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Industry figures show Oasis earned £303 million from their comeback tour, with £8.4m per show making them 2025’s second-highest earners globally

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Oasis banked over a whopping £300m from their comeback tour – new official figures show. Liam and Noel Gallagher were quids in from their 36 shows across the world – thanks to a mammoth £303,499,672.16 pay packet.

Oasis sold 2,228,471 tickets during their critically acclaimed return to the stage. It is the biggest tour of the year by a UK act.

Their nightly revenue was a staggering £8,430,546.47. That figure doesn’t include earnings from sponsorships and merchandising, which is likely to push that balance to a likely £10m pay out per show.

The figures come after countless fans complained that when tickets for the tour went on sale last year they were waiting for hours in online queues, and faced much higher prices than those initially advertised. Some tickets soared from £148 to £355 after going on sale. It prompted an investigation into ticket pricing with Oasis speaking out to say they didn’t agree with this practice known as ‘dynamic pricing.’

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Only Beyonce beat the Manchester duo’s Oasis Live 25 in the official chart for the biggest tour acts of 2025.

Incredibly the Wonderwall stars played to over 61,000 people per show on average, who shelled out around £136.18 for a ticket.

The UK Britpop pioneers, who had never really cracked the US during their heyday, delivered shows which beat out many of the biggest live acts on the planet, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Kendrick Lamar, Shakira and Post Malone had to settle for lower spots on the top 10 tour acts of 2025.

American leading music analytics firm Pollstar has produced a chart outlining the amazing earning power for the most popular touring artists.

Beyonce was just a couple of million quid ahead of Noel and Liam as her grand total was £305,125,368.59. American fans came out in force for Oasis with huge earnings of £92.8m ($124m). Nine gigs alone saw door takings of over £10m quid ($13,780, 472) per night.

US audiences splashed much higher amounts than Europeans by ticket price £179.56 ($239.87). They shifted over a half million tickets ( 517,044 sales) across the pond.

Incredibly their nine nights earned them ninth spot in the North American tour revenue list too. Devon rockers and Oasis’s nemesis Coldplay were in third spot with hefty earnings of £292,316,214.41. Both acts enjoyed residencies at Wembley Stadium this summer. However the Chris Martin led rock act performed 14 more shows (50) to earn those revenues.

Los Angeles rapper Kendrick Lamar and Sza ’s double headliner tour, Shakira’s global run and The Weeknd came in after them in the chart. Las Vegas rock pop outfit Imagine Dragons were at position eight followed closely by Lady Gaga’s critically acclaimed Monster’s Ball tour was a mammoth smash.

Post Malone held up the top 10 with a take home of around £148m – which is less than half of Oasis. Jeff Kelly of US entertainment firm PRrppd (corr) said: “Oasis had a barnstorming 2025 not just delivering pop culture live moments, but also bringing a wave of joy to audiences worldwide. The reunion of the two feuding brothers was a very powerful experience for audiences

“Their music may date back 30 years but it remains beloved. And this combination was part of the band’s huge success. In truth if they had extended their tour and played another single stadium show they would have toppled Beyonce.”

Arthur Fogel, Live Nation’s Chairman Of Global Music and President of Global Touring, reflected on the emotional power of Oasis’ success. “It was Cardiff. I was stunned to be honest. The outpouring, the emotion, you could cut it with a knife. People were crying. It was insane.

“Grown men with a beer in each hand and tears running down their face. It was that kind of moment, you know after all fifteen years….it’s hard to put into words.”

Oasis started their tour in Wales in July and finished in Brazil in November. Last week British rock act Coldplay were crowned the highest selling tour act of the Millennium. Chris Martin and his band has shifted almost 25m ticket sales since 2000 with tours and live gigs. Those figures emerged from Pollstar’s 25 Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium chart.

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TOP TEN TOURING ARTISTS OF 2025

1. Beyonce £305m 2. Oasis £303m 3. Coldplay £292m 4. Kendrick Lamar/ SZA £269m 5. Shakira £240m 6. The Weeknd £229m 7. Chris Brown £223m 8. Imagine Dragons £187m 9. Lady Gaga £1564m 10. Post Malone £148m

LBC presenter Andrew Marr sparked concern as he appeared overwhelmed and emotional during his live radio show, with fans voicing their worries on social media

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Andrew Marr sparked concern for his wellbeing after he appeared to break down and panic during a live radio broadcast.

The esteemed 66-year-old broadcaster, who is one of the nation’s most respected political journalists, now hosts on LBC after leaving the BBC in 2021 to pursue his own projects. During his prime time radio show, Tonight with Andrew Marr, last night, an alarming incident took place.

Marr appeared visibly distressed and emotional as he tried to deliver a series of news bulletins to his listeners. Around 6.30pm, he relayed the day’s top stories in a noticeably emotional state, which he did not comment on.

He informed listeners: “Now, something momentous I need to take the time to tell you about.”

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He continued: “The winners of the Global Player Awards 2025 have been announced. And I’m speaking as the only white man, I think, in the west of – in the south of England without my own podcast. But the News Agents wins best podcast show and is most listened to.”

