(London) British rock band Oasis announced on Wednesday two additional London dates in September due to “phenomenal demand” for their return tour and will change the way they sell tickets after a controversy over the weekend.
“Two additional shows at Wembley Stadium have been added due to phenomenal demand,” the Manchester duo said on X. They will take place on September 27 and 28, 2025, more than a month after the 17 shows scheduled for July and August in the UK and Ireland.
The Gallagher brothers announced last week that they were reforming iconic Britpop band Oasis for the series of concerts, sparking huge excitement 15 years after their split.
But last Saturday’s chaotic ticket sales for dates in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin – all of which sold out within the day – have sparked anger and frustration among fans.
They faced numerous breakdowns on saturated sales platforms and had the unpleasant surprise of discovering at the last moment that “dynamic pricing” had caused prices to soar.
This time, tickets will be sold in a “staggered” process and with “an invitation-only draw,” the group stressed on X.
British fans who failed to secure tickets on Saturday through Ticketmaster UK, the main ticketing site, will be given priority access to the draw, Oasis have promised, with more details on the process to come later.
In the face of the controversy, the British government has promised to look into these controversial methods of selling concert tickets, particularly the practice of “dynamic pricing” which has caused the price of some tickets for the Oasis tour to soar from 150 to more than 350 pounds ($266 to $622).
On Monday, hundreds of fans filed a complaint with the UK advertising regulator.
In total, more than 1.4 million tickets were sold on Saturday, the BBC estimated. Wembley Stadium, where the two dates were added, has a capacity of 90,000.