Oasis have announced that they will play five stadium shows across North America when their reunion tour begins in 2025.
The iconic Britpop band, fronted by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, confirmed they will regroup for a series of lucrative summer shows in August, their first since 2009.
The tour, initially planned for the United Kingdom and Ireland, will now extend to the United States and Canada.
The new dates include Toronto on August 24, Chicago on August 28, New Jersey on August 31, Los Angeles on September 6 and Mexico City on September 12.
Confirming the news on X, formerly Twitter, they wrote: ‘The United States is coming. You have one last chance to show that you loved us all along.
Oasis have announced that they will play five stadium shows in North America when their reunion tour begins in 2025.
The new dates include Toronto on August 24, Chicago on August 28, New Jersey on August 31, Los Angeles on September 6 and Mexico City on September 12.
Pre-sale tickets will be available starting at 12:00 pm EST on October 3, while general sale will take place starting October 4.
It is understood that registered applicants will be selected at random to access the ticket sale through a vote, during which hopeful fans will be asked questions about the band in order to proceed.
The band previously shared snaps of giant billboards featuring the Gallagher brothers, with a headline reading ‘be careful what you wish for’.
It also said ‘MONDAY, 8am ET’, hinting at the date and time of the announcement, and adding #OasisLive25 to its latest X post.
It comes just days after the band’s announcement that they will be bringing their sold-out reunion tour to two major Australian cities next year.
They will play shows in Sydney and Melbourne, according to the NME.
It will be the first time the band has toured the country in 19 years, after last playing Down Under in 2005.
The UK and Ireland dates were subject to “unprecedented” demand when tickets went on sale last month, with fans angered by skyrocketing prices due to Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” – or for being kicked off the site once they had queued for hours to get a ticket. place.
Due to high demand at the first sale, fans went into overdrive after Saturday’s announcement, rushing to X to comment, with many trying to guess the cities from the snaps.
The news sparked an inevitably strong reaction on social media after it was announced on Monday morning.
The iconic rock band includes brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher (pictured in 1998), but was originally formed in 1991 with former members Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan and Tony McCarroll (pictured in 1998).
They previously shared snaps of giant billboards featuring the brothers, with a headline reading “be careful what you wish for.”
Concert dates will be announced soon and tickets will be available for purchase to the general public.
Last month, the band announced they would be reuniting for the first time since 2009 after Noel and Liam Gallagher finally put aside their differences.
The news sparked a ticket buying frenzy across the UK, as die-hard fans scrambled to get a place to see their favorite band.
Many devastated Oasis fans were left empty-handed when their long-awaited 17-date UK reunion tour sold out within hours in an online fiasco.
Around 14 million fans braved eight-hour queues in a bid to get their hands on much-sought tickets to see the rock band live, with many still missing out.
Last month, the band announced they would be reuniting for the first time since 2009 after Noel and Liam Gallagher finally put aside their differences (pictured in 2003).
This year marks 30 years since the band released their debut studio album, Definitely Maybe, which topped the UK charts earlier this month again for the anniversary (pictured in 2009).
While other lucky fans managed to get their hands on tickets, many were forced to spend huge amounts on them after dynamic pricing caused costs to nearly double in a matter of hours.
The Gallagher brothers have since announced two more shows at Wembley and tickets will be available via a tiered, invite-only vote to select fans who missed the first time on Ticketmaster.
Other fans were angry and disappointed after coming up empty-handed, battling website issues, being wrongly labeled as bots, and waiting in an online queue for hours to buy tickets.
This year marks 30 years since the band released their debut studio album, Definitely Maybe, which topped the UK charts earlier this month, boosted by the release of a deluxe edition celebrating its anniversary.
Oasis released two live albums during their heyday in the 2000s.
They released Familiar To Millions in November 2000, four months after Oasis debuted at Wembley.
Its first release sold more than a million copies.
Knebworth 1996 was their second release, recorded over two shows at the Hertfordshire venue and released in September 2021.
Many devastated Oasis fans were left empty-handed when the long-awaited 17-date UK reunion tour sold out within hours in an online fiasco with around 14 million fans facing eight-hour queues (on the photo from 2009).
