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In 2024, around the time of the 30th anniversary of Oasis' debut album [[Definitely Maybe|''Definitely Maybe'']], speculation grew online that the brothers would reunite. At first Liam denied them, though his tweets became more open-ended over time. On 27 August 2024,<ref name="RS" /> two days before ''Definitely Maybe''<nowiki/>'s anniversary,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-25 |title=Oasis Definitely Maybe artwork 'will live forever' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39kljz3y01o |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> the band announced a series of dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland between 4 July and 17 August 2025, including five dates each at Wembley Stadium in London and Heaton Park in Manchester. A press release stated that the band planned to visit Europe later that year.<ref name="RS" /> Three subsequent dates were announced for 16 July, 30 July, and 12 August to entertain high demand.<ref name="Sky">{{Cite web |title=Oasis announce extra UK dates for reunion concert tour |url=https://news.sky.com/story/oasis-announce-extra-uk-dates-for-reunion-concert-tour-13204567 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
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Following the announcement, much of the discourse surrounding the event focused on the Gallaghers' relationship, increasing the odds of getting tickets, and whether younger female fans interested in seeing the band perform "[[Wonderwall]]" deserved to be there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Oasis reunion is no excuse for women just to roll with it |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oasis-reunion-tickets-tour-90s-lads-women-b2604419.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The last of these prompted Noel's daughter [[Anaïs Gallagher]] to accuse some fans of [[ageism]] and [[sexism]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Mark |date=2024-08-30 |title=Noel Gallagher’s daughter Anaïs hits out at Oasis fans’ ‘ageism and misogyny’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/30/noel-gallagher-daughter-anais-oasis-fans-ageism-misogyny |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Alexis Petridis]] suggested that the brothers' reunion could have been helped by Noel's divorce from his wife, which had cost him £20,000,000,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2024-08-26 |title=Will an Oasis reunion be a success? Definitely. Will it be worth it? Maybe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/26/will-an-oasis-reunion-be-a-success-definitely-will-it-be-worth-it-maybe |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and Manchester's nightlife champion [[Sacha Lord]] appreciated the reunion on the grounds that it could bring £15,000,000 to the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-28 |title=Oasis reunion 'could bring £15m to Manchester' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrdzd5rv35o |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> The [[Dalata Hotel Group|Maldron Hotel]] chain in Manchester were accused of cancelling bookings in order to resell rooms at inflated prices, prompting them to claim that they were overbooked.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-28 |title=Manchester hotel chain denies reselling rooms booked by Oasis fans |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c935v1kkzjvo |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Some felt that the band's return was an unwelcome 1990s throwback. [[The Independent|''The Independent'']]'s Ashley Davies suggested that fans worried about the Gallaghers assaulting each other should turn their attention to men assaulting women, as the era was notorious for [[laddishness]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=The Oasis reunion is no excuse for women just to roll with it |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oasis-reunion-tickets-tour-90s-lads-women-b2604419.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> while [[The Guardian|''The Guardian'']]'s Simon Price was sufficiently unenthused by the reunion to call Oasis "the most damaging pop-cultural force in recent British history".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Simon |date=2024-08-28 |title=Stop the celebrations – Oasis are the most damaging pop-cultural force in recent British history |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/28/stop-the-celebrations-oasis-are-the-most-damaging-pop-cultural-force-in-recent-british-history |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The same paper's Barbara Ellen wrote on 31 August that in four days, the band had been "castigated for everything from bad haircuts and “football crowds” of middle aged fans in parkas and bucket hats who walk funny, to boorishness, sexism, the demise of 90s music culture, and spreading laddism like a virus" and described the tour as "the most controversial band reunion since the [[Sex Pistols]]’ 1996 [[Filthy Lucre Live|Filthy Lucre]] tour".<ref name=":1" />
On 30 August 2024, their albums [[Time Flies... 1994–2009|''Time Flies... 1994–2009'']], [[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?|''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'']], ''Definitely Maybe'' and singles "[[Don't Look Back in Anger]]", "Wonderwall", and "[[Live Forever (Oasis song)|Live Forever]]" re-entered the [[UK Albums Chart]] and [[UK singles chart]] at numbers 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, and 19 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Oasis reunion: Definitely Maybe, (What's The Story) Morning Glory? and Time Flies albums surge |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/oasis-reunion-definitely-maybe-time-flies-whats-the-story-morning-glory/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}</ref>
== Sales == Later that day, some tickets were released during a pre-sale, with seats selling for between £73 and £205, standing tickets for around £150, and premium packages costing up to £506.<ref name=":0" /> These tickets went on sale via a ballot with questions testing fan knowledge.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Ellen |first=Barbara |date=2024-08-31 |title=Oasis are back. So why all the hatred? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/31/oasis-britpop-band-reunion |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> Within minutes of these tickets being released, presale websites were selling them for several thousand pounds, with tickets for their 26 July show going for £6,000, prompting responses from the band and the resale company [[Viagogo]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Oasis presale tickets relisted for £6,000 minutes after ballot |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj62dg8zgp9o |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> General sale tickets for the Ireland gigs were released at 08:00 [[British Summer Time|BST]] on 31 August 2024, while sales for gigs in [[Great Britain]] opened an hour later. Sales were handled by [[Ticketmaster]], Gigs and Tours, and [[See Tickets]], while resales were handed by Ticketmaster and [[Twickets]]. Some users reported having over one million people ahead of them in the queue and others reporting being put in a "queue for the queue".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-31 |title=Oasis fans scramble for tickets as band warns against reselling |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8wer58x6o |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Some users additionally reported error messages and being mistaken for bots, and Ticketmaster defended themselves after receiving criticism for selling "In Demand" and "Official Platinum" tickets for figures exceeding £337, determined via [[dynamic pricing]] algorithms.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hallows |first=Ruth |date=2024-08-31 |title=Oasis ticket sale live: Fans kicked off Ticketmaster website after being mistaken for bots |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/31/oasis-ticket-sale-live-websites-crash/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Algorithms later saw seat prices rise to £488.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-fans-react-to-ticketmasters-dynamic-pricing-3789361 Oasis fans react to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing]. ''NME''. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.</ref> The sites' user experience was so poor that "#shambles" started trending on [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-31 |title=How the race for Oasis reunion tickets became 2024’s Thunderdome |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oasis-reunion-tickets-ticketmaster-liam-noel-gallagher-b2604928.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> At 19:00, the band tweeted that all tickets had sold out.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Muir |first=Ellie |date=2024-08-29 |title=Oasis reunion tour tickets live: UK and Ireland concerts sold out as fans show frustration over error messages |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/oasis-tickets-sale-ticketmaster-seetickets-prices-b2604834.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
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