By Jenna Campbell
The Oasis Live ’25 tour is officially underway, and as you might expect the opening shows this weekend were “biblical”. On Friday and Saturday night, Liam and Noel Gallagher reunited on stage at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for epic performances of some of their biggest hits. The tour, which was announced last summer will include 19 dates across the UK and Ireland over the next few months. The band will play five dates in Manchester – the 11,12,16,19 and 20 of July at Heaton Park – with around 340,000 gig-goers expected in total, plus all the music fans descending on the city. They’ll then head to Wembley in London, the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and Croke Park in Dublin before heading oversees for a series of international dates in North and South America, Australia and Asia. This weekend’s shows marked the first live performances together since 2009, when a long-running feud between Noel and Liam culminated in a dramatic backstage fight and subsequent split. Join our Oasis WhatsApp group here The brothers have carved out successful careers since the band split though, with ten UK number one albums between them as well as sold-out tours and a number of festival headline sets. However, fans were euphoric last August when they announced they had buried the hatchet and were heading out on a world tour, Oasis Live ’25. The news of the pair’s reunion sparked massive interest with every date on the tour selling out, with prices soaring and some criticism surrounding ‘dynamic pricing’. Below, we take a look at all the essential information you’ll need if you’re heading to the band’s homecoming shows at Heaton Park. You can follow all our Oasis coverage here too. After two nights in Cardiff, Oasis will head to Heaton Park in Manchester for five nights. They’ll kick off the homecoming with shows on Friday, July 11 and Saturday, July 12, before a mid-week performance on Wednesday, 16 July. Their final two Manchester shows will take place on Saturday, 19 July and Sunday, July 20. Heaton Park gates open at 3pm. The music will finish at 10:30pm but food vendors will remain open until 11pm. Ticket agents will send correspondence relating to the ticket gate and entrance you need to head to depending on whether you have general admission or front standing. There is no dedicated accessible entrance, all entrances will have a wider lane suitable for accessible customers. As long as all guests have access to their own tickets you can arrive at your chosen time. Each ticket has it’s own unique bar code to be scanned on entry. A spokesperson for Ticketmaster confirmed to the Manchester Evening News: “The event organiser will switch on ticket transfer 48 hours ahead of the show, so fans can transfer to friends/family arriving at separate times.” You will not be able to leave the concert and re-enter so make sure you have your ticket. The first support act announced was Richard Ashcroft, the former lead singer of The Verve, who are behind hits including Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don’t Work. Having broken out in the music scene at a similar time as Oasis, Ashcroft gained a close friendship with Liam and Noel after The Verve supported them back in 1993. The second support act are 90s band Cast, led by former La’s bassist John Power The band, who emerged in 1992, are known for hits including Flying, Free Me and Beat Mama, last year supported Liam on his Definitely Maybe 30 Years tour, which included four shows at Co-op Live last June. Set times are yet to be officially confirmed for the five Heaton Park shows. However, for their shows at Cardiff, the following times were: For those heading to the shows, it will be essential to enter the park from the correct entrance depending on whether they have been assigned Front Standing or are staying in General Admission. A venue map has been published on ticket site Gigs and Tours detailing the various entry points, as well as the stage position and where the merchandise and food and beverage stands will be located in Heaton Park. Between the Corner Gate and West Gate on Bury Old Road there will be the General Admission Entry Gates, while between the South Gate and East Gate there will be entry on Sheepfoot Lane for Front Standing. It is worth noting that the map states that no General Admission entry will be allowed from Sheepfoot Lane. Stay connected with our City Life newsletter here Tram On each night, there will be a six-minute service from Victoria Station to Bury – the only city centre station with a direct tram to Heaton Park. This service will be capable of carrying 4,000 passengers an hour. Those travelling from the city centre should make their way to Victoria where they can board trams to the event. Concert-goers travelling from other lines may need to change onto a Bury-bound tram at Victoria. If you have a ticket for front standing at Heaton Park, the advice is to get off at Bowker Vale, which is the closest stop to the venue entrance on Sheepfoot Lane. The Heaton Park stop will be closed at 9pm on all nights, so Bowker Vale will be the main stop for travelling back to Bury and the city centre after the shows. Fans should also be aware that planned engineering work means there will be no trams operating from Piccadilly Station to city centre stops. For the shows on July 11, 12, and 19, the final trams will leave for the city centre at 2.02am and for Bury at 1.16am. On July 16, the last trams will run at 1.32am to the city centre and 12.46am to Bury. Bus There will be frequent shuttle buses from Lever Street in the Northern Quarter , which is an 11-minute walk from Piccadilly train station and a five-minute walk from Piccadilly Gardens – from 1.30pm on each event day. The last bus will depart at 7.30pm. It has been advised to travel early to avoid missing the start of the gig as later buses will be very busy. Buses will start running back to Manchester after the event from a temporary bus station inside Heaton Park, from 10pm. Limited shuttlebus tickets, priced at £10, are available, but these must be purchased in advance through the Bee Network app ahead of time. Park & Ride For those who have to drive or need to be dropped off and picked up are encouraged to consider taking advantage of the 24 park and ride sites in Greater Manchester. The park and ride sites on the Bury line are Whitefield (331 spaces and 13 disabled spaces) and Radcliffe – 480 spaces and 22 disabled spaces. Further information and advice on getting to Oasis’ Heaton Park concerts can be found here. Walking There will be a well signposted walking route directly from Exchange Square/Victoria station along Cheetham Hill Road / Bury Old Road. This is the best route to take before and after the concerts. It’s the most direct route from City Centre to the venue and back. It is likely to be the quickest way back to city centre after the show. It is approximately a 50 minute walk along Cheetham Hill Road to the Park. During the main crowd exit from the event, a series of road closures will go in place surrounding the event site to maintain pedestrian safety and to ensure there is no vehicle movement on main walking routes. Road Closures (21:30pm – 01:00am): Additional Closures (From 18:00pm daily, if required for public safety) Traffic Restrictions (09:00am – 01:00aam) Bus services that will be diverted. The diversions will be in place from 20:00pm on event days: Bags bigger than an A4 piece of paper will not be allowed including backpacks into Heaton Park. Prohibited items that are not allowed to be brought into the event are as follows: JULY 2025 AUGUST 2025 SEPTEMBER 2025