Noel and Liam Gallagher both joked about last year’s ticket price controversy during their first reunion show in Cardiff.
Oasis made their triumphant return to the stage after a 16-year absence on Friday night (July 4) at the Principality Stadium in the Welsh capital, where they played an epic, career-spanning set in front of over 70,000 fans.
During the set, both brothers took time to make light-hearted comments about the saga around the Oasis Live ‘25 ticket sale, which left thousands of fans infuriated as they waited for hours in queues as the cost of tickets appeared to surge due to demand without warning.
During a period in the set in which Noel sang lead vocals on a string of songs, he quipped: “I hope it was worth £175 of anybody’s money. Sorry, £210. Sorry, £250.”
Later, Liam also referenced the controversy, saying: “What’s happening? You alright? Yeah, you’re having a good time, yeah? Was it worth the £40,000 you paid for a ticket?”
“Was it worth the £4,000 you paid for a ticket” yeahhh he knows it @oasis pic.twitter.com/w1tVQIroPa
— Dianne Bourne (@diannebourne) July 4, 2025
Oasis said at the time that they “at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used” in the sale, claiming that “prior meetings between promoters, Ticketmaster and the band’s management resulted in a positive ticket sale strategy, which would be a fair experience for fans, including dynamic ticketing to help keep general ticket prices down as well as reduce touting, the execution of the plan failed to meet expectations.”
The band later announced “a small step towards making amends for the situation” with “a special invitation-only ballot ticket sale strategy” for two additional Wembley gigs on September 27 and 28.
“I thought it’d be a big deal, but I was a bit taken aback by just how much of a big deal it was,” Noel Gallagher said earlier this year, looking at the demand.
In March, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) warned that Ticketmaster may have “breached the law” and “misled fans” during the sale last summer, while earlier this month, the UK competition watchdog wrote to Ticketmaster threatening legal action over its “misleading” methods of selling tickets for the tour.
Oasis will play a second date in Cardiff tomorrow (July 5) ahead of five homecoming shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park, seven nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, and stops in Edinburgh and Dublin. Later on the ‘Oasis Live ’25’ trek, they’ll head to North America, South America, Australia, South Korea and Japan.
