It’s official. Oasis is coming to Toronto next August as part of the North American leg of their reunion tour.
The English band will perform at the newly announced Rogers Stadium in Downsview Park on Aug. 24, 2025, with ticket presales starting on Oct. 3 and general sales on Oct. 4 through Ticketmaster. The news comes a month after the band, fronted by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, announced they would be reuniting after 15 years for a series of shows in the U.K. and Ireland.
But, given the band’s history of infighting and breakups, some people online have jokingly asked: should I get ticket insurance? Here’s what you need to know if you’re feeling stressed about potential band drama derailing your plans between now and August.
What is ticket insurance?
Like for a cancelled trip or vacation, ticket insurance is meant to protect people from financial loss in the event that they can’t make it to a concert, live show or sports game for unexpected reasons.
Ticketmaster, the company overseeing Oasis’ ticket sales, works with Allianz Global Assistance to provide its Event Ticket Protector insurance to cover purchases made on its platform. According to Allianz Global Assistance, the insurance covers up to $1,000 in ticket costs.
The insurance offered by Ticketmaster is an add-on customers can include with their ticket purchase during checkout, or at a later date through an online form.
It costs around 10 per cent of the ticket price, so costs can vary. Based on ticket prices reported by Rolling Stone for Oasis’s U.K. and Ireland shows, insurance for Toronto ticket buyers could range between $13.40 to $26.80, on top of the price of the ticket and other additional fees.
What is covered?
Allianz Global Assistance lists several “covered reasons” for someone not being able to attend an event that are insured under its coverage. This includes the things like experiencing unforeseen serious injuries or illnesses, facing certain delays in reaching the event’s venue or even a terrorist attack occurring in the city where an event is set to take place within 30 days.
An event cancellation is only covered by insurance if a venue or promoter does not reschedule the event or offer a refund.
A full list of “covered reasons” is included in a policy document linked on Ticketmaster’s website.
Alan Cross, the host of “The Ongoing History of Music,” podcast recommended reading the fine print on any ticket insurance people are thinking of buying “to make sure that it does in fact cover pre-existing conditions.”
How do I file a claim?
Claims are filed through the Allianz Global Assistance online claims portal or by contacting the company’s claim office at (866) 520-8837. They must be submitted within 90 days of an event.
When filing a claim, people will be asked to provide documents that can includes the original ticket and proof they experienced one the of company’s “covered reasons.”
Although Cross personally hasn’t made a claim — in fact, he said he doesn’t often use insurance since he gets many tickets for free for his work — he said a claim for an unused ticket is similar to other insurance claims.
“It’s usually something that takes a number of days or weeks for the money to come back. But I know of a couple of people that have been saved by it.”
Should I get insurance for my Oasis ticket? What about for other concerts, like for Taylor Swift or Billie Eilish?
There is some risk in buying a ticket to an Oasis show, according to Cross — “The two brothers are known to be extremely at each other’s throats all the time” — but he said the costs the band and promoters have put into the tour, including on venue bookings and merch, likely means the show will go on.
“Before anybody started on any of that subsequent stuff, they would have had to have the two brothers agree that they were going to fulfil their obligations for this tour to the end,” Cross said, adding there would likely be many lawsuits if the tour is cancelled.
Cross also explained that insurance wouldn’t be of use if the show is cancelled for everyone.
“You are supposed to get a refund if the show is cancelled. That is what the promoter is supposed to do,” Cross explained to the Star. “It’s when other things happen to you, specifically, where you may not be able to go and may not be able to use the tickets where (insurance) really comes in handy.”
”(Insurance) is an individual thing.”
When it comes to other shows — whether it be Billie Eilish’s concert this weekend or Taylor Swift’s shows in November — Cross said he encourages people to get insurance for any concert they plan to go to, especially if they are travelling to attend.
“It’s like any other sort of insurance. It’s a bet against something bad happening.”
