Cast your mind back to 27th August 2024 – after years of public (and probably private) feuding, it was announced that the Gallagher brothers would once again reunite Oasis and they’d go on a world tour.
It was the news no one ever really thought would happen, until it did (and it was on my 30th birthday, thanks for stealing my thunder Liam and Noel xo) – and whilst Live 25′ was a huge success and those who had the chance to experience it (including myself, at a cost…) the process of booking or actually getting tickets could only be described as hell on earth.
As if it wasn’t bad enough seeing ticket touts purchasing tickets and putting them on sites such as Viagogo and StubHub for more than twice face value, if not more, then there was dynamic pricing, which saw the £150 price tag suddenly surge to £300 odd per ticket.
To put it bluntly, it was an absolute shambles.
I was one of the many who missed out on the pre-sale ballot for Live 25′, as well as the general sale and I also wasn’t picked for the further ballots for any further tickets released.
Liam and Noel Gallagher walking out hand-in-hand at the final Heaton Park date of Oasis Live 25′ –
Photo Credit – Hayley Grice
Me and my friend managed to get some very last minute tickets for the final gig at Heaton Park in Manchester, via a resale site, more than face-value, despite my absolute disgust, but it felt like a once in a lifetime opportunity and whilst I’m not keen of the way we got them (or the cost for that matter) – it was probably the best gig I’ve ever been to and I will cherish that night forever.
You can read the review of that gig HERE.
Whilst I don’t think it is the sole reason for this, I do think the Oasis Live 25′ tour did turn enough heads in the right direction and the uproar got the attention of people who could possibly do something about it, on 19th November 2025, under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Business and Trade, the UK government announced “New rules to make it illegal to resell tickets for live events above original cost” – which were to include dynamic pricing and ticket touting.
It was a step in the right direction, to my knowledge, this bill is not fully in effect yet, but was debated in the House of Commons on 9th September 2026 – you can read through the debate HERE.
Now, moving onto Live 27′ – if I’m honest, I didn’t actually expect another tour, and if I did, I thought it would be to mark 30 years since the iconic 1996 Knebworth gig.
But of course, then they dropped Oasis Live 27′ announcements, I was excited, I did really want to see them again and relive the night at Heaton Park, but I knew it was going to be no picnic.
Then, came this…
Oasis Live 27′ Ticket Ballot details – Photo Credit: Oasis via Facebook
It did appear that Ticketmaster seemed to have learnt from the last time, having fans register and pick their top 3 choices of location, and put through a ballot system, it is based on luck, however, it seemed better than everyone piling in.
I was lucky enough to get a code for my first choice of the Etihad in Manchester, I wasn’t so lucky when it came to getting actual tickets though.
The code email simply said the following:
- “Sign in to your Ticketmaster account using the same email address you used to register for Oasis Live ’27 . This must be the email address where you received this email.
- Use one device and one browser tab only.
- Follow the dedicated link below up to 30 minutes before your allocated onsale time to join the queue.
- Once through the queue, enter your unique code (below) to unlock access to available tickets.”
So that’s exactly what I did, I was given the 5pm – 8pm slot for Etihad – followed the instructions per the email and to my surprise I only had just over 1000 people in front of me.
Yet, I didn’t get any tickets – I had the tickets in my basket four times, but each time it kicked me out and said they were no longer available, which was infuriating in itself.
However, then I started to see posts like this:
One of the many posts of social media groups about ticket ballots over the weekend – Sept 2026
Whilst it didn’t work for all, some with codes for earlier ballots were able to get on and purchase in the 5pm – 8pm ballot slot and be successful, which in the grand scheme of things is shocking.
I absolutely agree that it’s disheartening not getting tickets, and that’s for any event, not just this tour, it’s yet another thing that Ticketmaster have failed on, this has taken away from fans in that particular slot and don’t get me wrong, whilst I am pleased for those who did get tickets – it is a real shame that something that should be so simple and straight forward, isn’t.
And for these to already be on certain sites…
One Oasis Live 27′ ticket for front standing at Etihad Stadium on 6th June 2027 on a resale site
On one site (pictured above) a front standing ticket, which for standing, it was priced between £173.60 and £206.60 including fees – this site has the cheek to say that £622 (for one ticket may I add) was face value, when in fact, it is 201.06% to 258.29% rise from face value, insult to injury adding that it’s “amazing” (I disrespectfully disagree).
On Oasis’ social media pages, a graphic released does say:
“Tickets currently on secondary websites are liable to be cancelled”
You can read the full thing HERE.
And as I write this line, I have noticed that the bands social media pages have also announced that Oasis Live 27′ is now completely sold out.
If you got tickets, congratulations, if you’re a genuine fan, you’ll have the time of your life and soak it up – if you’ve been lucky enough to get multiple dates, then honestly, I think you’re a bit greedy, especially given the demand – but if you are buying just to sell off for more than face value, get in the bin and give your head a wobble.
Bring back the days you could cue at a designated ticket office, call a dedicated phone line or just bloody fix the system to make it easier and fairer, in 2026, it shouldn’t be this difficult.
Ticketmaster UK has been approached for comment.
As you were.
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