The iconic British band Oasis has declared that the registration to secure tickets for their forthcoming concerts at Dublin’s Croke Park via ballot is now open, ahead of the general sale this Saturday. They publicised this development on their official X page, urging their UK and Ireland fans to sign up for the 2025 tour presale ballot. Selected participants will be granted access to a presale event taking place on the 30th of August, providing a fair chance to all fans. The closing time for the ballot registration is listed as 7pm British Summer Time (BST), on Wednesday the 28th of August.
It has been made clear that those who succeed in the ballot will receive an email with specific details on the morning of the 30th of August. However, a successful ballot does not automatically entail a guaranteed ticket – they are to be distributed based on who comes first. The band has also communicated that confirmation emails might be delayed as a result of the influx of entries, but have reassured that everyone who correctly completes the ballot before the mentioned deadline will receive the confirmation details.
On Tuesday, brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher finally confirmed the much-anticipated reunion of Oasis, announcing a global tour set for 2025 and asserting that the arduous wait has finally ended. The band, recognised for their chart-busting album ‘Definitely Maybe’ released nearly three decades ago, and noted for their break up almost 15 years prior, is expected to initiate the string of concerts at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
The tour is set to extend across UK and Ireland in the upcoming year, with concerts lined up at key venues including Manchester’s Heaton Park, London’s Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium, followed by Dublin’s Croke Park throughout July and August.
The announcement comes ten years after Noel Gallagher, now 57, decided to part ways with the Manchester-based rock band on 28th August, 2009, citing that continuing to work with his brother Liam was no longer feasible.
Since their breakup, provoked by a confrontation behind the scenes at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, followers of the siblings have been persistently urging them to reconcile. The likelihood of a reunion heightened lately after they teased a revelation scheduled for 8am on Tuesday, and whispers have circulated that the quarrelling siblings are reconciling their differences.
With affirmation of the Oasis Live 25 tour, they announced: “The rifles are quietened. The celestial bodies have coordinated. The lengthy anticipation has been lifted. Join us. This will not be broadcast live.”
Although there’s been conjecture about a potential performance at Glastonbury, the celebrated festival held at Worthy Farm won’t feature Oasis in its lineup, as per the understanding of PA News Agency.
Renowned London recording studio, Abbey Road Studios, where Oasis laid down numerous tracks, commemorated the band’s reunion as a “historic” event. The studio used this singular term to join the many others voicing their sentiments under the band’s announcement on Instagram, with BBC Radio 2 also expressing their excitement with a comment stating: “They’ve returned!”
Alan McGee, the music industry executive who recognised Oasis’ potential and signed them to his own company, Creation Records, in 1993, voiced his support on the same platform: “Beneficial to the music industry. Positive for them. Great for us”.