Noel Gallagher Didn’t Realize ‘How Much of a Big Deal’ Oasis Reunion Tour Would Be: ‘I Was a Bit Taken Aback’

The continued popularity of Oasis came as a surprise to Noel Gallagher.

After last year’s Oasis reunion tour announcement resulted in a ticketing frenzy for the upcoming and now-sold-out shows, Noel got candid about not expecting the level of fanfare over his and brother Liam’s band in an interview for Kevin Cummins’ new book, Oasis: The Masterplan.

“I thought it’d be a big deal, but I was a bit taken aback by just how much of a big deal it was,” said Noel, 57, in the book, out now, as reported by NME.

Initially, Oasis announced shows in the U.K. and Ireland as part of the band’s 2025 reunion tour, and they sold out immediately. The Gallagher brothers then expanded the string of shows to include the United States, more of Europe, Latin America, Asia and Oceania.

In order to combat scalpers, Oasis partnered with the platform Twickets to ensure fans could only resell their tickets at face value.

After the shows went on sale, however, fans said they faced long wait times — and many tickets ended up on resale sites anyway.

“We have noticed people attempting to sell tickets on the secondary market since the start of the pre-sale. Please note, tickets can ONLY be resold, at face value, via Ticketmaster and Twickets,” wrote the band at the time on social media, per Billboard.

Oasis later announced the cancellation of 50,000 tickets sold on secondary markets, the BBC reported in October 2024.

Some fans were also disappointed by the use of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing feature, which automatically surges ticketing costs based on demand. However, the band later stated, per the BBC, they left pricing decisions up to “promoters and management, and at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used.”

The tour kicks off July 4 in Cardiff, Wales and continues with stops in cities including London, Dublin, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Tokyo, Sydney, Buenos Aires and more before wrapping in São Paulo on Nov. 23.

Elsewhere in Noel’s interview for Oasis: The Masterplan, according to NME, he spoke about his favorite music from the band’s catalog. “Heathen Chemistry had a couple of good tunes: ‘Little By Little’ and ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’, the rest of it is a bit ‘meh’. ‘Don’t Believe the Truth’ is pretty good, ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ kind of tails off towards the end. They’re all flawed in some way,” he said.