It will not be televised.”When the band trumpeted the North American leg of the tour a few weeks later, the tone was a bit more passive-aggressive: “America. Oasis will play 17 stadium concerts in the U.K. and Ireland before arriving in North America in late August for a nine-show run; two additional London gigs will follow, then dates in Asia, Australia and South America. When tickets went on sale for the U.K. shows last August, a reported 14 million people tried to buy them, crashing ticketing websites and angering fans. In October, seats for the gigs in North America went fast too, selling out in an hour. Michael Rapino, the chief executive of Live Nation, later called it “the biggest on-sale in history.”

Source: The Times June 29, 2025 07:32 UTC