On July 4, Liam and Noel Gallagher walked onto the stage in Cardiff, Wales, hand-in-hand, their arms held high, before leading a newly reunited Oasis in a rendition of the band’s 1995 song “Hello.”
“Hello, hello, said it’s good to be back, good to be back,” the brothers and long-time rivals sang in front of some 70,000 ecstatic fans, kicking off the British band’s first tour in 16 years.
Nearly two months and 17 shows later, Oasis are set to arrive in Toronto for two gigs at Rogers Stadium on Sunday, Aug. 24 and Monday, Aug. 25, marking the first time the band has performed in the city since 2008.
As we count down the hours before showtime, here is everything you need to know about the “Oasis Live ‘25 Tour.”
Are there still tickets available for the Toronto shows?
Both shows at Rogers Stadium sold out almost immediately, but there are plenty of tickets still reselling at face value on Ticketmaster, and on other third-party sites like StubHub and VividSeats.
As of publication, the cheapest tickets are going for just under $300 for assigned seats in bleachers, and about $375 for general admission floor tickets.
On Aug. 20, the band shared a post on social media saying that “Oasis promoters may be able to release a very limited number of additional tickets for sale once final sight lines are checked and the production is fine tuned.” The post added that fans looking for tickets should watch for an email from Ticketmaster or the official Oasis website for updates.
Where are the Toronto shows and how do I get there?
Oasis will perform both nights at Rogers Stadium, a new open-air music venue that hosted its first concert in June. Not to be confused with Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto, the 50,000-seat colossus is located at YZD, a 370-acre plot of land located at the former site of Downsview Airport in North York.
Rogers Stadium does not have public parking, and Live Nation Canada is “strongly” encouraging concertgoers to take public transit or rideshare options. Those arriving via public transit at Downsview Park Station can expect a 15 to 20 minute walk to the venue’s entrance. Earlier this summer, city officials announced that concertgoers can ride the TTC and GO Transit for free after all concerts at the stadium.
Have the problems with Rogers Stadium been fixed?
Rogers Stadium had no shortage of growing pains following its opening concert on June 29. Fans who attended that show complained of long lines for water, concerns over safety on the newly constructed bleachers and massive bottlenecks as fans attempted to leave the venue. The venue’s reputation was not helped by the fact that multiple performers poked fun at its odd location (in July, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin called it a “weird stadium in the middle of nowhere”).
Following these criticisms, Live Nation Canada and city officials made several adjustments, including adding water stations and shaded areas, increasing staff and signage to direct fans exiting the venue, and coordinating with TTC and GO Transit to ensure that additional buses and trains were available to ease traffic congestion.
The changes seem to have worked, at least according to music writer Hannah Sung, who reviewed the Blackpink concert at Rogers Stadium for the Star last month: “Staff was prepped, crowds were moving, and even the performers themselves remarked from the stage that it was a beautiful night for their very first time playing Toronto,” Sung wrote.
When does the show start and who is the opening act?
According to Ticketmaster, doors to the venue open at 7:30 p.m., and fans are encouraged to get there early to avoid lines. For both nights, American alt-rock band Cage The Elephant will be the only opening act (too bad for ‘90s rock fans, who missed the chance to see The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft, who was the opening act for the Oasis shows in the U.K. and Ireland).
Set times have yet to be announced, but fans are speculating that Oasis will hit the stage some time between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., noting that Rogers Stadium has a noise curfew of 11 p.m.
Where can I get merch?
If you’re not willing to brave the lineups at Rogers Stadium ahead of the show, you’re in luck. Oasis is teaming up with Adidas to open an official pop-up store in downtown Toronto, where fans can buy exclusive brand collaborations and limited-edition items, from T-shirts to bucket hats.
The store will officially open at 468 Queen St. W. in Toronto on Aug. 21. It will be open daily at 11 a.m.
How did the reunion come together and how’s it going so far?
Since forming in Manchester in 1991, Oasis has been defined as much by internal drama as by their music — particularly the volatile relationship between Liam and Noel Gallagher. Their feud came to a head backstage at the 2009 Paris Rock En Seine festival, which preceded the band’s breakup that August.
In the years that followed, the brothers launched solo careers while continuing to feud, making the prospect of an Oasis reunion seem unlikely. (“I’d rather eat my own sh— than be in a band with him again,” Liam said of Noel in 2011.)
But in the 2020s, rumours of a reunion began to circulate in British tabloids, especially following Noel’s (expensive) divorce in 2022. Last August, just two days before the 30th anniversary of “Definitely Maybe,” Oasis made it official, announcing that they would return after a 16-year hiatus in the summer of 2025.
Given the band’s reputation for drama and chaos (last time they played in Toronto, Noel was assaulted by a drunken fan), the first leg of the Oasis reunion has come together like a minor miracle: not only were the notoriously dysfunctional Gallaghers brothers able to put their differences aside, they’ve also sounded great, according to fans and critics (“the best they’ve been since the ‘90s,” a BBC review said of the band’s opening show).
The lads also seem to be getting along quite brilliantly. “It’s great being back in a band with Liam,” Noel said in an interview with Talksport on Aug. 19. “I forgot how funny he was.”
Of course, it hasn’t all been peaches and roses. Just prior to the tour’s launch, Liam used a racial slur referring to Asian people on social media, sparking some fans to demand a ticket refund. And in August, during one of the recent shows at Wembley Stadium in London, a landscape gardener named Lee Claydon, 45, died, reportedly after falling from an upper tier of the stadium.
How much money will the reunion tour earn?
While the Gallaghers haven’t explicitly stated why they reunited, financial incentives were clearly a factor. A study found that the first 14 dates of the reunion tour could generate up to £400M (nearly $750M CAD) in ticket sales, with Liam and Noel each set to earn £50M ($93.4M CAD). “They’ll probably make more money from these gigs than they did in the entire ’90s,” the study’s author noted.
The tour has since expanded to 41 dates worldwide, meaning total earnings could reach £1.2 billion ($2.2B CAD) if early figures hold.
Meanwhile, global Spotify streams of Oasis tracks jumped 320 per cent in early July, according to Business Plus.
What can fans expect?
First off, this ain’t a Coldplay concert — you can expect a crowd that’s both rowdy and thirsty. According to The Times, Oasis fans drank more than 250,000 pints per night during their Wembley gigs — the most in the stadium’s history. By comparison, Coldplay shows averaged 120,000 pints, and Swifties just 40,000.
(Here’s hoping the bars at Rogers Stadium don’t run dry. Live Nation Canada declined to comment.)
As for the show itself, Oasis hasn’t strayed much from a 23-song setlist that spans their decades-long catalogue and includes just about every hit fans expect.
The concert runs about two hours and, based on fan footage, is a massive singalong — with tens of thousands chanting every word.
