Oasis reunion 2025: fans frustrated as hundreds of thousands held in long queues on Ticketmaster

31 August, 2024

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Oasis fans hoping to get tickets for the reunion shows in 2025 are frustrated after hundreds of thousands are stuck in long queues to buy tickets this morning (August 31).

The Britpop band announced a huge run of comeback gigs on Tuesday (August 27), dubbed Oasis Live ’25. Set to take place next summer, the trek will see Liam and Noel Gallagher perform on stage together for the first time in 16 years.

Concerts were scheduled for Manchester’s Heaton Park, London’s Wembley Stadium, Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, Dublin’s Croke Park, and Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium. Mid-week, extra gigs were confirmed for Manchester, London and Edinburgh in response to “unprecedented demand”.

Tickets for the gigs are now on sale, but fans online are reporting issues as they’re held in long queues and unable to even get onto the site. There is also a queue just to get into the main ticket queue, such is the huge demand.

Earlier this morning, fans also reported issues with Ticketmaster crashing on both the main website and app before the ticket sale had even begun.

Tickets for the Dublin shows went on sale at 8am this morning and at one point, over 500,000 were in the queue for tickets (as per Manchester Evening News). Some fans trying to get into Wembley are reporting that there are over 200,000 people ahead of them in the queue currently.

Ticketmaster have now issued an update to the Manchester Evening News, telling them: “The queue is moving along as fans buy tickets. As anticipated, millions of fans are accessing our site so have been placed in a queue. Fans are advised to hold their place in line, making sure they’re only using one tab, clear cookings, and ensure they aren’t using VPN software on their device.”

A further update posted on the Ticketmaster website this morning added: “The queue for Oasis is moving along as fans checkout. Tickets are still available for all dates so please hold your place in line.

On their website, Ticketmaster says that the queuing system “uses advanced security measures to detect bots and monitor traffic.”

Check out some of the reaction to the queues from fans here:

 

Tickets for Oasis’ 2025 UK and Ireland tour are on general sale at now – you’ll be able to buy yours here (UK), and here (Ireland).

Ticketmaster has outlined its strict rules for purchasing tickets – confirming that customers will only be able to order four tickets per household and card. Additionally, Oasis have partnered with resale platform Twickets where fans can buy unwanted tickets for no more than face value (plus booking fees).

Oasis’ 2025 UK and Ireland tour dates are:

JULY
04 – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
05 – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
11 – Manchester, Heaton Park
12 – Manchester, Heaton Park
16 – Manchester, Heaton Park – new date
19 – Manchester, Heaton Park
20 – Manchester, Heaton Park
25 – London, Wembley Stadium
26 – London, Wembley Stadium
30 – London, Wembley Stadium – new date

AUGUST
02 – London, Wembley Stadium
03 – London, Wembley Stadium
08 – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
09 – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
12 – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium – new date
16 – Dublin, Croke Park
17 – Dublin, Croke Park

There is currently talk about which previous Oasis members could be joining Liam and Noel on the road in 2025, with co-founder Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs reportedly on board.

Fans have also been revisiting the group’s final setlist from 2009 to get an idea of what they might play next year. See NME’s dream setlist for the forthcoming massive gigs here.

There are whispers of a potential new Oasis album too, and plans are now “underway” for further concerts outside of Europe.

Liam and Noel Gallagher have finally come together to reunite Oasis for UK and Ireland stadium tour in 2025. Credit: Simon Emmett
Liam and Noel Gallagher have finally come together to reunite Oasis for UK and Ireland stadium tour in 2025. Credit: Simon Emmett

It was previously reported that the reunited Oasis could play a record-breaking 10 nights at Wembley Stadium – which would surpass Taylor Swift‘s recent eight-night run at the venue on her ‘Eras Tour’. At the time of writing, the Gallaghers are scheduled to perform in the capital across five nights next year.

Oasis Live ’25 is reportedly set to make an eye-watering £400million, and will follow the extended ‘Definitely Maybe’ 30th anniversary reissue, which was released yesterday (Friday August 30).

The band have also unveiled details of some new merchandise ahead of the tours.

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