a loyalty system in place for oasis tickets so no wonder wall warriors get a hold of them before folk who deserve them.”
The band split in 2009. (Mick Hutson/Redferns)
While another went on to claim: “40 years olds and over should get priority for Oasis tickets. Isn’t the time for all these youngsters to start jumping on the bandwagon.”
Let’s break it to this one, he is ‘that guy’ as he wrote: “Really don’t want to be that guy, but do think first priority for Oasis tickets should go to people who were there in the 90s.
“Test should be proof of birthdate and the ability to pick the Alessi twins out of a random lineup.”
A fifth said: “If Oasis get back together I hope tickets are bought by people who want to be there, and love their music. Not teenagers who only know Wonderwall!”
But others slammed people for kicking off as they wrote: “The generational row about Oasis tickets is bollocks.
Some were inventing fictional women (X)
Or introducing some sort of criteria (X)
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“Youngsters today have f**k all. They deserve to see and feel how a working-class band gave something so special to so many.”
One user even wrote: “’OaSiS tIcKeTs ShOuLd Be PrIoRiTy FoR oVeR 40’s. Shut up you bunch of wet blankets.
“Some of us aren’t over the hill yet but did spend our childhoods growing up to their music.”
And another summed it up pretty perfectly: “’Oasis are overrated’ vs ‘I’m the oasis ticket police and I’ll decide whether or not you deserve to see them’.
“The two most nauseating people you’ve met battling it out for interactions.”
Bring on the ticket police.
Where can I buy tickets?
Fans will be able to buy tickets from 9am on Saturday 31st August from Ticketmaster, SEE Tickets and GIGSANDTOURS.
