Oasis have “verbally agreed” to play stadiums in the US as part of their epic reunion tour.
This comes just hours after the band announced details of how to get tickets for the two new Wembley shows.
Liam and Noel Gallagher are now set to sign a multi-million pound deal to perform their biggest ever US concerts as the band have a “financial incentive” to expand their touring.
A source said The mirror‘Their promoters at Live Nation are incredibly keen to make this happen, and Liam and Noel have verbally agreed to the plans. There has been a question of whether they’ll make it through the tour without falling out, but there’s now a massive financial incentive for them to go ahead with the show.’
The report claims the band will play at the 70,000-seat SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, as well as other large venues across the United States.
Oasis have “verbally agreed” to play US stadiums as part of their epic reunion tour
This comes just hours after the band announced details of how to get tickets for the two new Wembley shows.
Billboards in New York’s Times Square seemed to be advertising dates in the United States.
The emails included the Amazon Music logo and a photo of the Gallagher brothers with the message: “If we need to put up a billboard to get these guys to come to America, this is it.”
This comes after Oasis announced details of how fans who missed out on tickets in last weekend’s ticketing scam can get a second chance to secure a place at the band’s Manchester reunion gigs.
The rock band have revealed that true fans who had been queuing at Ticketmaster when the underwear hunt began could receive an invitation to purchase tickets for the additional Wembley dates announced earlier this week.
In a post on their official X account, formerly Twitter, the band said registered Ticketmaster account holders who had been hoping to secure seats at a specific show might receive a follow-up email inviting them to join the vote.
However, box office admission will not guarantee fans the opportunity to purchase tickets; the band warned that box office admission will be “strictly limited.”
And fans are told to make sure they register for voting with the email address associated with their Ticketmaster account, thereby preventing anyone who didn’t get in line the first time from trying to sneak in.
And fans crazy about it won’t have to wait long to find out if they made the shortlist, as invitations to take part in the vote are being sent out tonight.
The statement said: ‘Invitations to participate in the private vote will be sent out tonight (Saturday) to eligible fans we have been able to identify.
‘If you logged into your Ticketmaster UK account on Saturday 31st August and were able to join a queue for a specific show, but did not secure a ticket, then you may be eligible to take part and will receive an email on how to register to vote.
‘Please keep an eye on the inbox associated with your Ticketmaster account and don’t forget to check your spam folder.
The band revealed on X, formerly Twitter, that fans who had queued for a show on Ticketmaster but were unable to secure a ticket could be invited to join the vote.
An estimated 14 million people tried to buy tickets when they went on sale last Saturday.
‘Once you have successfully registered, you will be entered into a draw to obtain an access code to the final Wembley sale.
‘Due to demand for the shows and to avoid the long queues of last week, codes will be strictly limited. Participation in the vote does not guarantee that you will receive a code.
Voting is open to invited fans only. You must register using the email address to which the invitation was sent and which is registered to your Ticketmaster account.
‘All other registrations will be deducted. If you do not receive an email, you will unfortunately not be able to participate in the voting. You will automatically be deducted from the voting, even if you complete the registration process.’
Oasis later amended the post to include the phrase “United Kingdom” and a Union flag emoji, suggesting it will only apply to fans in the UK.
Invitations are now being handed out for two further Wembley Stadium concerts on 27 and 28 September next year, which have been added due to overwhelming demand.
The band has been trying to restore goodwill with fans who were bitterly disappointed when they were unable to secure tickets for the limited run of reunion shows announced for August 27.
Millions of fans have been scrambling to get their hands on some of the estimated one million tickets available for the 17-date tour, which includes two shows in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin and five each in Manchester and London across July and August.
But queues for some shows were over 600,000 strong and soon after sales began, scalpers began putting tickets up for sale on resale websites such as Viagogo for up to £10,000.
A 79-year-old grandmother trying to surprise her daughter with tickets was left stunned after buying what she thought were £90 pairs of underwear from resale site Gigsberg, only to discover she had actually spent £2,700.
Elizabeth Buxton, from Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire, told the BBC: ‘I’ve been on Ticketmaster for years, we’ve gone to see people like Adele, I’m not stupid.
‘I clicked on the Gigsberg page, ordered two tickets and gave my bank details.
“The next day I looked at my phone and saw that there was £2,700 outstanding in my bank account. I don’t know how it happened. It’s really devastating.”
Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher (right) have been criticised by fans for the chaos over ticket sales.
Gigsberg initially told the BBC that all sales were final. However, he later contacted Ms Buxton to confirm she would receive a full refund.
Ticketmaster and Twickets are the only permitted resale sites for tickets to Oasis reunion shows.
Beyond the monstrous scalpers, Oasis invoked the fury of their fans when it was revealed that “dynamic pricing” – like that used to price Uber fares, hotel rooms and airplane seats – was being used for the latest tickets amid huge demand.
Standing room tickets, which were theoretically available for £150, were being sold by the band’s management for more than double that amount – up to £350.
This even provoked the ire of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who said during Prime Minister’s Questions this week that he found the price rises “depressing”.
However, frontman Liam Gallagher told fans he was “pleased” about the band’s reunion tour on social media in an unexpectedly blunt response to those disappointed they couldn’t get tickets.
This morning he posted on X, previously Twitter: ‘OASIS is back, you’re welcome, and I heard their ATTITUDE SUCKS. It’s nice to know something never changes.’
When fans responded by criticizing the ticketing approach, he replied: “SHUT UP.”
But the band had initially sought to distance itself from the dispute over dynamic pricing, claiming it had been up to management and promoters to decide how tickets would be sold.
“Regarding the well-documented complaints that many buyers had about the way dynamic ticketing worked: it needs to be made clear that Oasis leaves decisions about ticket sales and pricing solely to its promoters and management, and at no point were they aware that dynamic pricing would be used,” the band said.
Giant artists such as Taylor Swift have refused to take part in the practice, which is enabled through Ticketmaster, while others, such as Bruce Springsteen, have supported it, arguing that it means money goes to artists rather than resellers.
“The bottom line is that most of our tickets are totally affordable,” The Boss told Rolling Stone, noting that scalpers routinely sold tickets at inflated prices.
‘Why shouldn’t that money go to the guys who work up there three hours a night to get it?’
Liam and Noel Gallagher, pictured here at V Festival in Chelmsford, Essex, in August 2005, have not played together since Oasis split in 2009.
Ticketmaster has insisted it will not profit from dynamic pricing. However, the Competition and Markets Authority, the UK’s consumer watchdog, has launched an investigation into whether the practice is illegal.
Despite the controversy, the band has not lost all the goodwill built up among fans who waited a decade and a half for their dream reunion.
Debut album Definitely Maybe, with its iconic cover of the band in guitarist Bonehead’s living room, including Liam on the floor, shot to the top of the album charts this week, pushing Sabrina Carpenter into second place.
The feat, her first number one in 14 years, came with a weekly rise of 408 per cent over the past seven days, the Official Charts Company said.
In the UK Singles Chart, their hit Live Forever reached a new peak, charting at number eight, while Don’t Look Back in Anger returned to the top 40 for the first time in almost three decades.
The band’s reunion tour is expected to boost Britain’s economy by £487m, according to research, as fans splurge on travel, accommodation, merchandise and drink to see their idols together again.
