When did Oasis last play Wembley? – and how to get tickets for the 2025 gigs
Two extra gigs, both at Wembley Stadium, have been announced for Oasis’s reunion tour. They’ll take place on Sept 27 and 28 2025.
Some fans who didn’t get tickets for the initial run of shows have received emails inviting them to participate in a new ballot. But first, to prove they aren’t “bots”, they must answer one question: when did Oasis last play Wembley Stadium?
Here’s the answer, and everything else you need to know about the ballot.
When did Oasis last play Wembley Stadium?
The correct answer is “2009”.
This came as Noel and Liam Gallagher and co were touring their final album, Dig Out Your Soul. They played the London venue on July 12, and split a month later following a backstage fracas in Paris.
How do I register for the ballot?
Oasis have stated that the new ballot will be “staggered”.
What they mean is this: a percentage of fans who signed up for the pre-order ballot for the original shows, logged into Ticketmaster UK on Friday 30 August, and attempted unsuccessfully to buy tickets (before the general sale the next day), have been selected at random to enter the new lottery. If they correctly answer the question above, they will be entered into a draw to receive a code allowing access to a ticket sale. Registration must be completed by midnight on Sunday 8 September.
Once that process is complete, the sale for Wembley tickets will then be open to everyone, who can log in via Ticketmaster without needing to pre-register. The date for this general sale has yet to be announced.
It is not clear how many tickets will be left after the new ballot stage – or if a second, separate ballot will be held for those who tried unsuccessfully to buy tickets via the original general sale (as opposed to the original ballot process).
Will dynamic pricing be used for the new dates?
Announcing the extra Wembley gigs, the band addressed the uproar over Ticketmaster’s use of a controversial “dynamic pricing” model. This saw the face value of standing tickets rocket from ￡135 to ￡355: after spending hours logged into Ticketmaster, fans were outraged to be confronted with the “dynamically” jacked-up prices, and forced to make a split-second decision over whether or not to hit “buy”.
Oasis, seen in the 1990s as working-class heroes, were accused of exploiting their audience; but they have denied that. “It needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management,” said the band in a statement. They added that they “at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used”.
And yet, while distancing themselves from the original debacle, Oasis did not clarify whether dynamic pricing would be used for the extra two Wembley shows.
In the meantime, the outcry has resulted in investigations by both the UK and EU competition watchdogs. These bodies will assess whether ticket buyers received clear and timely information that prices could change, and whether consumer protection law was in the process breached.
How many tickets will go on sale?
The expectation is that around 180,000 tickets – 90,000 for each of the two nights – will be on sale. Ticket prices have not been announced. However, when Oasis’s five pre-existing Wembley dates were unveiled, promoters indicated standing tickets would cost in the region of ￡150 while seated tickets were ￡73 to ￡205. (Though that was before dynamic pricing kicked in.)
And what if I can’t get tickets?
Well, Oasis soundalikes Shed Seven are touring this October and November. And you don’t have to negotiate a glorified digital raffle to get tickets to see them.
