Ticket prices have now been revealed: the Heaton Parks gigs in Manchester will be £148.50 for general admission standing, with hospitality packages starting from £268.50. At Wembley, standing tickets will be £151.25 (with fees) while seat prices range from £74.25 to £206.25. There will also be hospitality packages on offer at Wembley (cost on inquiry).
Tickets for Cardiff will start at £73 for seats and £150 for standing; Edinburgh tickets will start at £74 for seats and £151 for standing; and the Irish leg at Croke Park will start from €86.50 (£72.96) plus booking fee.
Tickets go on general sale on Saturday August 31: 8am in Ireland (for the Dublin dates), and 9am in the UK for the rest. There will be a pre-sale later today, for those who were succesful in the ballot (see below).
Those who were successful in the ballot will now have received information about tonight’s pre-sale, which will take place at 7pm. The remainder of tickets will be available for purchase from 8am (Ireland) and 9am tomorrow (for the UK).
Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis – entry in the ballot doesn’t guarantee you a ticket. Good luck.
The maximum number of tickets available to one person to buy is four.
Resale will only be permitted at the face value cost of the original ticket, with the band having partnered with fan-reselling site Twickets as their official partner. It’s advisable to register for an account with the ticket sellers in advance.
Tickets will be available from Ticketmaster, Gigs and Tours and See Tickets.
Who was the drummer in the initial Oasis line-up?
Did you know the answer straight away? If so, you might have scored a win in Oasis’s pre-sale ballot (detailed above), as this is the question automatically asked of fans when they sign up. Fans are given three possible answers – Chris Sharrock, Tony McCarroll and Alan White – and asked to select one. The correct answer, of course, is Tony McCarroll, who was in the band until he left in 1995.
Fans who have signed up to the pre-sale are also asked how many times they have seen Oasis live and their age demographic. These answers aren’t likely to impact the chance of securing a pre-sale link, but could be used to track which demographics are buying tickets. Hyper-loyal Oasis fans needn’t bother with the stress of the general pre-sale, apparently – social media users have been busy sharing pictures of a special link sent to those who have supported the band’s website regularly over the years, whether that be buying merchandise or albums.
As yet, we don’t know for certain. But everyone will want a piece of this tour; nabbing a support slot could make any new band or artist coming up in Britain at the moment. So who are the contenders? Indie bands Fontaines D.C. and Catfish and the Bottlemen have been dealt the unfortunate hand of having their own outdoor (in Finsbury Park) and stadium gigs (at Tottenham Hotspur) clash with Oasis, so they’re out; but Stockport outfit Blossoms – whose gig this weekend at Wythenshawe Park had one of the teasing dates pop up on screen – are surely nailed on. Elsewhere, rumours range from Kasabian, Richard Ashcroft and Cast to Liam’s son Gene’s band, Villanelle. Social media users have also suggested that Noel’s professed admiration for Irish hip hop outfit Kneecap could secure them a spot at Croke Park.