Oasis is coming to Toronto, after all.
The English rock band, composed of brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, will bring their highly anticipated 2025 tour to Canada, specifically to Toronto, on Aug. 24, 2025, at Live Nation’s recently revealed Rogers Stadium.
“America. Oasis is coming. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along,” the band said in a new statement, announcing the North American dates.
Oasis also announced shows in Chicago, East Rutherford, N.J., Los Angeles and Mexico City.
The rock band has performed in the Toronto area in the past, with shows in 1995 and 2005 at the Molson Amphitheatre (now Budweiser Stage) and Kool Haus, as well as in 1996 at Molson Park in Barrie, Ont.
Toronto tickets will go on pre-sale on Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. ET, and the general sale will be held on Oct. 4 at noon ET. Rock band Cage the Elephant will accompany Oasis on the North American tour.
The international tour will include stops in South America, Asia and Australia. NME was the first to report on the latest 2025 tour dates.
In August, almost 15 years after their 2009 split, Oasis announced they would reunite for performances in the UK and Ireland in July and August 2025. The Gallagher brothers, now aged 57 and 51, haven’t played together live, but they both regularly perform Oasis songs at their solo gigs.
Oasis is now scheduled to play 17 gigs in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin, starting at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4, 2025.
More than one million tickets went on sale in the UK, with prices starting at about 74 pounds (just under $100 USD) and rising to a 506-pound ($666 USD) package that includes a pre-show party and merchandise.
Many fans were frustrated in their attempts to secure tickets. Some people attempting to get onto the handful of authorized sales sites, including Ticketmaster, received error messages.
On Monday, the band’s management team issued a statement saying Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model would not be applied to North American tickets.
“It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket touting and keep prices for a significant proportion of fans lower than the market rate and thus more affordable,” the statement read on X.
“But, when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over at the moment tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that cannot cope with that demand, it becomes less effective and can lead to an unacceptable experience for fans. We have made this decision for the North America tour to hopefully avoid repeating the issues fans in the UK and Ireland experienced recently.”
Oasis legacy
Oasis was one of the dominant British acts of the 1990s, producing hits including “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger.”
Oasis had several notable tours throughout their career, including local sets for their debut album, “Definitely Maybe.” This preceded the “(What’s the Story?) Morning Glory” tour of 1995 and 1996. The tour had disruptions and cancellations due to Noel walking out of the group twice and Liam pulling out of a U.S. leg.
Other tours included “Be Here Now” (1997-1998), “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants” (2000), “Heathen Chemistry” (2002-2003), “Don’t Believe the Truth” (2005-2006), and their final tour in 2008.
Oasis split in 2009, with Noel Gallagher quitting the band after a backstage altercation with his brother at a festival near Paris. Noel told the AP in a 2011 interview that he left after an incident in which younger brother Liam started wielding a guitar “like an axe.”
In 2019, Liam Gallagher told the AP he was ready to reconcile.
“The most important thing is about me and him being brothers,” Liam said. “[Noel] thinks I’m desperate to get the band back together for money. But I didn’t join the band to make money. I joined the band to have fun and to see the world.”
Both brothers have pursued successful solo careers to date, notably Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds rock band, which has released four albums since 2011. Liam has a variety of music ventures, including three solo albums (2017, 2019, 2022), two albums with rock band Beady Eye (2011 and 2013) and one 2024 album with John Squire.
With files from The Associated Press