Tickets for Oasis’ comeback concerts officially went on sale on Saturday as celebrities joined the general public in battling it out for a seat, with bookmakers putting the odds of nabbing one of the 1.4 million tickets at just 14/1.
The band’s 15 UK shows in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Cardiff will go on sale to the general public at 9am, while tickets for their Irish shows went on sale an hour earlier.
The BBC’s Nick Robinson led the stars and admitted during his Radio 4 show that he was under strict orders to secure tickets.
Saying: ‘I have very clear insurrections from my family and I have to join up with all the people we know to try and get tickets by tuning in at 9 o’clock for Oasis.’
The Slide Away stars announced their reunion tour on Tuesday, following a 15-year feud between Noel and Liam Gallagher.
Tickets for Oasis’ comeback concerts officially went on sale on Saturday as celebrities joined the general public in battling it out for a seat. (L-R) Noel and Liam Gallagher in 2008
The BBC’s Nick Robinson headlined the stars and admitted during his Radio 4 show that he was under strict orders to secure tickets for his family.
The 17-show tour will run from July 4 to August 17, kicking off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium before the brothers fill Heaton Park in Manchester, Wembley in London, Murrayfield in Edinburgh and Croke Park in Dublin.
Last night the lucky few who managed to get a successful pre-sale code fought to see the 90s group, as the first tickets went on sale at 7:00 p.m.
But within minutes of the permits coming into effect, scalpers were selling them for more than £10,000 – with experts finding 80 tickets hoping to fetch a staggering £200,000 that went on sale within 20 minutes of the pre-sale.