Andrew struggled to articulate his words and sounded on the brink of tears as he praised the Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel led podcast, which is owned by Andrew’s employer Global. He tried to brush off his emotional outburst as he moved onto US news. Sticking to the script, he told listeners: “Well, if at this point you’re looking for something to cheer you up, can I suggest that you reflect that at least you’re not in prison in Alabama.”

As the audio continued, the broadcaster sounded increasingly frantic. His severe breathlessness and voice breaking prompted serious alarm amongst listeners. Andrew’s distressing broadcast left fans so concerned for his wellbeing that numerous people shared their concerns on social media. One X user, who shared screen-recorded clips from the radio programme, posted: “Andrew Marr today around 6:30 Can’t stand his politics but this was upsetting to listen to. Hope he’s ok.”

Countless other users weighed in on the troubling footage, questioning why the broadcaster was permitted to continue presenting in such a condition. One user replied: “You would have thought his producer might have stepped in at that stage as he’s already had a major stroke. “Another worried listener added: “He has had a stroke before. Do hope they had medics there quickly.”

Some have even demanded the radio presenter be removed from broadcasting duties to allow proper recovery time.

“That sounds like a significant health issue. He should probably abandon live broadcasting”, one X user commented.

The LBC presenter has previously discussed the devastating consequences of his 2013 stroke, caused by a torn carotid artery. His spouse, fellow journalist Jackie Ashley, took nine months out of work to care for him after he was left partially paralysed. Speaking to the Radio Times in 2017, Andrew – who was 53 when he suffered his stroke – revealed: “I was very lucky with Jackie because she had grown up from when she was young with a father who was deaf.”

“You might think she has had the worst luck of all, having looked after her father [former Labour MP Jack Ashley]. When this happens to me. But she has been very good about shepherding me through the process.”

But The Mirror can reveal Marr is absolutely fine aside from suffering from a heavy cold. A source who works with Marr told the Mirror: “Andrew has had a stinking cold all week. He finished the show and is fine and will be back on air on Monday.”

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Marr was due to be off air today anyway, as Tonight with Andrew Marr is on LBC Monday – Thursday from 6-7pm. The three day weekend will hopefully give him time to rest up and sound more like his usual self next week.

Concerns from fans for former BBC veteran Marr were genuine and also reflect the fact he suffered a stroke in 2013.

In November 2021 he announced he was leaving the BBC to “get his voice back” and host a more opinion led show. He had joined the broadcaster as political editor in 2000 and presented a Sunday morning programme from 2005-2021. Born in Glasgow, Marr, 53, began his career in journalism on The Scotsman newspaper in 1981, later moving to London to become its political correspondent.

He was part of the team which launched The Independent in 1986, later becoming its editor. He joined the BBC as political editor, in May 2000.

Champion swimmer, Sharron Davies, who takes her seat in the House of Lords next year, has opened up about struggling to pay bills, after making a number of controversial comments about trans women in sport

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Olympian swimmer, Sharron Davies, has admitted she can’t afford to heat her home after making a number of controversial comments about the trans community.

The former Gladiator, 63, who takes her seat in the House of Lords next year, is known for her criticism of transgender rights and has expressed concerns about the impact she claims it has on women’s sport and spaces. Arguing that allowing trans women to compete in women’s sport disadvantages cisgender women, Sharron’s views have generated significant debate and controversy

The mum-of-three was once the toast of TV, with plum gigs, including iconic sports show Gladiators on her CV. She was also a regular commentator on the BBC. However, Sharron says pretty much all her contracts were pulled when she started to speak out about trans women in sport.

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Claiming she only survived financially because her mother had left her an inheritance, the Olympian says money is still an issue, telling the Mail: “I’m lucky in that I had had a good career, so I didn’t have a huge mortgage, but now I live in a lovely Georgian house which I can’t afford to heat because my heating bills have gone mental like everyone else’s. I have been sitting here in my electric blanket in the kitchen today.

“But I learned a long time ago that money doesn’t bring happiness. What I am doing now gives me a sense of purpose.”

Sharron is now preparing to take her seat in Parliament next year after being nominated by Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch. The Tories said the accolade was in recognition of Sharron’s sporting achievements – and her campaigning on women’s rights.

Explaining that the Conservative leader told her that people will now have to listen to her, Sharron said: “I did say: ‘Hang on, what powers come with this job? What does it all mean?’.

“Kemi said: ‘You can say to people that they need to come and see you, and they can’t really ignore you. You can write to people and they HAVE to give you an answer”.’

Sharron continued: “So now, the people who have been avoiding me won’t be able to avoid me quite as much. People who don’t want to look into my eyes and say: ‘Yes, we are letting women in sport down’ won’t be able to simply ignore me.”

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The silver-medal winner has become an outspoken campaigner against allowing transgender athletes in female competitions in order to “protect women’s sport”.

The swimmer, who won a silver medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and two Commonwealth golds, denied that her comments were transphobic and claimed she had spoken to many other female athletes who “feel the same way as me”.

Following her nomination for a peerage, Sharron said it would be “exciting to carry on fighting for women’s rights and safeguarding as well as trying to get as many kids, in particular, doing sport as possible”.