Oasis’ two concerts in Dublin have sold out, as 160,000 tickets are snapped up within hours.
The legendary 90s band is set to play for the lucky fans at Croke Park on Aug 16 and 17 2025 as part of their highly-anticipated Live ’25 Tour.
Although Ticketmaster’s Irish site made the announcement, it also added that more tickets may still be released later.
The website posted a message saying: ‘UPDATE: There are currently no tickets available. Please check back later as more may be released.’
Fans continue to battle for the ‘very limited’ UK tickets left. Some 14 million devotees from around the world are believed to have joined the queue for general sale – competing for a chance at one of around 1.4 million tickets.
Oasis’ two concerts in Dublin have sold out, as 160,000 tickets are snapped up within hours
The legendary 90s band is set to play for the lucky fans at Croke Park on Aug 16 and 17 2025 as part of their highly-anticipated Live ’25 Tour
Although Ticketmaster’s Irish site made the announcement, it also added that more tickets may still be released later. Pictured: the Dublin stadium
Long-time fan, Scott McLean, 28, tried for tickets to see Oasis in Dublin next year but said he felt frustration and anger after he was kicked out of the Ticketmaster queue.
The data analyst from Belfast, Northern Ireland, logged into his account on the ticket-selling website at 7.30am on Saturday ahead of Irish sales opening at 8am.
He was in a queue of 20,000 for about 30 minutes before selecting four tickets to see the band’s show at Croke Park.
However, his browser began buffering for half an hour as he tried to make the purchase, prompting him to contact the Ticketmaster customer service account on X, formerly Twitter, for advice.
‘I followed their advice, cleared my cookies and cache on my browser and then it kicked me out completely. It just came up to that error screen after I followed their guidance,’ he told the PA news agency.
‘I had to rejoin the queue and I ended up about 700,000 places worse off after following their guidance.’
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Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher appear together in Italy in 2009 before their split
He said he feels ‘frustration and anger, not much more than that’, adding: ‘It’s just tickets for a concert after all, but I really wanted to go.’
The ticket ‘bloodbath’ has sparked furious reaction from the band’s legions of fans who have missed out.
Users on X, formerly Twitter, also reported the price for tickets nearly doubling from around £148 to around £355 on Ticketmaster after they waited for hours to secure their place at the Oasis Live 25 shows.
An explanation by the website about the ‘on-demand standing ticket’ price says: ‘The event organiser has priced these tickets according to their market value.
‘Tickets do not include VIP packages. Availability and pricing are subject to change.’
Ticketmaster said it does not set prices, and shared a link to its website where it says costs can be ‘fixed or market-based’.
It is believed that ticket prices are set by the promoters, not the artists.
Oasis told fans on Saturday to only buy tickets from the official websites amid reselling websites listing inflated prices for the Manchester rockers’ gigs.
The band said on X: ‘Please note, Oasis Live ’25 tickets can only be resold at face value via @Ticketmaster and @Twickets!
‘Tickets appearing on other secondary ticketing sites are either counterfeit or will be cancelled by the promoters.’
Twickets attempted to reassure fans, who had missed out so far, by telling them not to ‘panic’ or visit ‘unofficial sites’ for resold passes.
It also wrote on X: ‘Twickets will have tickets available soon. Register to receive our newsletter and we’ll let you know.’
Tickets are officially being sold via Ticketmaster, GigsAndTours, and See Tickets, however, the band’s reunion concert tickets have also been relisted on ticket exchange and reselling websites, Viagogo and Stubhub, for thousands of pounds.
Chief executive of the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, Jonathan Brown, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘It’s a dreadful combination, I suppose, you’ve got that high level of emotion, a high level of excitement about Oasis reforming, and a limited supply of tickets – and that’s going to lead to problems, it’s going to lead to people trying to scam people.’
UK Music chief executive Tom Kiehl also called inflated ticket prices of ‘great concern’ on the show.
Mr Kiehl added: ‘Obviously, it’s a natural tendency, if you can’t get tickets, to find alternative sources but I very much urge music music fans today, if they don’t get tickets, not to take that route.’
