Back on stage
The kick -off of the Oasis tour is given this Friday in Cardiff this Friday
After years of separation, the famous group of Gallagher brothers reforms for concerts eagerly awaited by fans.
The first concert of the Oasis reformation tour takes place this Friday evening in Cardiff.
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Tens of thousands of oasis fans flocked this Friday in Cardiff, in Wales, impatient before the start of the big tour of Return of the emblematic group of the Britpopalmost sixteen years after their last performance.
This Friday concert at the Principality Stadium, capable of welcoming 74,500 people, is the first in a series of 41 dates around the world, especially in Ireland, the United States, Japan, Australia and Brazil.
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An unexpected reformation
From The group’s separation in 2009 After yet another argument between the two Gallagher brothers, many no longer hoped to see them together on stage.
After two shows in Cardiff, Liam and Noel Gallagher will give five concerts in their hometown of Manchester from July 11. They will then play at the Wembley stadium in London or that of Murrayfield in Edinburgh, before their international tour.
The group, famous for its 90s hits like “Live Forever” and “Wonderwall”, announced its return in August 2024, a few days before the 30the Anniversary of his first album “Definitely Maybe”.
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After their separation, the Gallagher brothers each continued a career on their side, without really knowing the glory of the Oasis era and regularly mimicked by interposed media.
Controversial pricing
The surprise announcement of their return triggered A fans on ticketsof which 900,000 were sold in a few hours. The online sale for concerts in the United Kingdom and Ireland had turned to chaos, with millions of people trapped in endless virtual queues without being able to access the site.
The flambé of ticket prices, generated by a so -called dynamic pricing process, has aroused controversy. And pushed the British competition regulator to launch an investigation into the practices of the Ticketmaster sales platform.
Good news for the economy
This tour will undoubtedly be a boon for the group as for the British economy. Fans should indeed spend more than 1 billion pounds (around 1.16 billion euros) in tickets and expenses such as transport and accommodation, according to an estimate of Barclays. Several dozen of these millions will go directly into the pocket of each of the Gallagher brothers.
Oasis is expected on stage around 8 p.m. (7 p.m. GMT), after the performance in the first part of the leader of the group The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, as well as the Cast group.
A mysterious setlist
The Gallagher brothers have kept the mystery on the songs they will interpret and on the guests who could join them on stage, fueling the speculation of fans on the Internet. “All that matters is what people feel,” said Liam Gallagher, 52, last week on social networks.
According to the British media, the group would have started playing together several months ago and started rehearsals in London more recently.
In a program distributed upstream of the first concert, Noel Gallagher, 58, evokes the success of the group with a new generation which “understands that Oasis was not manufactured”. “It was chaotic, imperfect, and not technically brilliant. We were raw and nervous guys, just out of the rehearsal room, and people understood it, ”said.
AFP
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