The Manchester band, Oasis, have been trending for a while now because of their 10th career tour, the “Oasis Live ’25 Tour,” scheduled to commence on the 4th of July in Cardiff, Wales.
This will be Oasis’ first appearance after the “Dig Out Your Soul Tour,” which started in 2008 and ended in 2009. After the tour, the silence from the band between 2009 and 2025 was a bit saddening to Oasis fans, so the news of their tour was jolly.
Oasis has had a successful music career for decades. They became active in the music industry in 1991 and ruled the rock and Britpop markets for years until 2009, when the band separated due to conflicting personalities. Fame does have a way of getting to you, and if you’re not strong, it pushes and keeps you down.
Thankfully, the Oasis brothers have shown the world once more why they are part of the best in the European music market as they’ve settled their differences, a result of which is their tour, also tagged their reunion tour.
As it is tagged, Oasis will be reuniting for the first time in decades on European stages, and their fans are a part of this reunion because it wasn’t just the brothers that were separated, but also their fans, at least from good music to state the least.
But not to get carried away, this article is to discuss part of Oasis’ adventures, especially in the Wembley Stadium, which is in London—a 3 or 4-hour drive from Manchester, where the band began their music journey.
You see, even though the Wembley Stadium is iconic in Europe, Oasis has a scanty history with it, unlike other bands like Coldplay, and Linkin Park, to state the least. This will be a walk down Oasis’ memory lane to see all the times that they’ve headlined the Wembley Stadium, and not forgetting the fact that they’ll be there in their tour, the “Oasis Live ’25 Tour,” so watch out…
When Did Oasis Last Play Wembley Stadium?
The question about when Oasis last played the Wembley Stadium has only one answer, and that is back during the “Dig Out Your Soul Tour,” their 9th career tour, which is also tagged their breakup tour. On that tour, Oasis held a total of three gigs in Wembley Stadium, which were on the 9th, 11th, and 12th of July 2009.
One unique thing about this discovery was that Oasis had visited Wembley Stadium as headliners even before 2009, and sold out the venue. They’ve been active in the music industry since 1991 and have quickly accumulated a lot of fans, as seen in their career track record, so it makes perfect sense that they sold out Wembley Stadium before 2009.
When Did Oasis First Play Wembley Stadium?
It would interest you to know that Oasis first made an appearance in Wembley Stadium back in 2000 during their fourth career tour, the “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants Tour,” which started in 1999 and ended in 2001.
During that tour, Oasis held a total of two concerts, which will turn out to be stamped in history as the recording of a live album by Oasis named “Familiar to Millions.” The album went on to perform extremely well in European charts, peaking at No. 5 in the UK, and being certified platinum after selling more than 310k copies when it was released.
Oasis had Happy Mondays and Doves with them on the stage, and the attendance was recorded at 70k people in a single night. Interestingly, it would come to be that Oasis were the second to last acts that performed in the stadium before its demolition to rebuild the new Wembley Stadium, which we know. At that time, it was called “The British Empire Exposition Stadium.”
Why Did Oasis Only Visit The Wembley Stadium Twice During Their Early Career?
Anyone who knew the might that Oasis had back in the day would ask the same question because they had one of the biggest fan bases, which is still evident concerning the heat of anticipation that’s seen online for their tour.
Before their breakup, Oasis held concerts, which saw a turnup of more people than expected. For the Manchester band, it has been a steady climb to stardom. There have been cases where they had to extend their gigs, like during the “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” tour back in 95/96, where their tickets in the UK sold out faster than expected.
Even during their “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants Tour,” which more than 70k people attended, giving them two sold-out shows of their career. All these showed they had the capabilities to headline gigs in some of the biggest arenas like Wembley Stadium, right from time, and one would think they’ll not leave the gates of Wembley Stadium as more attendance equals more money and more fame.
But why just twice for a career that started in 1991?
The answer to this question is presumably because they were not completely sure they had the number of fans available to fill up the 127k capacity stadium (original Wembley Stadium capacity before demolition) before 2000, but felt they did after 2000, and decided to host three gigs there in 2009 during the “Dig Out Your Soul Tour.”
We now like to look at the seven gigs they’ve planned to hold in Wembley Stadium because of the reaffirmation they had of their capabilities when they held their 2009 gig in the stadium. We believe they saw the turnup of fans again, probably bigger than what they had seen in 2000, and realised they’ve reached the point where filling up a 115k capacity venue (as Wembley currently has) is going to be a walk in the park.
Has Oasis Been To Wembley Before?
As funny as this may sound, the answer to this question is yes. This stands contrary to what a lot of people initially believed in the sense that they thought Oasis completely ruled out Wembley from most of their fixtures before 2000.
While Oasis might have hesitated with making any fixtures in the great Wembley Stadium, they made appearances in Wembley and entertained their fans several times. Some of these cases include their appearances recorded during the “Be Here Now Tour.”
Oasis first visited Wembley in 1997, during the “Be Here Now Tour,” which they held in the same year. During that tour, the English band headlined a total of three sold-out shows in Wembley Arena, which has a 12k concert capacity.
The Wembley Arena is an indoor concert venue that is situated in Wembley, beside the great Wembley Stadium.
When Next Will Oasis Play Wembley Stadium?
Oasis will play at Wembley Stadium for seven nights on these dates: July (25th, 26th, and 30th), August (2nd and 3rd), and September (27th and 28th). So, get your tickets ready and anticipate being a part of the Wembley Stadium version of the reunion tour.
And… just in case you’re yet to secure tickets due to one reason or another, you can explore Seatsnet, a secondary ticket marketplace where you can easily secure Oasis tickets before the concerts.
