28-Year Oasis Fan Remembers Seeing Band Perform for Just £22

As tickets for the highly anticipated Oasis reunion tour go on general sale today (August 31), fans from all over the world are preparing to see Liam and Noel Gallagher perform together next year.

Longtime fans will undoubtedly be taking a trip down memory lane, reminiscing about attending Oasis gigs in the 90s. Victoria Watson, a 44-year-old publicist from County Durham, has been an Oasis fan since she was 16 years old. She recently shared her experiences of seeing the band live three times.

“I’ve seen Oasis three times. First at the Definitely Maybe Tour at Middlesbrough Town Hall in 1994, followed by the 1995 Earls Court gig in London, and finally, the 1996 Knebworth show,” Victoria recalled.

Ticket prices for the reunion tour are expected to range between £75 to £206. Victoria reminisced about the much cheaper prices back in the day. “I can’t remember the exact price of tickets for each show, but it wasn’t much in those days. The Knebworth show was only about £22, so the previous shows would have been even less!”

Describing the shows themselves, Victoria spoke fondly of the “amazing atmosphere” she experienced and shared a memorable moment from the Earls Court gig. “A favourite memory of mine from the Earls Court gig was calling my friend from a pay phone within the venue so she could listen to Wonderwall live! Didn’t have a mobile then and looking at how many people literally Instagram their way through live music now, it feels even more special that we couldn’t do that then,” she said.

Like most Oasis fans, Victoria was “sad and annoyed” when the band announced their split back in 2009. It’s fair to say she’s excited about the new tour dates. “The reunion tour is going to be a wild atmosphere,” Victoria reckons. “There will be so much anticipation and love behind this tour from the fans—it will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I will definitely be trying for tickets for both the London and Manchester dates.”

However, given the high demand for tickets, many fans will face difficulties as ticketing websites like Ticketmaster have already crashed this morning due to the volume of people attempting to get their hands on tickets. According to Victoria, it’s harder to get tickets today compared to back then. “It wasn’t difficult back in the 90s to get tickets because Oasis were still relatively unknown. This time it will be different. They will probably crash the internet when the tickets go on sale,” she said.

Victoria thinks a lot of people will buy and then resell the tickets due to the high value and demand. She advises people to “work with their friends to secure the tickets” to improve their chances.

Source: Omio