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  Around 14 million people are said to have joined the scramble for 1.4 million tickets for only 17 shows announced at the time across the UK and Ireland. Between 19:00 and 22:00 on 30 August 2024, select tickets were released during a pre-sale, with seats selling for between £73 and £205, standing tickets for around £150, and premium packages costing up to £506. These tickets went on sale via a ballot, with fans asked how many times they had seen the band and required to identify the name of the band's original drummer, Tony McCarroll. All of the presale codes had been allocated by 14:30 that day. Within minutes of these tickets being released, presale websites were selling them for several thousand pounds; tickets for their 26 July show were being sold for £6,000, prompting responses from the band and the resale company Viagogo. General sale tickets for the Ireland gigs were released at 08:00 BST on 31 August 2024, while sales for the gigs in Great Britain opened an hour later. Sales were handled by Ticketmaster, Gigs and Tours, and See Tickets, while resales were handled by Ticketmaster and Twickets. The tour was promoted by SJM Concerts, MCD Promotions and DF Concerts, all of which had links to Ticketmaster's parent company Live Nation Entertainment. At 13:23 on the day of the public sale, Ticketmaster Ireland announced that their Dublin gigs had sold out, and at 19:00, Oasis tweeted that all tickets had sold out.
  
  Some users reported having over one million people ahead of them in the queue, and others reported waiting in a "queue for the queue". Some users additionally reported 503 error messages and being mistaken for bots. Ticketmaster attracted criticism for selling "In Demand" and "Official Platinum" tickets for inflated dynamic pricing, a practice they defended; The Guardian ' s Josh Halliday reported having only ninety seconds to make his purchasing decision. As a result of users complaining about their experiences, "#shambles" started trending on X and several hundred fans complained to the Advertising Standards Authority. Twickets also received criticism for their high reselling fees, prompting its founder to announce that they would cap their fees at the lower of "10% + a 1% transactional fee" or £25. On 1 September, Loudersound reported that two nosebleed seats for their 26 July gig were available on Viagogo for £23,603 each, and the government of the United Kingdom announced that they would probe the practice of dynamic pricing. Three days later, the band announced two additional dates at Wembley Stadium that would have an invitation-only ticket sale, and the day after that, the Competition and Markets Authority launched its own investigation as to whether Ticketmaster broke the law. In late October, the band's promoters announced that they would cancel over 50,000 tickets and put them back on sale at face value via Ticketmaster. In March 2025 the Competition and Markets Authority completed its investigation and said that Ticketmaster "may have misled Oasis fans" with unclear pricing when it put tickets on sale.
  
  On 26 September, NME revealed plans to extend the tour to cities in the Americas, Asia and Oceania; the North American dates were confirmed four days later, while the Australian dates were confirmed on 8 October. Alongside the announcement of the North American dates, the band's management also confirmed in a statement that they would not be implementing Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing system for those shows in an attempt to avoid a repeat of what happened with the UK and Ireland shows. Cage the Elephant were announced as their support act two days later. Upon their release on 4 October, all of the North American dates sold out within an hour. The Independent claimed on 13 October that Richard Ashcroft and Cast would support the band on their UK and Ireland tour, Cast first, though these were not confirmed until 21 and 28 October respectively.
  
  On 4 November, ads started appearing in South American cities along with a post on the band's official social media, teasing an official announcement for the next day. Dates in Buenos Aires, Santiago and São Paulo were officially announced on 5 November. With 132,000 tickets available in total, both Brazilian dates were sold out in under 60 minutes, which prompted rumours of a third and final date in the MorumBIS stadium. On 22 November, Asian shows were announced on the band's official media. Dates for South Korea and Japan were officially confirmed. On 12 March 2025, NME reported that Liam and Noel's backing band for the tour would comprise Andy Bell on bass, Gem Archer and Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs on guitar, and Joey Waronker on drums.