Oasis fans reminisce on when Knebworth tickets cost just £22.50
nme.comOasis’ huge reunion gigs, fans have been reminiscing about how tickets to their iconic Knebworth shows cost less than £25.The Britpop band announced a mammoth run of comeback gigs on Tuesday (August 27), dubbed Oasis Live ’25.
Set to take place across next summer, the trek will see brothers Liam and Noel perform on stage together for the first time since 2009’s V Festival.Since Oasis’ return was confirmed, extra gigs have been announced due to “unprecedented demand”.Now, before tickets go on sale tomorrow (August 31), fans have been taking to social media to recall how tickets to the band’s iconic shows at Knebworth cost less than £25.Held in 1996, the two Hertfordshire shows – taking place on August 10 and 11 – marked a landmark moment in the band’s career, with over 2.5million people attempting to buy tickets for the two-night run.With tickets then priced at £22.50 each, the gigs fully sold out in minutes.
125,000 people were in attendance for each night, however, with an unprecedented 2.5million people attempting to buy tickets (the equivalent of 2.7 per cent of the UK population), the demand meant that the band could have played 20 sold-out nights at the site.
It remains the largest demand for a show in British history.Oasis were supported by a number of huge names for the shows, including The Chemical Brothers, Ocean Colour Scene, Manic Street Preachers and The Prodigy.
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