Ashcroft locked in for every night of Oasis Live ’27

Oasis have announced Oasis Live ’27, a 38-show run with Richard Ashcroft confirmed as special guest at every date. The itinerary opens on 21 May 2027 at Celtic Park in Glasgow and closes on 19 September 2027 at Knebworth, visiting Scotland, England, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Italy, the United States and Ireland.

The band said: "After a period of reflection ‘The Most Damaging Pop Cultural Force In Recent British History’ has declared itself fit for purpose." Registration for tickets opened immediately, with codes due to be issued after 17 September 2026.

Compared with the 2025 dates, the new run reaches fresh cities and venues, with the exception of the Manchester homecoming shows. Ashcroft’s place on the bill follows the support slot he took on that earlier tour; Ashcroft had said how much he enjoyed the run and the lift it gave his live work.

From Britpop to the stadium circuit

Oasis formed in Manchester in 1991, first as the Rain, with Liam Gallagher, Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll, Noel Gallagher joining soon after and taking over songwriting for the band’s first four albums. They became one of the defining and most widely successful groups of the Britpop era. The catalogue still centres on the early records: *Definitely Maybe* in 1994 and *(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?* the following year, alongside the singles and EPs that fixed their sound in public memory. Live releases drawn from the 2025 shows — among them recordings from Edinburgh, Manchester, London, Cardiff, Dublin and Wembley — have kept that material in circulation while the next stadium chapter was prepared.

Ashcroft’s path runs alongside that story without ever being identical to it. He was lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist of The Verve from their formation in 1990 until the original split in 1999, writing "Bitter Sweet Symphony", "Lucky Man" and the UK number one "The Drugs Don’t Work". After the band’s first break-up he built a solo career that placed three albums in the UK top three, beginning with *Alone With Everybody* in 2000 and *Human Conditions* in 2002. The Verve reformed in 2007 and had parted again by the summer of 2009; Ashcroft then formed RPA & The United Nations of Sound and issued a further album in 2010. Later solo sets include *These People* (2016), *Natural Rebel* (2018) and the acoustic collection *Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1* (2021). More recent releases — the 2024 version of "Sonnet" used on the John Lewis Christmas advert, the 2025 single "Lover" and the album *Lovin’ You* the same year — have kept his catalogue active while the Oasis dates have expanded his live reach.

What the ’27 dates change

Putting Ashcroft on every night of a 38-date route is a clearer statement than a handful of selected supports. It ties the two catalogues together across a full season rather than a few shared bills, on stages that range from Scottish and English football grounds to arenas and stadiums on the Continent and in the United States. For audiences who already know both bodies of work, the pairing is familiar from 2025; for the new cities on the map it is the first chance to hear that combination at this scale.

The practical next step is the ticketing process already under way. Codes will be issued after 17 September; the first show remains more than eight months off. Nothing further has been announced about additional guests, set-length or any accompanying release. What is fixed is the shape of the tour itself: 38 nights, Ashcroft as special guest throughout, Glasgow to Knebworth, May to September 2027.