Definitely, definitely: Oasis reveals Australian tour dates
Britpop super band Oasis have confirmed dates for the Australian leg of their hugely anticipated world tour in 2025.
“People of the land down under,” the band declared on X on Tuesday morning, in a nod to the 1980 anthem by Men at Work. “You better run – you better take cover... We are coming. You are most welcome.”
The band revealed that they will play at least two shows, the first in Melbourne on October 31 next year, and another in Sydney on November 7. With a week between the two dates, there is scope for additional concerts.
Liam Gallagher (left) at the Reading Music Festival in 2021 and Noel Gallagher at Glastonbury in 2022.Credit: AP
In Melbourne, the band will take over Marvel Stadium, while Sydney fans can see them at Accor Stadium. Tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, October 15, at 10am in Melbourne and midday in Sydney. Fans can also register for a pre-sale ballot.
Fifteen years after breaking up in one of pop’s most infamous and well-documented feuds, brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher announced in August that they would reunite and tour, starting in the UK and Ireland – including four nights at Wembley Stadium – from next July.
“The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come See. It will not be televised,” the band said at the time.
Oasis were one of the biggest rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s, and part of the Britpop movement alongside bands including Pulp and Blur.
But in 2009, Noel walked out on the band, just hours before a planned performance at French festival Rock en Seine, after an argument with Liam. “I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer,” he said later that night.
Their reunion has been even sparked a revival of mod haircuts.
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But ticket sales for the UK and Ireland dates created hours-long online queues, and fans were frustrated by the dynamic pricing model used, in which some standing tickets double in price, sparking calls for an investigation into Ticketmaster.
A tour representative told this masthead there would be no dynamic pricing for Sydney and Melbourne tickets, and that a statement the brothers made last week for their North American shows, applied to Australia as well.
“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,” the band said on social media.
“But, when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over 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.”
When Oasis released Definitely Maybe in 1994, it became the fastest-selling debut album in British history. They’ve sold more than 75 million albums, all seven reached No.1 in the UK.
In Australia last month, they re-entered the ARIA charts (at number 29) with their highly successful second album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? which features some of their biggest hits including Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger, Roll With It and Champagne Supernova.
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Noel toured Australia in 2019, supporting U2 with his band High Flying Birds.
When do tickets go on sale?The Oasis Live ’25 fan pre-sale will run on Monday, October 14 from 12pm-10pm for Melbourne and 2pm-10pm for Sydney. General public tickets will go on sale for Melbourne on Tuesday, October 15 at 10 am, and 12pm for Sydney.
How do I register for the fan pre-sale?Registration for pre-sale ballot began at 8am on Tuesday and will run until 8am Wednesday. According to Ticketmaster, if you are selected to get access to pre-sale, you will receive a unique code from Openstage to the email address you signed up with. You must be selected to access the queues during this pre-sale. You can register here.
How many tickets can I buy?There will be a limit of four tickets per person.
When will I receive my tickets?Tickets will not be available immediately. They will be released closer to the show date. Once they are ready, Ticketmaster will email ticket holders.
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