Oasis announces US tour dates – and promises to avoid “a repeat” of UK ticket fiasco

While who knows exactly what will happen when Noel and Liam Gallagher take the stage together again, Oasis is officially coming to North America. The band announced the dates for their reunion tour in the US, Canada and Mexico on September 30th.

Hoping to avoid the mess that arose last month when tickets went on sale in the UK, the band's management announced that Ticketmaster's “Dynamic Pricing” feature would be available for the North American leg of the “Oasis Live '25” tour be deactivated.

Here's what that means, why there were issues with sales in the UK and how to get tickets in the US

What just happened?

The band, known as much for the brothers' long-running feud as for hits like “Wonderwall” and “Don't Look Back in Anger,” canceled its North American tour dates 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 GNP Seguros, Mexico City

Shortly thereafter, word came from band management that Ticketmaster's controversial dynamic pricing model – in which ticket prices can increase based on demand – would not be applied to the North American dates.

“It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket advertising (also known as ticket resale and ticket scalping) and to keep prices below market and therefore more affordable for a significant proportion of fans hold. But when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over by the time tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that cannot meet that demand, it loses effectiveness and can result in an unacceptable experience for fans .”

The statement concluded that the change would “hopefully prevent a repeat of the issues fans in the UK and Ireland have recently faced.”

What happened to UK and Ireland sales?

When the long-awaited 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 a sale was completed – as well as long wait times on the three websites (Ticketmaster (see Tickets and Gigsandtours) sells tickets.

The bigger problem was dynamic pricing. It is a practice that allows companies that sell products online to increase prices – automatically and almost instantly – when market demand increases. Many Oasis fans who were lucky enough to get through the queue complained that ticket prices were significantly higher than expected. NPR reported that some tickets on Ticketmaster were up four times the starting price at the time of ticket selection.

Following complaints, the UK government's department responsible for reducing anti-competitive activity, 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 stop scalpers from buying tickets and reselling them at higher prices. The company has stated that, unlike “Promoters and Artists,” it does not set ticket prices and that prices can be either fixed or market-based.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke about the Oasis debacle on BBC Radio 5 Live, saying: “This is not just an Oasis problem. This is a problem with tickets for all types of events where people immediately go online as quickly as they can and within seconds, sometimes, sometimes minutes, all the tickets are gone and prices start to go through the roof, what means many people can't afford it. We have to stop this.”

In the USA, Ticketmaster's distribution model has long been controversial – even when Taylor Swift's “Eras Tour” tickets went on sale in 2022. In May 2024, the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster (and parent company Live Nation), claiming that it has a monopoly in the live ticketing industry.

How do I get tickets to Oasis in the US?

To get tickets for the US tour, the band's first since 2008 amid the brothers' epic feud, there is a pre-sale sign-up on the band's website. They answer fan-focused questions (how many times have you seen the band), collect buyer information (email, venue you would go to, etc.), and the submissions are pooled. If fans are selected for the presale, they will receive a code from Oasismynet “no later than midnight locally this Wednesday, October 2nd” with details of the presale schedule on Thursday, October 3rd on Ticketmaster.

The Oasis Live '25 tour begins on July 4, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. The film comes to the US on August 28th for a show in Chicago and is scheduled to be shown at Wembley Stadium in London on September 28th, 2025.