Oasis return to Knebworth 30 years on from beloved gigs as part of 38-show tour
Oasis are to return to Knebworth more than 30 years after their initial gigs at the Hertfordshire park, as part of their 38-show Live 27 world tour.
The band, led by Liam and Noel Gallagher, will perform at Knebworth Park on September 11, 12, 18, and 19 as part of the new tour announced on Monday. The band played two fan favourite concerts at the venue on August 10 and 11 1996, to an audience of more than 100,000 each night. Oasis will also perform at Glasgow’s Celtic Park on May 21, 23, 25, 28 and 29, Manchester’s Etihad Stadium on June 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 25 and 26, and Ireland’s Slane Castle on September 4 and 5. The Manchester-formed band will also perform in Munich, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris, and Rome in Europe, and in Boston and Las Vegas in the US. In a statement, Oasis said: “Start the celebrations. After a period of reflection ‘The Most Damaging Pop Cultural Force In Recent British History’ has declared itself fit for purpose and will once again return to lift the spirits of the people. “Come witness the fitness. It shall be a sight to behold.” The announcement came with a video featuring clips from Live 25, soundtracked by the song Morning Glory, which included a helicopter pilot flying over Knebworth House and saying “we’re starting our approach to Knebworth”. The band says standard ticket prices will be fixed and range between £71.50 and £266.60, and they will be supported by Richard Ashcroft on all dates. Registration for those wishing to buy tickets has already begun and will run until Thursday September 17 at 4pm. Fans who are successful will be sent a non-transferable code to access three sales windows, which will take place on September 25, 26 and 27. Oasis say there will be no general sale or other public presales outside of that ticketing process. They said the structure had been created “to ensure the purchase process is as fair and smooth as possible”. It comes after the band reunited last year for their Live 25 tour, which sold out within minutes of going on sale, and was estimated by Forbes to have generated more than £293 million in revenue. Fans attempting to purchase tickets for the 2025 gigs in 2024 experienced a number of issues, including varying pricing and scalping, which saw tickets listed on resale sites for more than £1,000. A Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation was launched last year into the way Ticketmaster sold the tickets. The probe found Ticketmaster did not tell fans waiting in lengthy queues that standing tickets were being sold at two different prices, and that prices would jump as soon as the cheap tickets sold out. Ticketmaster sold some “platinum” tickets at almost two-and-a-half times the price of “standard” tickets, without sufficient explanation that these offered no additional benefits in the same areas of the venue, the CMA said. In response, the CMA said Ticketmaster must now tell fans 24 hours in advance if a tiered pricing system is being used, as it was for Oasis standing tickets. Following the probe, Ticketmaster said: “We welcome the CMA’s confirmation that there was no dynamic pricing, no unfair practices and that we did not breach consumer law. “To further improve the customer experience, we’ve voluntarily committed to clearer communication about ticket prices in queues. “This builds on our capped resale, strong bot protection and clear pricing displays — and we encourage the CMA to hold the entire industry to these same standards.” Despite Ticketmaster’s statement, the CMA said it had “not made any findings about whether consumer law has been infringed”. The Live 25 tour began with two nights at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in July 2025, and went on to see Oasis perform five nights in Manchester’s Heaton Park and five nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, before finishing in South America in November that year. A documentary about their reunion and 2025 tour, written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Wright, was released on September 11. The reunion came following a long-standing feud between Liam and Noel after the band split in 2009 – reportedly prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in France. The band have had eight UK number one singles and eight UK number one albums, with Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger and Roll With It among their best-known hits. England fans at the 2026 Fifa World Cup adopted Wonderwall as an unofficial anthem for the team as they reached the semi-final stage, where they were knocked out by Argentina. The band line-up for Live 25 saw singer Liam and guitarist and singer Noel joined by guitarists Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs and Gem Archer, bass player Andy Bell and drummer Joey Waronker.
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