Rock band Oasis add dates to 2025 reunion tour

LONDON – British rock band Oasis on Aug 29 announced three more dates to their worldwide reunion tour.

Noel Gallagher posted on X that “due to unprecedented demand”, they would play the three additional concerts in July and August in 2025.

Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have put their infamous 15-year feud behind them for the tour.

The duo – who are behind hit songs including Wonderwall (1995), Don’t Look Back In Anger (1996) and Champagne Supernova (1996) – announced on Aug 27 they would play an initial 14 gigs in 2025 in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and the Irish capital, Dublin, starting in July 2025.

They also said they plan to play in “continents outside of Europe later next year”.

The extra shows will be in Manchester, London and Edinburgh.

Tickets – starting at around £75 (S$128), rising to around £150 for standing – have not yet gone on sale.

Fans have been invited to apply for a pre-sale ballot – now closed – before the general release on Aug 31.

The cost of a seat to see the band at London’s Wembley stadium starts at £74.25, with the most expensive, including extras such as a pre-show party, priced at £506.25.

Formed in Manchester, north-west England, in 1991, Oasis are credited with helping create the Britpop era of that decade that included bands such as Blur, with which there was a fierce rivalry.

But the two brothers were notorious for their public fights, which eventually came to a head during a spat at a 2009 Paris festival, when Liam broke one of Noel’s guitars.

That was the last time the two brothers played together, although each has regularly played the band’s hits to sold-out crowds.

The reunion will take place 30 years after Oasis’s 1995 album, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, which received international critical and commercial acclaim. AFP