Oasis fans face anxious wait as pre-sale ballot closes
Some fans will be given an early chance to buy tickets to their first gigs in 16 years
Oasis fans are facing an anxious wait to find out if they'll be given an early chance to buy tickets to the bands reunion tour.
A pre-sale ballot closed at 10:00BST, and fans will receive and email with a link by 17:00BST on Friday (August 30) if they have been successful.
Applicants had to answer a question about who the band's first drummer was - with Google searches rocketing on Tuesday.
The deadline was also extended due to huge demand.
It came after the band added three extra dates to their 2025 reunion tour before a single ticket had even been sold.
Noel Gallagher and his brother Liam put their acrimonious split behind them, confirming the band's long-awaited reunion on Tuesday, saying: "The great wait is over."
The UK and Ireland shows, which are the only European dates, were announced as follows: Principality Stadium, July 4 and 5; Heaton Park, July 11, 12, 19 and 20; Wembley Stadium, July 25 and 26 and August 2 and 3; Murrayfield Stadium, August 8 and 9; and Croke Park, August 16 and 17.
It has not been announced who will be performing with Liam and Noel as part of Oasis.
Fans have been urging the brothers to regroup since they disbanded, a split prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.
Noel, 57, quit the Manchester rock group on August 28 2009, saying he "simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer", and the brothers have made negative comments about each other for more than a decade.
Though fans have been positive about a reunion, concerns have been raised about high ticket prices and accommodation, and the prospect of Liam and Noel having another falling out.