British rock band Oasis announced on Wednesday two additional London dates in September due to “phenomenal demand” for their summer 2025 return tour, and will change the way they sell tickets after a controversy over the weekend.
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“Two additional concerts 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 concerts 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 the chaotic ticket sales on Saturday for the Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin dates – all sold out on the day – 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.
In a statement sent to the British news agency PA, the group denied on Wednesday evening that it was behind this unexpected price increase.
“We want to clarify that Oasis leaves decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to its promoters and management team, and at no time were they aware that dynamic pricing was going to be used,” he said.
“In meetings between promoters, Ticketmaster and the band’s team, a positive strategy for ticket sales was established that would provide a fair experience for fans, including dynamic ticketing to keep prices low and avoid resales, but the execution of the plan has not met expectations,” they acknowledged.
“All parties involved have done everything possible to provide the best possible experience for fans, but due to unprecedented demand this has become impossible to achieve,” the statement said.
This time, tickets will be sold in a “staggered” process and with “an invitation-only draw,” the group stressed on X, similar to a pre-sale held on the eve of the official sale last Friday.
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.
Faced with 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.
Ticketmaster, for its part, assured that it did not set the prices of concerts and indicated on its website that this criterion depended on “the organizer of the event”, who determined the price “based on the market value” of the seats.
On Monday, hundreds of fans filed complaints with the British 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.
