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Oasis are heading back to the U.S., Canada and Mexico next year as part of their Live ‘25 reunion tour, their first run of shows since 2009. The Monday (Sept. 30) announcement of a string of stadium dates in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Mexico City came with a direct warning shot to some fans: “America. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along.”
The Manchester band’s turbulent history and mixed response in the U.S. clearly still sticks in the Gallagher brothers’ craws. At their peak, Oasis conquered the U.K., mainland Europe and developed dedicated fan bases in Latin American and Asian markets. In their 28.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify, their fans’ top locations include Jakarta (Indonesia), São Paulo (Brazil) and Santiago (Chile) alongside London and Manchester. So why did they never truly crack the States?
Next summer’s reunion tour is as big as Noel and Liam’s egos. Nineteen stadium shows in the U.K. and Ireland sold out within hours during a protracted and controversial ticket sale process that attracted 10 million hopeful buyers. There was no questioning if those shows would sell; the demand indicated that they could have comfortably sold those shows several times over.
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But there will be eyes on this Friday’s (Oct. 4) North American ticket sale. The venues are ambitious: the MetLife Stadium across the Hudson River from New York City can host 82,000 people; the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on the opposite coast can seat nearly 90,000 (though depending on staging for concerts, those capacities can be lower). Rumors had another date pencilled in for the Boston area’s Gillette Stadium, though this was absent from Monday’s announcement. Perhaps they want to see how it goes. Dynamic pricing will also not be used in the ticket sale process, presumably to boost the volume of sales rather than the value of each ticket.
Jitters behind the scenes would be understandable. The band’s final tour in North America, supporting their 2008 album Dig Out Your Soul, visited venues half the size of these prospective dates. They performed at New York’s 20,000-capacity Madison Square Gardens, but also at Broomfield, Colorado’s relatively modest 6,500-capacity 1stBank Center.
At the height of their fame during 1996, the band was playing to 125,000 people a night at England’s Knebworth House; in the U.S. however, Oasis’ biggest crowds would peak with support slots on U2’s mammoth PopMart tour in 1997. The group’s word-of-mouth appeal rarely translated to sustained and consistent ticket sales.
Oasis have had limited luck on the Billboard charts. None of their eight studio albums ever topped the Billboard 200, their highest entry being 1997’s Be Here Now, which clocked in at No. 2. 1995’s (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, however, has gone 4 x Platinum according to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). As for singles, “Wonderwall” peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, but the rest never had a sniff beyond “Don’t Look Back In Anger” at No. 55.
Things didn’t get off to a good start. On their debut run of dates in the U.S., the band played an infamous, substance-fueled gig at L.A.’s Whisky A Go Go in 1994. As later recounted in 2016’s documentary Supersonic, the band mistakenly scored crystal meth instead of cocaine which Liam said “just kept us up for f–king days” and resulted in a lackluster performance. The brothers fought on stage – Liam clattered Noel with a tambourine – and following the show Noel temporarily quit the band, disappeared from the touring group and cancelled a handful of shows.
It never really got better. In 1996, Liam failed to show up to a string of dates in the U.S., with Noel claiming that his younger brother instead was house-hunting back in London with then-girlfriend Patsy Kensit. Six years later in 2002, Liam walked off stage during a gig in Florida after losing his voice. The band headlined Coachella that year, but two decades later Liam dubbed that festival “pathetic.”
Noel has put the rocky relationship down to a mutual disconnect. “They couldn’t handle the fact that we didn’t give a f–k about anything,” he said in 2023 of the American market. “That’s the reason we’ve never really had a number one album in America – they wouldn’t go the extra mile for us because we wouldn’t go the extra mile for them.” Competing with the grunge titans of the era – Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and more – proved an uphill battle according to Liam: “They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don’t get it.”
