Oasis Reunion. Its finally happening😱

I bought two tickets at that price for each of them; one for myself and one for my son. He's a huge Oasis fan having had no option because of the music that I played at home/in the car when he was young.

It was a simply brilliant gig and has given us a memory of a lifetime together and one for him after I've gone.

It was well worth it.

On principle, I said I would never pay those extortionate ticket prices. I said I would never pay anything like that. I'd pay €100 for a band that I really like. And that's it. And I hardly even tried for Oasis tickets, cause I knew I wouldn't be in that mix. And since then I started thinking about all of the shite things that I spent my money on over the past 3 months of summer. And it is many multiples of the €300 I could probably have gotten an Oasis ticket for. Giving couple of 70 euros for various dinners out with the kids, when didn't really need to. Buying crap from the coffee shop every day. Smoking too many fags. Going to funfairs with the kids and getting ripped off. Going on a what seemed to be an efficient sun holiday with the family, and then spending money on anything that moved whilst there for the week, just cause "we're on hols".

Anyway, I didn't regret Coldplay last year, but do regret not going to Oasis this year.

€500 per ticket was face value for me through TM!

Will I pay it if they play next year? I doubt it; I've had the concert with my son (his first time seeing them as they broke up when he was four) and I've seen them since the 1990s and both Noel & Liam solo.

But I'd pay up to €200 especially if a quality support act like Richard Ashcroft was playing.

I paid €1000 for two tickets because of my son and because it may have been a one off reunion. But not at that price again.

Put it this way, if you told me now that The Smiths would play again (notwithstanding Andy Rourke RIP), I'd hand over a grand now and not even blink an eye.

The JJ Kavanagh bus was a good service even if the USB charging was a bit of a pain (when it worked)

On other reunions not sure what could square up to Oasis. REM possibly, White Stripes would be big enough, Talking Heads and Led Zeppelin not happening but The partial Smiths reunion would be huge especially as they have a youngish following

I'm surprised at young people following The Smiths. My son was at Morrissey's gig in May and said that it was half and half his age and my age.

I've stopped going to see him because the 15 poor songs are not made up by the five bangers from The Smiths and his earlier solo stuff. But he still pulls a decent crowd.

Is it a Tiktok or social media thing?

My 17 year old son is Smiths mad too. That's with no influence whatsoever from me. Think he asked me one day if I knew them. Great to see young people still getting into them.

Was lucky enough to get face value Oasis standing tickets in the presale for us last year. Felt a bit ripped off at the time, then saw what they were going for the next day and felt a bit better! We had an absolute blast. Thought I could take or leave the reunion until I saw how amazing the early gigs looked. The anticipation of these gigs was like nothing I've ever seen before and they absolutely lived up to it.

Was thinking of reunions left to happen where everyone is still alive and realistically only one for me would be a Radiohead of the first 3 albums only.

Ones that won't happen are Smiths/ABBA/Talking Heads/R.E.M. already confirmed by all involved

Lot of the Seattle scene are still there in some shape with other singers, except Soundgarden.

This was the last 90s britpop revival moment, it has hit peak now. The likes of Suede and Blur etc. have already been ticking over the last decade, Oasis have capped it. Where to now???

The Smiths is the big one but it won't happen.

Fergal Sharkey with The Undertones would be one for me but, again, won't happen.

Another reunion of That Petrol Emotion would also do for me but that's a niche market!

I think people misunderstood what I was asking. I wasn't asking about the extortionate ticket prices (which is a disgrace on it's own), I was asking did they mind the lead singer of the band mocking and indeed verbally abusing those who paid those extortionate prices?

His whole shtick is about being abrasive I guess. It’s a bit like football fans looking the other way when their 30 goal a season striker behaves poorly. It’s all about the greater good.

had no ticket at the start of last week then my brother offered me his wife’s one, on Friday I was offered two box tickets, turned them down as I felt it won’t be the same atmosphere, didn’t bring the wife and I didn’t it won’t be the same atmosphere as both won’t have gone near the top but yea both were token fans while those around me seemed very knowledgeable

It's Johnny Marr who won't do it. Morrissey mentioned that they have been offered a huge amount of money to play again but Johnny point blank turned down.

Morrissey has become something of a right wing dinosaur which would be the polar opposite of Johnny's politics.

Completely agree with this.

I was pissed off with myself for justifying the terrible decision made to use dynamic pricing, by paying over €400 for each ticket. Battled with myself up until about a month before the gig about whether I should just sell the tickets. . I'm glad now that I didn't given how the day turned out.

Hard to believe it’s nearly been a year since the comeback announcement. Funny reading back on some of the comments on the opening pages here. Some of the opinions offered were so far off the mark to what actually happened.
Rollercoaster of emotions in relation to this gig over the past 12 months.
Excitement hearing the news, pissed off not getting a pre-sale code, hope followed by anger on the day of the sale, remorse for buying an in-demand resale ticket, joy at getting two face value resale tickets, relief at seeing Cardiff, anticipation last Saturday morning, awe on Saturday night and a massive comedown on Sunday morning knowing it couldn’t be replicated.
For me, only Daft Punk coming back could possibly come close but I highly doubt it.