Don't look back in anger! Oasis fans reveal just how cheap it was to see the band in the 1990s - as both Noel and Liam both joke about the pricing controversy dogging reunion tour

Daily Mail​

14 hours ago

As Oasis take to the stage for their second sold-out show in Cardiff's Principality Stadium, many will no doubt be hoping the £350 they paid for the tickets will be worth it.
When tickets were released last year, fans were left appalled as £148 standard prices sky-rocketed to more than £350, with many unable to secure a seat at one of the coveted gigs.
And now, long-time fans of Liam and Noel have revealed just how cheap it was to see the Britpop icons back in the 1990s.
Music lovers have taken to X to share pictures of old ticket stubs and worn out receipts revealing that the boyband, who officially split up in August 2009 before reuniting last summer, were once a much cheaper night out.
One fan revealed that he first saw Oasis in Cardiff's University Student Union more than thirty years ago for just £4.
The ticket showed that in 1994, for the almost the same price as a Tesco meal deal, fans could see the duo up close and personal.
The equivalent ticket today would cost £26.78 using the Bank of England's inflation calculator.
The cheap ticket is a far cry from the £150 being charged for the Principality Stadium gig which is just a ten minute walk away from the SU in the heart of the Welsh capital.
Writing alongside the picture, the Oasis fan said: 'I saw Oasis play in Cardiff in 1994 - it cost me four quid' and revealed it was the third performance he'd seen that year.
Other fans also revealed the shockingly cheap prices they paid to see the Wonderwall singers.
Simon Walkden bemoaned the 'simpler and cheaper times back in 1995' as he reminisced about paying just £12.50 for a ticket to see Oasis play in the Sheffield Arena in April 1995.
The concert, held in the 13,600-capacity stadium also included special guests and would costs the fan £26.78 today, almost a fifth of the price for a ticket for their latest tour.
Mr Walkden captioned his snap: 'To everyone who's going to #oasislive25, I hope the gigs are amazing.
'Simpler and cheaper times back in 1995, and my ticket to see them in December 1994 at The Octagon Centre in Sheffield would have cost less than a tenner!'
He added that he even remembered some of Liam's antics including encouraging the crowd to climb over barriers, writing: 'I seem to remember Liam telling all the people in the rear standing area to climb the barriers into the front bit. The look of horror on the stewards faces as we all piled over!
One X user took to the platform to reveal a pair of tickets his father had found for a performance at Whitley Bay Ice Rink, just outside Newcastle, on November 25 1995 which cost him £12.50 each.
For tickets to the band's Irish gigs in 1996, fans only paid £14.50 with a £1.50 booking fee to see hits like Champagne Supernova sung in Dublin's The Point Theatre (now the 3Arena)
The cheaper prices fans paid for their tickets in the 1990s is a far cry from the fortunes some music-lovers had to pay to see Liam and Noel on their 2025 tour (the brothers pictured in 1996)
Another Oasis shared that a year later they had spent just £17.50, or the equivalent of £36.20 to watch the band at Manchester City Football Club along with almost 600 others.
They captioned the post on X: '£17.50 to see Oasis at their absolute peak. Insane'
And they weren't the only ones shocked.
A ticket to the band's famous Knebworth Park performance in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, fans only had to shell out £22.50 to see them, a staggering £46.26 today and less than a third of the cost of the 2025 tour tickets.
For a performance in La Belle Angele nightclub in Edinburgh in 1994 tickets cost just £4, or for a few more bob, Scottish fans could have seen the Manchester band at Irvine Beach a year later for £12.50.
For tickets to their 12,000-ticket show, fans travelling from Glasgow could pay an extra £6 for an Oasis coach express ticket bringing the total to £18.50 or £ £39.14 today.
For a London show the same year, fans had to shell out a little extra, splashing £14 for a ticket to see their music icons at Earl's Court - a ticket which would cost £28.84 if the band were to play there on their current tour.
For tickets to the band's Irish gigs in 1996, fans only paid £14.50 with a £1.50 booking fee to see hits like Champagne Supernova sung in Dublin's The Point Theatre (now the 3Arena).
While in 1997, one Oasis-lover revealed at aged 15 he had attended a concert in Birmingham National Indoor Arena and paid £17 (£33.58 today).
Alongside a picture of the ticket he wrote: 'This was mine age 15, the Maine Road gig was too early for me. In my opinion [sic] that was their best ever performance. The masterplan with the harmonica solo in particular. Unreal'
The surprising ticket price inflation comes after Noel and Liam taunted crowds at Cardiff's Principality Stadium over the dynamic ticket pricing furore which caused outrage last summer.
When tickets were at last released, fans were left appalled as £148 standard prices sky-rocketed to more than £350, with many unable to secure a seat at one of the gigs.
The ordeal in fact caused such controversy that it prompted a UK watchdog to investigate the use of dynamic ticket pricing.
And taking to the stage on Friday evening, Liam - who has previously taunted fans over the fiasco - once again joked with the 75,000 supporters who had flocked to see him and his brother.
Taking time away from the set list, the 52-year-old asked: 'You're having a good time, yeah?'
Before cheekily adding: 'Is it worth the £40,000 you paid for the ticket?'
Liam had previously hit back at criticism over the dynamic pricing scandal during a rant on X last year.
The rock n roll star told a supporter to 'SHUTUP' in a comment after the fan quipped: 'Didn't expect them to rip fans off as much as they have done. It's genuinely a shame.'
When asked whether he had any spare tickets, Liam hit back: 'S*** loads but there really expensive 100 thousand pounds Kneeling only.'
After thousands of supporters were left without a ticket, Oasis later added dates to the tour due to high demand.
And once again, with the beginning of the reunion just weeks away, the band also offered tickets to loyal members of their official supporters club via exclusive emails.