But things could be about to change. The reunion tour is already proving to have a cross-generational appeal for Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z alike; for the lattermost, it’ll be the first (and potentially only) time to see the band live. Oasis, for their part, have already struck deals with brands like Levi’s, Urban Outfitters and Amazon in hopes of pushing their name into new spaces. Streams for Oasis material took a healthy bump after the announcement they’d be returning.
The gauntlet has been thrown down; will the U.S. fanbase show up and show out for the much-hyped reunion? When tickets go on sale later this week, we’ll find out.
The Offspring is gearing up to release their 11th studio album, Supercharged, and to celebrate, frontman Dexter Holland discussed the making of the project with Billboard’s Rania Aniftos. “We’ve done ten albums or something, so it’s like, what can you offer? You want to do something that you haven’t done before, but you don’t want […]
Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong knows his enemy, and at the band’s Sept. 20 hometown-adjacent show at Oracle Park in San Francisco he had no problem calling out the man he thinks is a real American idiot.
“We are East Bay. East Bay for life! Green Day, East Bay, forever. We don’t take s–t from people like f–king John Fisher, who sold out the Oakland A’s to Las f–king Vegas,” Armstrong said during the show, according to reports. “I f–king late Las Vegas. It’s the worst sh–hole in America!”
For some context, Armstrong is from Oakland and has been a A’s supporter over the years (see below) and like a lot of East Bay residents, he’s a basket case about the latest major league team leaving his beloved home town. After wrapping their 2023-24 season with a loss to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, A’s owner Fisher is moving the MLB franchise to Las Vegas, following on the heels of the 2019 exit of the NFL’s Raiders (now the Las Vegas Raiders) and the Golden State Warriors (who moved across the bay to San Francisco in 2019 after 50 years in Oakland).
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The rant didn’t sit well with a few radio stations in Vegas, as evidence by KOMP 92.3 and X107.5 both announcing that they have banned the group’s music. “KOMP 92.3 has pulled any and all Green Day from our playlist. It’s not us, Billie…it’s you. #vegas4ever,” the station wrote on Instagram in a post that featured a snap of the trio with a slash through the image.
“Sin City heard him loud and clear—and X107.5 is not having it. In response to Armstrong’s inflammatory comments, the station is banning all Green Day music, effective immediately,” 107.5 wrote on its website. The move was confirmed by midday host Carlota, who announced the ban last week, saying, “Maybe he (Billie Joe) should take a look at the city and the people involved in that transaction than talking SMACK about the city of Las Vegas… So we’re breaking up with Green Day completely. Bye Bye, Billie!”
A few days after his Vegas rant, Armstrong posted a picture of himself as a six-year-old playing with a toy car in the sand while rocking an A’s hat. “The athletics leaving Oakland is devastating. I feel for all the fans and the people that will lose their jobs because of greed.. 3 sports teams have left Oakland in the past 5 years Leaving a cultural hole in the east bay hearts and sport,” said Armstrong.
“I DO believe that Oakland will come back from this.. I’ll always remember driving to del Norte bart station taking the train to the games. Some of my favorite memories,” he continued. “My 4th grade teacher used to have the radio on in class so we can hear if Ricky Henderson was going to break the stolen base record. He did. Family friends crazy george Billy Ball.. This one hurts.”
In August, Armstrong first said good riddance to the team when he spray painted a “B” over the Oakland A’s logo at Rogers Centre in Toronto in the first sign of his pique about the team’s move. After wrapping the North American dates on their Saviors Tour, GD are gearing up to take their show on the road to Mexico on Nov. 15 for a show at Corona Capital in Mexico City, then to South Africa, the UAE, Bangkok, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Australia in early 2025 before playing a series of festivals in India, Germany and Norway.
A spokesperson for the band had no additional comment on the bans at press time.
Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong slamming the A’s owner and Las Vegas. At his show last night he said “I f—— hate Las Vegas. It’s the worst s—hole in America.” I think he’s in the minority. 43 million visited Vegas last year? @LVCVA #GreenDay 🎥 Gabriel Hernandez pic.twitter.com/6hgM0zw0Yu— Chris Maathuis (@sports8) September 21, 2024
After Billie Joe Armstrong called Las Vegas “the worst s***hole in America,” X107.5 is taking action. 🚫 We’re banning all Green Day music from our station! Carlota announced it this morning—no more Green Day on X107.5! 🙅♂️ https://t.co/Mix88CV1sD— X 107.5 (@X1075LV) September 25, 2024
Europe will get more of The Boss in 2025.
Announced early Tuesday, Oct. 1, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band adds eight new shows to their previously-rescheduled European jaunt – including concerts in England, France, Germany and Spain.
The newly-confirmed dates kick off May 17 with the first of two nights at Co-op Live in Manchester, England.
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All told, Springsteen and Co. will play 12 dates on their 2025 run of the U.K. and Europe, including previously-rescheduled shows in Marseille, Prague and Milan, which were initially called off in May on doctor’s orders, as the rock legend recovered from “vocal issues.”
The announcement of new dates follow the world premiere of the Thom Zimny documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, which arrives Oct. 25 on Hulu and Disney+.
After being sidelined for six years because of the global pandemic, and illness, including peptic ulcer issues, the road is calling to Springsteen. The Rock Hall-inducted artist and his band embarks on eight shows in Canada, beginning Oct. 31 in Montreal and running through Nov. 22 in Vancouver. That trek follows the completion of a U.S. tour with a Sept. 15 headlining spot at Sea.Hear.Now. festival in Springsteen’s old Asbury Park stomping grounds in his native New Jersey.
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If his comments during a performance Aug. 23 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia are anything to go by, Springsteen is just getting started. “We’ve been around for 50 f***ing years, and we ain’t quitting!” he declared. “We ain’t doing no farewell tour bullsh*t! Jesus Christ! No farewell tour for the E Street Band!”
He added, “Farewell to what? A thousand people screaming your name? Get the hell out. I ain’t going anywhere!”
In a review of Springsteen’s Pittsburgh show, Billboard noted Springsteen’s “earth-quaking exuberance” and the band’s ability to deliver “magic moments” night after night. The same energy was palpable in Philadelphia, where the band delivered a set that spanned decades of hits.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band 2025 European Tour Dates
May 17 – Manchester, England – Co-op Live – On-sale: Oct. 11 at 10am BST (5 am ET) ticketmaster.co.uk
May 20 – Manchester, England – Co-op Live – On-sale: Oct. 11 at 10am BST (5 am ET) ticketmaster.co.uk
May 24 – Lille, France – Stade Pierre Mauroy – On-sale: Oct. 7 at 10am CEST (4am ET) gdp.fr/en
May 31 – Marseille, France – Orange Velodrome (rescheduled from May 25, 2024) gdp.fr/en
June 4 – Liverpool, England – Anfield Stadium – On-sale: Oct. 11 at 10am BST (5am ET) ticketmaster.co.uk
June 11 – Berlin, Germany – Olympiastadion – On-sale: Oct. 9 at 10am CEST (4am ET) ticketmaster.de
June 15 – Prague, Czech Republic – Airport Letnany (rescheduled from May 28, 2024) ticketmaster.cz
June 18 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park – On-sale: Oct. 9 at 10am CEST (4am ET) ticketmaster.de
June 21 – San Sebastian, Spain – Estadio Reale Arena (Anoeta) – On-sale: Oct. 8 at 10am CEST (4am ET) doctormusic.com entradas.com
June 27 – Gelsenkirchen, Germany – Veltins Arena – On-sale: Oct. 9 at 10am CEST (4am ET) ticketmaster.de
June 30 – Milan, Italy – San Siro Stadium (rescheduled from June 1, 2024) ticketmaster.it
July 3 – Milan, Italy – San Siro Stadium (rescheduled from June 3, 2024) ticketmaster.it
After 16 years of waiting for new music from The Cure, the beloved goth rock godheads have going from zero to the end in quick succession. After dropping the broody “Alone” last week, the Robert Smith-fronted band pulled the curtain back a bit more on Monday morning (Sept. 30) with a tantalizing tease of the even more morose “Endsong.”
