This might be a thread derail, and I never liked Oasis but hope that everyone who gets tickets has a good time.
I find it really interesting that forum member’s kids are “obsessed” by them. When you were 16 to 25, were you listening to 30+ year old bands? In the mid 90s, that would be like listening to early Beatles, or Elvis!
I have a theory that the only bands that can have massive tours and sell-out arenas nowadays are those that became popular during the CD era, or previous to that, when you had to buy your music from a record shop, all that you could buy was what was in stock, which is also what was signed to and marketed by the record companies. Nowadays, there is something like 40,000 songs uploaded to Spotify everyday, plus almost every song recorded in the past 70 years is available. People’s listening habits are so fragmented, that it’s difficult to see how a band becomes big.
I don’t think any new band will ever reach the cultural mass that Oasis, Blur, Coldplay etc. did in the CD era and these massive arena tours could become a relic, or the preserve of mega solo artists like Taylor Swift.
Anyway, ramble over.
