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Oasis announce extra UK dates for reunion concert tour
Oasis have announced three extra concert dates in the UK for their reunion tour next year.
The band said they were adding the extra gigs due to “unprecedented demand” following registration for a ticket pre-sale.
The new dates are: 16 July at Heaton Park, Manchester; 30 July, Wembley, London; 12 August, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.
Noel and Liam Gallagher confirmed the band’s reunion on Tuesday morning, following weeks of speculation. The comeback comes 15 years after Noel quit the band, spelling the end of Oasis, until now.
The brothers, pictured in 1997, did not speak for years following the Oasis break-up in 2009. Pic: Reuters
The additional gigs mean the band will now play five Wembley concerts, five in Manchester, and three in Scotland – on top of two in Ireland and two in Wales.
As with the initial gigs, tickets for the new dates go on sale on Saturday morning.
The new shows come after the band announced that some fans would be able to get their hands on tickets a day early through a pre-sale ballot – cue thousands of people rushing to register to be in with a chance.
A post on the Oasis social media channels said there had been an “unprecedented volume of entries”.
Fans have complained that hotels in the gig areas have already ramped up prices. One chain in Manchester was accused of cancelling a booking made prior to the reunion announcement – and relisting the room for a higher price.
Glastonbury rumours shut down
Ahead of the reunion announcement, some media reports suggested the band would be playing a record 10 dates at Wembley, as well as a headline performance at Glastonbury.
However, the band ended speculation about the festival slot, saying in a statement: “Despite media speculation, Oasis will not be playing Glastonbury 2025 or any other festivals next year. The only way to see the band perform will be on their Oasis Live ’25 World Tour.”
Plans are in place for further dates outside Europe, the band confirmed in the original announcement, but no further details have been released.
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Oasis last headlined Glastonbury in 2004 – but have said it won’t be happening again next year. Pic: Shutterstock
‘The great wait is over’
Following weeks of speculation, both of the Gallagher brothers shared the reunion news on their social media sites on Tuesday, saying: “This is it, this is happening.”
“The guns have fallen silent,” Oasis said. “The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”
Fifteen years after the band’s break-up, the brothers were pictured together for the first time in years to mark the announcement, with the photograph understood to have been taken in London in July. It is not known whether they had met up prior to that.
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Revealing details about why the reunion is finally happening now after years without speaking to each other, the band’s statement said there had been “no great revelatory moment”, but rather “the gradual realisation that the time is right”.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Oasis’s debut album, Definitely Maybe – something they said must have been a “subconscious influence” on their decision.
Details of who else from Oasis’s previous line-ups will rejoin them for the tour, or of other musicians in the pipeline, have yet to be confirmed.
They have not said whether there are any plans to release new music.