While who knows what exactly will happen when Noel and Liam Gallagher are back on stage together, Oasis is officially coming to North America. The band announced the reunion tours in the US, Canada and Mexico on September 30.
Hoping to avoid the mess created last month when tickets went on sale in Britain, the band’s management announced that Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” feature would be disabled for the North American portion of the ‘Oasis Live ’25’ tour.
Here’s what that means, why things got messy with UK sales, and how to get tickets in the US
What just happened?
The band, known for the years-long feud between the brothers and hits such as ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, canceled its North American tours on Monday. Here are the shows:
-
August 24: Rogers Stadium, Toronto, Canada
-
August 28: Soldier Field, Chicago
-
August 31: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
-
September 6: Rose Bowl Stadium, Los Angeles
-
September 12: Estadio BNP Seguros, Mexico City
Shortly afterwards, a message arrived from band management stating that Ticketmaster’s controversial dynamic pricing model – which allows the cost of tickets to increase based on demand – will not be applied to the North American dates.
“It is generally accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket sales [also known as ticket resales and ticket scalping] and keeping prices lower than market prices and therefore more affordable for a significant portion of fans. But when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over at the time the tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that can’t handle that demand, it becomes less effective and can lead to an unacceptable experience for fans.”
The statement ended by saying the change would “hopefully prevent a recurrence of the issues fans in Great Britain and Ireland have recently experienced.”
What happened to sales in Britain and Ireland?
When the highly anticipated reunion tickets went on sale in late August, there were many frustrating technical issues – including error messages and fans being kicked out of the virtual queue before the sale was completed – in addition to long wait times on the three sites (Ticketmaster, See Tickets and Gigsandtours ) sells tickets.
The bigger problem was dynamic pricing. Also called surge pricing, this is a practice where companies selling products online can automatically and almost instantly increase their prices as market demand increases. Many Oasis fans who were lucky enough to get through the queue complained that ticket prices rose significantly from what they had expected to pay. NPR reported that some tickets on Ticketmaster were four times the starting price by the time ticket selections were made.
Following complaints, the UK government department responsible for curbing anti-competitive activities, the Competition and Markets Authority, is investigating Ticketmaster in relation to Oasis’ UK dates.
Ticketmaster has claimed that the purpose of dynamic pricing is to deter scalpers from buying tickets and reselling them at higher prices. The company has stated that it does not set ticket prices, but “promoters and artists” do, and that prices may be fixed or competitive.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke about the Oasis debacle on BBC’s Radio 5 Live show, saying: “This is not just an Oasis problem. This is a problem for tickets for all kinds of events, where people immediately go online, as quickly as they can, and within seconds, sometimes, sometimes minutes, all the tickets are gone and the prices start to skyrocket, which means a lot people can’t afford it. We have to stop that.”
In the US, Ticketmaster’s sales model has long been controversial – including when tickets for Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” went on sale in 2022. In May 2024, the Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster (and parent company Live Nation), alleging that it has a monopoly in the live ticketing industry.
How do I get tickets to see Oasis in the US?
To get tickets for the US tour dates, the band’s first since 2008 amid the epic feud between the brothers, there is a pre-sale registration on the band’s site. You answer fan-oriented questions (how many times you’ve seen the band perform) and collect buyer information (email, location you’re going to, etc.) and the entries are placed into a pool. If selected for the pre-sale, fans will receive a code from Oasismynet “no later than midnight locally this Wednesday, October 2” with details on the timing for the Thursday, October 3 pre-sale on Ticketmaster.
The “Oasis Live ’25” tour kicks off on July 4, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. The film comes to the US for a show in Chicago on August 28 and is expected to take place at Wembley Stadium in London on September 28, 2025.