The 15-second instrumental bit of the track previewed on the band’s Instagram Story was missing Smith’s iconic haunting melancholy vocals, but it leans hard into the English band’s signature turbulent songcraft via layers of chiming guitars, churning drums and an overall foreboding vibe.
Smith talked about the overall feel of their upcoming Songs of a Lost World studio album in a video interview posted on Friday in which the singer said he doesn’t recall there being an “official beginning” to the sessions for their 14th studio album. “Because it’s been kind of drifting in and out of my life for like an awful long time,” said Smith of the long-awaited follow-up to 2008’s 4:13 Dream.
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“I mean, if I have one regret it’s that I said anything at all about it in 2019,” he added of an interview he did five years ago in which he blamed himself for “going back over and redoing them [the songs]” endlessly during a time when he was grieving the losses of his mother, father and brother.
He said he shouldn’t have talked about the album at all back then because the band had just started working on it at that point. “There are various points where I thought, ‘I think we’re gonna make a new album’… and then… for various reasons other things have happened and the idea’s been sort of pushed back.” During the course of the band’s nearly half-century career, Smith said the key to completing a record has been him nailing down both the opening and closing song on a project.
“[If I do that] I think that the album’s halfway done,” he said. “That’s the key for an album.” As proof, after releasing “Alone,” Smith said it was “the track that unlocked the record; as soon as we had that piece of music recorded I knew it was the opening song, and I felt the whole album come into focus.”
“Alone” and “Endsong” will appear on Songs of a Lost World, which is due out on Nov. 1 via Capitol Records. The album, whose full track list has not yet been announced, was produced by Smith and Paul Corkett, who also co-produced 2000’s Bloodflowers. It features contributions from Smith, Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums), Reeves Gabriel (guitar) and Roger O’Donnell (keyboards); the latter longtime member recently announced that he’d been diagnosed with rare and “aggressive” blood cancer a year ago, but added that “I’m fine and the prognosis is amazing”.
Listen to Smith talk about the new album below.
Metallica closed out its visit to Mexico on Sunday (Sept. 29) with a final tribute to the country. Bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett once again surprised the crowd who gathered at the GNP Seguros Stadium (formerly known as Foro Sol) with a performance of another classic from the Mexican popular songbook: “Los Luchadores” by the legendary tropical music group La Sonora Santanera.
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“El Santo, el Cavernario, Blue Demon y el Bulldog,” sang Trujillo, who is of Mexican origin, while Hammett delighted the 65,000 fans gathered at the venue with his challenging riffs, according to figures provided by the promoter OCESA.
With the band’s unique interpretation of La Sonora Santanera’s classic song, the quartet ended a series of performances in Mexico City that marked its return to the country after a seven-year absence. In total, Metallica gathered 260,000 attendees during four sold-out shows, according to OCESA.
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The legendary Californian metal band, also made up of vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, visited Mexico as part of its M72 World Tour. The group promoted its four dates —Sept. 20, 22, 27 and 29 — with photos of guitar picks with drawings of Mexican pop culture such as the iconic wrestler “El Santo” and a colorful piñata.
Each show included a song in Spanish by a Mexican act, all performed by Trujillo accompanied by Hammett. On Friday (Sept. 27), the band played its own version of the Mexican group El Tri’s classic “A.D.O.” The gesture was reciprocated hours later by the Mexican band’s frontman, veteran rocker Alex Lora, in a video posted on social media.
“Thank you, Metallica, for making my classic A.D.O. yours! Thank you, Trujillo! Thank you, Hammett! And long live rock n’ roll!” Lora said in a video on Instagram, in which he also played the first few verses of his celebrated song.
