Oasis Reunion. Its finally happening😱

I spoke to someone yesterday who - like me - had been on the Sunday night, and our experiences and responses were exactly the same. Superb show, great crowd. No negatives.

I felt it was an utterly unique experience. Comparisons have been made here and elsewhere to acts as diverse as Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and U2, in terms of the best stadium show (not to mention a bizarre, Oasis-bashing clickbait Irish Times article comparing them to - of all acts - Blackpink).

Arguments ranging from lack of stage movement to lack of satellite stages have been made. It's not a debate worth having, as everyone will champion the act to whom they have the closest emotional connection, and as such, it becomes moot.

But if one wanted to be objective, here's one litmus test: most shows will feature the inevitable songs off the new album, or deep cuts that lead to an exodus to the bar or toilet, as people take their opportunity to head out for a few minutes. There was very little of that on Sunday; so little movement as to be negligible. I've never seen a stadium show where the audience was so focused and so involved.

Yes, it's as close to dream setlist as we could get, and yes, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and nobody wants to miss anything, but it's a point worth making. Here was a two hour stadium gig with no lulls. That's rare. It's almost unparalleled.

I'd normally be up the front at big outdoor shows, but - taking what I could get - I was in the Upper Hogan on Sunday. Geographically, it was the furthest I've been away from the stage in years, but we were overlooking the stage, with a good view of the screens, so felt close to the action, and the excellent sound and joyous communal experience of the whole night really cemented it as a standout show.

TL:DR version; Oasis Live '25 - Believe the hype.

Yes Noels songs were outstanding.

He still has a great voice, I always thought he was a much better singer than Liam to be honest.

From Wembley this version but its magical.

Another great thing about the gig and gigs in August is that it get darks earlier so the lighting, screen and atmosphere in general is so much enhanced.

Too many gigs in Ireland in June, all up on top of each other and the evenings are too long, it takes from the enjoyment.

Nobody had to pay €500 to see Oasis.

The argument that the biggest acts charging hundreds is making gigs unaffordable is laughable. Go on Ticketmaster right now and look at all the gigs taking place in Whelans, Grand Social, Button Factory etc. Certainly not unaffordable.

I wish I could see Oasis for 20 quid too! If it continues it will be for a handful of acts who can charge these prices and it comes down to people paying the price for them, even though they know it’s extortionate.

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But the point is that rate of inflation doesn't decide the cost of tickets.

Supply and demand does.

I'd say a lot of people splurged this time as a once off event and justified it to themselves on the basis of "well, its been 16+ years, or first time ever, etc". A good chunk of those, while thinking it was worth every penny, are unlikely to fork out another €500 next year. Yes there's another cohort who missed out who will.

Yes it probably means that tickets for the biggest gigs are going to be inflated, but if I had paid €500, I'd have done it on the basis that I'm probably not going to do this again for 3-5 years.

Plenty of people probably didn't drink for months in advance of it. I heard of 1 person who gave up smoking and justified it to himself that way.

I'm very much live and let live but I thought nothing about paying €200 and given I've a fairly lax social life at this stage it was worth it.

All any of us want when we put our hand in our pocket is value for money. Everybody got that on Saturday and Sunday night. That's all anyone can ask for and expects.

If you felt that paying whatever you paid to see them and really enjoyed it then fair play to you. It's your money so do what you want with it and feck the begrudgers.

I paid 2500 to see U2 in The Sphere and it was worth every penny

You'll have memories to last a lifetime as most can still remember the gigs in 95,96 and 97

The thing is that I think everyone knew they were going to witness something special and they weren't disappointed.

People had seen the other gigs and thought they were in for a belter of an evening. As a result, I don't think there was anything like the normal levels of drunkeness and people didn't want to miss it running in and out of the Jack's. And the crowd all got in way ahead of Oasis arriving on stage and were treated to two hours of magic.

As above said above value for money is the only thing people expect and everybody got it. It must be the most universally acclaimed concert in history. I feel privileged to have been there and money, well there's no point being the richest person in the graveyard.

I don't work for less than I'm worth. Nor do any of you. Why should Oasis?

I don't know why you keep saying this. There was absolutely dynamic pricing involved.

They moved the goalposts afterwards and said that they advertised prices and most tickets sold were at the higer end of these advertised prices.

The prices advertised were

€94.05 - €261.75

If what they were saying was true, then the max people would have paid was €261.75. I paid twice that and a lot of people paid more.

We've discussed this before and you've ignored it and repeated the same stuff. I'm sure you'll ignore this again and i'm not really sure why.

Yes, because goalposts were moved afterwards. They completely stopped using the term "DYnamic Pricing" because of it.

The ticket I got was not a Platinum Ticket but an "In Demand" standing ticket. Price changed based on demand.

If a price changes based on demand, THAT is dynamc pricing no matter what label you want to put on it.

And what were the 415 euro "in demand " standing tickets? You have got this arseways. Forget about it we all had a good time , hopefully it won't be used again.

Bands were being supported by major label advances derived from cd sales. They directly funded bands tours including support slots. Once cd revenue disappeared ticket prices took years to correct themselves to a more realistic level.

That was at least twenty years ago.

Even now most bands lose money on tours, some scrap by with merch income and alot of international known band members have day jobs.

Small bands perhaps but not any major acts, certainly not Oasis.

The costs to tour have grown enormously in the post covid era. Plenty of articles on this topic

They have grown but nowhere near the extent near the percentage increase in ticket prices.

Its largely an excuse to justify greed, and push Livenations agenda of trying to bring EU ticket prices in line with the US.

Oasis could have not used dynamic pricing and still grossed 400m for this years tour.

Thats plenty of money, the band would probably get half that.

I have been at many gigs including Taylor last summer and I can hand on heart say that nothing will come close to Oasis in Croke Park on Sunday night it was something special.

Will you come off it