After weeks of posting teasers on social media and underneath the Manchester sky, Oasis have confirmed a second leg of their smash hit reunion tour for summer 2027. The band will return to the scene of their legendary 1996 gigs at Knebworth House to play four nights at the 125,000-capacity venue in September next year. They will also play a 11-night residency at the home of their beloved Manchester City in June, after kicking off the tour with five gigs at Glasgow's Celtic Park in May.
The announcement dropped on Monday afternoon alongside a new trailer and photo of the band. "Start the celebrations!" said a message on the band's social media. "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." Oasis will return to Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland, for two dates in September, after performances in Europe in July and the US in August. The newly confirmed dates mark the next phase of Oasis's comeback following their acclaimed 2025 reunion tour, which made an estimated £300 million at the box office.
A new ticket registration process, similar to that used for Glastonbury Festival, has been launched in a bid to avoid the noise and confusion of last time around. The registration period began on Monday with the announcement and closes at on Thursday 17 September. In the UK, tickets will go on on sale across Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September.
Singer-songwriter Noel Gallagher recently teased the band's 2027 return - after a year off - telling TalkSport, external: "There must be something happening." He added: "Well, let's put it this way: there's no football tournament on next year, so we've got to do something in the summer, right?" The band then posted a series of cryptic videos on their official social media channels appearing to tease gigs across the UK and Europe. This was followed by a drone display outside the Etihad Stadium last week, pointing to Monday's announcement, as well as something similar in Rome and gig posters on the Paris Metro. Manchester City fans the Gallaghers played a string of shows together at the Etihad Stadium in 2005, almost a decade after two famous nights at their team's old ground, Maine Road, were caught on camera for a concert film titled There and Then.
A few months after Maine Road, the band played to 250,000 fans on the grounds of Knebworth House in Hertfordshire over two nights in August 1996 - shows that are regarded as Britpop's crowning moment. More than 4% of the UK population applied for tickets to see the Gallaghers perform, alongside the likes of the Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers, The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers. Speaking at the premiere of a Knebworth documentary film in 2021, Noel said Oasis had had "no fear" about the magnitude of the shows, adding that if they were to do it again now they would be "petrified".
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