Tickets for Oasis’s long-awaited reunion tour are being resold for more than £3,500 as the band prepares to take the stage in Cardiff tonight (Friday) for their first gig in nearly 16 years.
Seats for the opening show at the Principality Stadium are being listed for between £265 to £3,555 on StubHub, as fans scramble to see Liam and Noel Gallagher reunite for the first time since their explosive split in 2009.
Meanwhile, on Viagogo, prices were hovering between £261 and £1,007 — far above face value.
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The worldwide Oasis Live ‘25 tour begins with two nights in Cardiff, followed by stops in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin before heading to Japan, South Korea, South America, Australia and the US.
The frenzy comes just days after the UK competition watchdog threatened Ticketmaster with legal action over how it sold more than 900,000 tickets for the comeback tour.
In March, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) raised concerns that fans were potentially misled — with some paying more than £350 for tickets originally priced at £150 — due to the use of controversial dynamic pricing.
Ticketmaster has since said it made changes to “some aspects” of its sales process, but the CMA warned this wasn’t enough and laid out the voluntary undertakings it expects from the company to avoid legal action.
Despite criticism over pricing and website issues at the time of launch, the tour is expected to be one of the most popular and profitable in British history.
A feature film, produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, is also being made in conjunction with the tour.
Oasis formed in Manchester in 1991 and rose to fame with their 1994 debut Definitely Maybe. They split in 2009 after Noel said he "simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer” following a backstage bust-up in Paris.
The band’s return has already had a visible cultural and economic impact on Cardiff. According to data compiled by payments platform SumUp, Oasis-inspired fashion and grooming are seeing a surge in popularity across the city.
The Lazarou Hair Group, which has seven salons in Cardiff, said mod-style haircuts now account for around 2.5% of all trims – a sharp increase from earlier this year when they were virtually non-existent. Meanwhile, vintage store Knight Vintage said up to 80% of its sales this week have been driven by Oasis-style pieces such as Stone Island, CP Company, and Fred Perry.
Corin Camenisch, Product Marketing Lead at SumUp, said: “The cultural significance of a band like Oasis cannot be overstated. They were the iconic band of the Britpop era in the 90s and interest in them has seemingly not dimmed since. This data is representative of a wider trend of people linking their identities to their favourite bands.
“You need only go to a Charli XCX show to see a sea of green, or a Chappell Roan show to see more cowboy hats than the American midwest. Oasis are no different, with the band's iconic haircuts and parkas in high demand. Economically, in 2025 we are seeing more and more discourse on the economic effects of these mega artists tours. The Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour’ left countries begging to be added to the long list of destinations as the economic benefits were widely publicised. We see a similar effect with the Oasis tour.”
