Oasis crew members could be forgiven for looking back in anger on Sunday after Liam Gallagher took a swipe at them on social media.
The iconic Britpop band have reunited for a forthcoming reunion tour, starting with a sell-out show at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4.
But Liam, 52, risked upsetting the tireless roadies responsible for organising Live ’25 – the band’s first tour since their 2009 implosion – by claiming even their families will be relieved to rid of them this summer.
Taking to X, he quipped: ‘Our crew members don’t have friends and there wife’s and husbands are glad to see the f**king backs of them and tell me n rkid everytime we see them they don’t know how we put up with them on a daily basis let alone go around the f**king world with them fyi.’ [sic]
The singer appeared to be responding to claims that Oasis crew members have not been issued free tickets for friends and family members – widely considered to be a perk of the job.
‘The crew will be travelling around the country with the band, setting up the venues, and will be on hand throughout the concerts in case they are needed,’ one source told the Daily Mail’s Katie Hind.
Oasis crew members could be forgiven for looking back in anger on Sunday after Liam Gallagher took a swipe at them on social media
Liam risked upsetting the tireless roadies responsible for organising Live ’25 – the band’s first tour since their 2009 implosion – by claiming even their families will be relieved to rid of them
‘They’ll be away from their family and are usually given tickets to invite them down to join them at one of the shows.
‘But the Gallagher brothers have banned any free tickets being given out. The crew are all fuming. Many of them have toured with other big-name artists and have never known anything like it.
‘All Oasis seem to care about is making as much money as they can. Is this about fans, or is the truth that it’s all about the money?’
Oasis will perform stadium shows across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, South Korea and North, Central and South America, where it will conclude with a show at São Paulo’s Estádio do Morumbi on November 23.
The band recently confirmed a limited number of extra tickets will be released ahead of July.
A statement posted to the band’s official website on Wednesday read: ‘As the shows are getting closer, Oasis promoters may be able to release a very limited number of additional tickets for sale once final sight lines are checked and the production is fine tuned.
‘These final production releases will happen over the coming days.’
Following their initial release, thousands of fans waited for hours in virtual queues to get their hands on highly coveted tickets for the band’s reunion shows, only to find that prices had jumped in a ‘dynamic pricing’ scheme.
The iconic Britpop band have reunited for a forthcoming reunion tour, starting with a sell-out show at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4
A statement posted to the band’s official website on Wednesday confirmed a limited number of extra tickets will be released ‘in the coming days’
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has since called for Ticketmaster to change how it labels tickets and informs customers.
The CMA launched an investigation into Ticketmaster in September to examine if it had engaged in ‘unfair commercial practices’, whether fans were given ‘clear and timely’ information to explain tickets could be subject to ‘dynamic pricing’, and if people were put under pressure to buy tickets within a short period of time.
The watchdog said it was concerned that Ticketmaster, which sold more than 900,000 tickets for the Oasis gigs, may have breached consumer protection law.
The band said it was ‘not aware’ the system would be used and that the decision was instead made during meetings between Ticketmaster, promoters and management.
This is despite the fact that Debbie Gwyther, 40, the girlfriend of frontman Liam, manages him.
A statement by the band said: ‘As for the well reported complaints many buyers had over the operation of dynamic ticketing: it needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management, and at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used.
‘While prior meetings between promoters, Ticketmaster and the band’s management resulted in a positive ticket sale strategy, which would be a fair experience for fans, including dynamic ticketing to help keep general ticket prices down as well as reduce touting, the execution of the plan failed to meet expectations.
‘All parties involved did their utmost to deliver the best possible fan experience, but due to the unprecedented demand this became impossible to achieve.’
In a statement, a spokesman for Ticketmaster UK said: ‘At Ticketmaster, we strive to provide the best ticketing platform through a simple, transparent and consumer-friendly experience. We welcome the CMA’s input in helping make the industry even better for fans.’
The Live ’25 tour will be their first since the band’s acrimonious implosion and subsequent disbandment during the ill-fated Dig Out Your Soul tour in 2009 (pictured)
(L-R) Oasis stars Liam and Noel Gallagher, Andy Bell and Gem Archer in 2006. The band has been on hiatus since 2009
