Oasis appear to be hinting that US dates might be on the best way in a brand new digital billboard poster that’s appeared right this moment in America.
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In a brand new put up on social media, a clip of the billboard poster was shared on show within the US. A caption alongside the latest new picture of Liam and Noel learn: “If we have to put up a billboard to get these guys to return to the States, right here it’s.”
The poster additionally displayed ‘Amazon Music’. Final week (August 30), the band unveiled a collection of shirts to commemorate their reunion in collaboration with Amazon Music, the place followers can solely purchase the brand new shirts.
Whereas no US dates have been confirmed but, there are plans for additional Oasis Reside ’25 concert events exterior of Europe.
Try the poster right here:
👀#Oasis25 @amazonmusic pic.twitter.com/Lda7N4XT1S
— Oasis Mania (@OasisMania) September 2, 2024
It comes after a tumultuous weekend for Oasis followers who struggled to get tickets for the band’s UK and Eire dates for his or her highly-anticipated reunion exhibits subsequent summer season. The tickets for all exhibits bought out on Saturday (August 31).
Many had points that included stories of the Ticketmaster website “crashing” after receiving “503” errors earlier than gross sales even started, followers caught in big, several-hour-long-queues and others being kicked out of the queue for being mistaken for bots.
Some who did finally handle to get via have been then upset to see the price of remaining tickets had elevated because of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing coverage – with some reporting that ticket costs has doubled from £148 to £355 because of demand leaving many followers dismayed and unable to afford the costs.
Following the furore, the Promoting Requirements Authority (ASA) acquired 450 complaints about Ticketmaster adverts for the Oasis gigs with followers complaining the adverts made “deceptive claims about availability and pricing”. The ASA at the moment are investigating.
It additionally resulted in Tradition Secretary Lisa Nandy calling for a evaluate earlier right this moment into “dynamic pricing” and secondary ticket websites.
The Tradition Secretary mentioned that it was “miserable to see vastly inflated costs” and added that surge pricing can be included in a authorities evaluate of the secondary gig gross sales market.
Nandy mentioned (through Sky Information): “After the unbelievable information of Oasis’s return, it’s miserable to see vastly inflated costs excluding bizarre followers from having an opportunity of having fun with their favorite band dwell.
“This authorities is dedicated to placing followers again on the coronary heart of music. So we’ll embody points across the transparency and use of dynamic pricing, together with the expertise round queuing techniques which incentivise it, in our forthcoming session on shopper protections for ticket resales.
“Working with artists, business, and followers we are able to create a fairer system that ends the scourge of touts, rip-off resales, and ensures tickets at honest costs.”
Earlier right this moment, Twickets, Oasis’ official selling-partner for secondary tickets, additionally made a U-turn following criticism in regards to the quantity of charges they utilized onto these re-selling Oasis tickets for subsequent summer season’s gigs.
There’s presently discuss which earlier Oasis members might be becoming a member of Liam and Noel on stage in 2025, with co-founder Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs reportedly on board, and rumours that Gem Archer and Alan White might additionally return.
Earlier stories claimed that “no different unique Oasis member is predicted to hitch the reunion”, and that “the members of Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds will step in”.
In the meantime, followers have been revisiting the group’s ultimate setlist from 2009 to get an thought of what they could play subsequent yr. Try NME’s dream setlist for the forthcoming large gigs right here.
There are whispers of a possible new Oasis album too.
