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Produced by Live Nation and SJM, the reunited band will play stadiums in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, LA and Mexico City next summer
By James Hanley on 30 Sep 2024
Oasis
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Oasis have expanded their 2025 reunion tour by announcing a handful of stadium dates in North America.
Produced by Live Nation and SJM, the run will see the Gallagher brothers play stadiums in Toronto, Chicago, East Rutherford, Los Angeles and Mexico City next summer, supported by special guests Cage The Elephant.
The confirmed shows at the new Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Canada (24 August) and in the US at Soldier Field, Chicago (28 August), MetLife Stadium in New Jersey (31 August) and Los Angeles’ Rose Bowl Stadium (6 September) will represent their biggest ever headline concerts in the territory. They will also perform in Mexico at GNP Seguros Stadium on 12 September.
The Britpop legends built up a solid following across the Atlantic during their commercial peak in the 90s, but famously fell short of reaching a similar level of success as in their native UK.
“America. Oasis is coming. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along”
“America. Oasis is coming,” says a statement from the group. “You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along.”
The general ticket onsale will begin on Friday 4 October at www.ticketmaster.com. As with the UK shows, Twickets will serve as the official resale partner.
Plans are also underway for Oasis Live ’25 to visit other continents outside of Europe and North America later next year.
The Oasis Live ‘25 Tour was the biggest concert launch ever seen in UK and Ireland, with more than 10 million fans from 158 countries attempting to buy tickets for the group’s first shows since 2009.
However, the unprecedented demand soon gave way to a dynamic ticketing controversy that has prompted multiple inquiries. There was widespread media coverage of fan anger after customers were offered “in demand” tickets for more than twice the advertised face value under surge pricing after queuing online for several hours.
“Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model will not be applied to the forthcoming sale of tickets to Oasis concerts in North America”
A statement from Oasis’ management says that dynamic pricing will not be employed for the US, Canada and Mexico shows.
“Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model will not be applied to the forthcoming sale of tickets to Oasis concerts in North America,” it reads. “It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket touting and keep prices for a significant proportion of fans lower than the market rate and thus more affordable.
“But, when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over at the moment tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that cannot cope with that demand, it becomes less effective and can lead to an unacceptable experience for fans.
“We have made this decision for the North America tour to hopefully avoid a repeat of the issues fans in the UK and Ireland experienced recently.”
The full list of 2025 tour dates announced so far is as follows:
July
4 – Cardiff, UK – Principality Stadium
5 – Cardiff, UK – Principality Stadium
11 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
12 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
16 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
19 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
20 – Manchester, UK – Heaton Park
25 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
26 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
30 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
August
2 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
3 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
8 – Edinburgh, UK – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
9 – Edinburgh, UK – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
12 – Edinburgh, UK – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
16 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
17 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
24 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium
28 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
31 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
September
6 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl Stadium
12 – Mexico City, MX – Estadio GNP Seguros
27 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
28 – London, UK – Wembley Stadium
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