Oasis tour promoter reportedly granted licence for gigs at Knebworth

6 August 2026, 12:45 | Updated: 6 August 2026, 12:48

According to reports, SJM Concerts have secured the licence from North Hertfordshire Council, which allows them to plan and host events for up to 125,000 people.

The promoter of the epic Oasis Live '25 shows has caused a stir this week, after they were granted a license to host gigs at Knebworth.

According to reports, SJM concerts have secured the licence from North Hertfordshire Council, allowing them to plan and host events that run up to 3am at the historic grounds for up to 125,00 people.

According to a report from BBC News, the licence came into effect on Saturday ( and will remain in place "indefinitely".

There's no confirmation that the move has any connection to Oasis just yet, with SJM also being behind some of the biggest gigs and events across a wide range of genres.

However, if the licence was applied for with the Manchester rockers in mind, it would mark the first time the Gallagher brothers shared the stage at the Hertfordshire venue since their iconic duo of dates there in August 1996.

Liam Gallagher, of course played two dates at Knebworth as solo artist on the 4th and 5th June 2022, which took place across a special bank holiday weekend for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

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The news comes after it was rumoured that the band were set to announce anything from dates at Knebworth shows to a 12-night residency at Etihad Stadium—the home of their beloved Man City F.C.

According to Manchester Evening News, the band are set for a dozen nights at the football ground as part of a huge tour that is set to be announced "within weeks".

"It will be 12 nights at the Etihad Stadium across May and June, a music industry insider told MEN. It's just massive for Manchester and for the local economy.

"They could even add more dates to that as well, there's talk of up to 20."

The outlet also adds that a separate source has told them a luxury city centre hotel has already been "entirely booked out from the end of May through June".

More compelling evidence comes from the fact that Manchester's Parklife Festival announced a change to its 2027 dates, moving them from June to 10th and 11th July instead.

While much the rest of the band have kept very tight-lipped, frontman Liam has given some clues along the way of what to expect.

When one follower asked him back in December to just "announce the 2026 dates mate" the Supersonic rocker responded: "We’re not doing anything in 2026 sorry".

Then, when another quizzed Liam about playing Knebworth in 2025, he the Rock 'N' Roll Star didn't deny they'd be playing the iconic grounds, but responded: "Nothing going on next year except the WC".

While the band are yet to comment about the specifics of any dates, frontman Liam has told fans that the Britpop band will return next year and has specifically said they've got one European country on their list.

When approached outside a hotel in Italy earlier this year, when a fan asked if he'd be coming to "Roma," he responded: "without a doubt, 100 percent".

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2027 tour rumours continue to pick up place as the hotly-anticipated Oasis reunion tour documentary Don't Look Back In Anger is set for its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival next month, before it's released exclusively to Disney+ and Hulu and comes to select cinemas thereafter.

The new film will chart Liam and Noel Gallagher's return for last year's Live '25 tour - complete with exclusive behind the scenes footage of the dates.

Watch the short but sweet trailer, which was revealed last month, below:

Don't look back in anger trailer

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"Get ready to experience one of the most anticipated rock ‘n’ roll comebacks of our time," says the official promo for the new film. "Witness the return of Oasis in Don’t Look Back In Anger, in cinemas and IMAX this September."

The teaser includes comments from Noel Gallagher made before the reunion, in which the star said: "I just don’t see myself on stage with Liam, I just don’t see it" - alongside Liam Gallagher's comments on the split of Oasis in 2009: "The way it finished... unacceptable."

The film - which documents the Gallagher brothers' reunion and the resulting Live '25 tour, which kicked off in July of last year - will open in selected IMAX® locations and cinemas across the world for a limited theatrical engagement which begins on Friday 11th September. Cinema listings and ticket information will be published soon.

The doc will be streamed exclusively on Disney+ internationally and on both Hulu and Disney+ in the United States later in the year.

The film is by Peaky Blinders writer, producer and director Steven Knight and directed by by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace who helmed the documentaries Shut Up And Play The Hits and Meet Me In The Bathroom.

Knight says of the documentary: “The Oasis world tour united generations, cultures and countries and spoke to a broken world about reconciliation.

"Don’t Look Back In Anger is not only your ticket to the show – it’s a backstage pass and a seat at the table when Liam and Noel sit down together for the first time in 15 years and tell it how it is and how it was.”

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