Previously, during the band’s first night on Sept. 20, Metallica paid tribute to the norteño music group Los Tucanes de Tijuana by playing “La Chona.” Two days later, the rockers paid tribute to rock group Caifanes with their cumbia-themed hit “La Negra Tomasa.”
Metallica’s history with Mexico began three decades ago while promoting its Black Album (1991), when they performed five shows at the Palacio de los Deportes in 1993. Since then, the band has maintained a close relationship with the country, including recording the live DVD Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria (2009), which portrays three spectacular nights in June 2009 at the Foro Sol (now the GNP Seguros Stadium).
Shortly after rolling out the first North American dates for their 2025 reunion tour, Oasis revealed that they will ditch Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing scheme for the gigs. “Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model will not be applied to the forthcoming sale of tickets to Oasis concerts in North America,” the group announced on X in an official statement from their management on Monday morning (Sept. 30).
“It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket touting and keep prices for a significant proportion of fans lower than the market rate and thus more affordable,” the statement continued. “But, when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over at the moment tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that cannot cope with that demand, it becomes less effective and can lead to an unacceptable experience for fans.”
The statement concluded, “We have made this decision for the North American tour to hopefully avoid a repeat of the issues fans in the UK and Ireland experienced recently.” At press time a spokesperson for Ticketmaster had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment.
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The move comes in response to the bumpy rollout of the initial slate of dates for the first Oasis tour in 16 years. Back in August, the crushing demand for the summer 2025 UK/Ireland reunion shows by battling brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher sparked some fury among fans who spent hours on queue in a desperate bid to snag one of the one million tickets.
The anger was such that the British government promised to open a probe into the use of dynamic pricing for concert tickets after fans who waited on digital line for hours discovered that the cost of a standing ticket had nearly doubled due to high demand. At the time, a Ticketmaster spokesperson said that all ticket prices are set by the tour’s promoters.
Dynamic ticket pricing has become a staple in the U.S. live music industry in recent years, but Oasis’ comeback tour – jointly promoted by Live Nation, SJM Concerts, MCD and DF Concerts – marked its most high-profile and possibly biggest roll out for live concerts in the U.K. and Ireland. The U.K. competition regulator launched an investigation into TM over the Oasis ticket roll-out a week after the initial on-sale prompted hundreds of complains from fans.
At the time, Oasis said they had “no awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used” for the UK ticketing roll-out, adding that “it needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management.”
The North American run of stadium dates for the 2025 reunion tour were rolled out on Monday morning, consisting of visits to five North American stadiums beginning with an August 24 show at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, followed by an August 28 gig at Soldier Field in Chicago and an August 31 stop at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
For now, the North American portion will wind down with a Sept. 6 show at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles and a Sept. 12 stop at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City. Cage the Elephant — led by brothers singer Matt Shultz and guitarist Brad Shultz — will open all the new dates.
Oasis warned fans to be “careful what you wish for” over the weekend, hinting that the long-awaited announcement of additional international dates for their reunion tour were on the horizon. Well, that tease became a reality on Monday morning (Sept. 30) when brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher revealed the first dates for the North American leg of their 2025 world tour.
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The run of shows will have the famously battling sibling playing a series of stadium shows in five North American cities beginning with an August 24 show at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, followed by an August 28 gig at Soldier Field in Chicago and an August 31 show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
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The run of concerts is currently slated to wind down with a Sept. 6 show at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles and a Sept. 12 stop at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City. A press release noted that the gigs will be Oasis first in North America in 16 years, with the band saying, “America. Oasis is coming. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along.” Cage the Elephant — led by singer Matt Shultz and his brother, guitarist Brad Shultz — will open all the new dates.
Oasis shocked the world in August when they revealed that they would put their differences aside and reunite for one of the most anticipated rock get-backs of all time. The first round of 2025 shows across the U.K. instantly sold out for the tour that is slated to kick off with two shows at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on July 4-5, followed by a five-night stand at Heaton Park in their native Manchester (July 11, 12, 16, 19, 20) and another five-night run at Wembley Stadium in London (July 25, 26, 30, August 2, 3).
