- The Gallagher brothers will head to America, Canada, Asia, Australia and Latin America as part of their reunion tour
- Oasis have already sold out 19 dates across the UK and Ireland next summer
- The newly reformed band were heavily criticized for their use of ‘dynamic pricing’ through Ticketmaster for the UK and Ireland dates
Oasis’ reunion tour is expanding across the Atlantic Ocean into America, Canada and beyond, next year.
The newly reunited Gallagher brothers have already sold out 19 dates across the UK and Ireland next summer, playing Cardiff, Edinburgh, Dublin, London and their hometown of Manchester. However, the ticket sale process for the tour was heavily criticized after hundreds of thousands of fans were left queuing for hours online, only to then be told by Ticketmaster that the only tickets left were hugely inflated, ‘dynamically priced’ tickets, which cost over £200 more than face value, despite the band reassuring fans before the sale that all touted and overinflated tickets being resold would be cancelled.
Now,only a few weeks removed from that controversy, a slew of new cities have been revealed by NME for what will form the Manchester band’s world tour after their dates in the UK and Ireland.
Toronto, Canada
Chicago, US
East Rutherford, New Jersey, US
Boston, US
Los Angeles, US
Mexico City, Mexico
Seoul, South Korea
Tokyo, Japan
Melbourne, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Santiago, Chile
Buenos Aires, Argentina
No dates or venues have been announced at the time of writing, although are expected to be shortly. As for the ‘dynamic pricing’ process, the band have claimed that they were unaware Ticketmaster were going to undertake such a process, saying in a statement, “It needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management, and at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used.
“While prior meetings between promoters, Ticketmaster and the band’s management resulted in a positive ticket sale strategy, which would be a fair experience for fans, including dynamic ticketing to help keep general ticket prices down as well as reduce touting, the execution of the plan failed to meet expectations. All parties involved did their utmost to deliver the best possible fan experience, but due to the unprecedented demand this became impossible to achieve.”
Neither the full band line-up or support acts have been confirmed for next year’s reunion tour, although the likes of Blossoms, Kasabian and Richard Ashcroft have been rumoured to be joining the Gallagher brothers along the way. Original guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs is reportedly set to be involved in some capacity with rumours also swirling around that former members Gem Archer and Andy Bell, who also played in Beady Eye with Liam, will also play on the tour.