The swing will then hit Dublin, Ireland for two shows at Croke Park (August 16, 17) before hopping the Atlantic for the North American shows and returning to Wembley for two more sold-out gigs on Sept. 27, 28.
The last time Oasis played the U.S. in 2008 on the Dig Out Your Soul tour they performed in 10,000-20,000 capacity arenas. The stadiums on their upcoming North American swing will accommodate between 45,000-80,000+ fans. According to the release announcing the new shows, plans are still underway for Oasis Live ’25 to hit “other continents outside of Europe and North America later next year.
Registration for a presale for the North American dates is open here through Tuesday (Oct. 1) at 8 a.m. ET, with a general onsale slated to begin on Friday (Oct. 4) at 12 p.m. ET local time here.
Stevie Nicks‘ “The Lighthouse” tops this week’s new music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Sept. 27) on Billboard, choosing the rock icon’s fresh song as their favorite new music release of the past week.
The poll presented stiff competition, but Nicks’ new song brought in almost 72% of the vote. Voters this week chose “The Lighthouse” over hot new music releases from talent including Lady Gaga, The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, Rosalía featuring Ralphie Choo, and more.
“The Lighthouse,” Nicks stated upon releasing the track on Sept. 27, “may be the most important thing I ever do.”
“I have my scars, you have yours/ Don’t let them take your power,” she sings with skilled restraint, with verses leading up to a dynamic chorus that urges listeners to “see the future and get mad.”
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“I wrote this song a few months after Roe v. Wade was overturned,” wrote Nicks in a post on Instagram. “It seemed like overnight, people were saying ‘what can we, as a collective force, do about this…’ For me, it was to write a song.”
She continued, “It took a while because I was on the road. Then early one morning I was watching the news on TV and a certain newscaster said something that felt like she was talking to me~ explaining what the loss of Roe v. Wade would come to mean. I wrote the song the next morning and recorded it that night. That was September 6, 2022. I have been working on it ever since. I have often said to myself, ‘This may be the most important thing I ever do. To stand up for the women of the United States and their daughters and granddaughters ~ and the men that love them.”
“This is an anthem,” Nicks said.
Among the new music trailing behind “The Lighthouse” on this week’s poll is Lady Gaga’s Harlequin project, nearing 18% of the vote, and The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s new collab “Timeless,” with 3% of the vote.
See the final results of this week’s poll below.
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Congratulations are in order for Frances Bean Cobain and her husband, Riley Hawk, who have welcomed their first child together.
The daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain revealed through Instagram on Saturday (Sept. 28) that she and the son of skateboarding legend Tony Hawk are now proud parents to a baby boy.
“Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk,” Frances, 32, captioned adorable black-and-white photos of the newborn, revealing he was born on Sept. 17. “Welcome to the world most beautiful son. We love you more than anything.”
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In the first photo, the tiny baby is seen holding his mother’s hand, while another shows proud dad Riley, 31, cradling his son in a soft blanket.
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The couple’s friends and family flooded the comments section of France’s post, sharing messages of well-wishes and congratulations. New grandfather Tony Hawk joked, “My favorite grandson!” and Harper Grohl, the daughter of the Kurt’s former bandmate Dave Grohl, replied with heart and teary-eyed emojis.
The comments section also included touching notes from famous musicians, including R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer, among others.
“With all the love and energy in the whole world,” commented Stipe, who is France’s godfather. Gordon added, “Huge congratulations!” And Palmer wrote, Oh my god!!! MAZEL TOV to all of you and everyone over there. I am so incredible happy to see this universe-stitching news. All the love to you.”
Frances and Riley’s romance was first revealed through social media in 2022, and the couple married about a year later in an intimate ceremony officiated by R.E.M.’s Stipe.
See France Bean Cobain’s baby announcement on Instagram here.