How Much Will The Gallagher Brothers Make From Their Oasis World Tour? A Supersonic Champagne Supernova Wonderwall Windfall

By Brian Warner on July 17, 2025 in Articles › Music News

One of my favorite music documentaries of all time is called "Oasis: Supersonic." As you may have guessed, it's about the British band Oasis. It appears to be streaming on Cinemax via Hulu (but you would need a Cinemax account). You can also rent it on Amazon. A few years ago, I actually signed up for some streaming service for a month JUST so I could watch this documentary. I think it was Showtime. Or maybe it was Cinemax? But I digress.

Even if you don't care all that much about Oasis, I think you'll enjoy Oasis: Supersonic. The doc does an incredible job detailing the rise, success, and brutal fighting of the Gallagher brothers.

At some point during that documentary, one of the interviewees (it may have been Chris Martin) describes the Gallagher brothers this way (I'm paraphrasing):

"It's like God made a brain that powered the greatest rock star musician ever. Half the brain powers the greatest rockstar of a generation. The other half powers the greatest songwriter of a generation. Then God put half the brain in one brother and the other half in the other brother and had them form a band. Oh, and then he made them hate each other."

L-R Noel and Liam Gallagher (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

That's Noel Gallagher (left) and Liam Gallagher (right) in the photo above. Going back to the God/brain analogy, Noel is the behind-the-scenes genius songwriter/guitarist, and Liam is the charismatic lead singer/rockstar frontman.

Oasis exploded onto the scene in the early 1990s and immediately took over the British music world. Their 1994 debut album, "Definitely Maybe", became the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history. The follow-up, "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?", turned them into global superstars, selling more than 22 million copies worldwide and producing the timeless anthem "Wonderwall." At their peak, they were selling out stadiums across Europe and inspiring a generation of fans, critics, and fellow musicians. They were also fighting like hell.

The Gallagher brothers' legendary infighting became as central to the Oasis mythology as the music itself. Fistfights. Canceled shows. Public insults. Lawsuits. Walkouts. It was chaos — and it was constant.

In 1994, Liam reportedly brought a tambourine to Noel's head during a rehearsal argument. In 1996, they got into a shouting match on a ferry to the Netherlands, and Noel flew home without playing the show. In 2000, after a fight in Barcelona, Noel quit the tour midway through. On multiple occasions, Liam would insult Noel's wife or children, sometimes mid-show, sometimes in interviews. Noel would retaliate by calling Liam "a man with a fork in a world of soup" or comparing him to a "spotty teenager."

At times, the tension was weirdly theatrical. At other times, it was genuinely dangerous. Liam once allegedly smashed one of Noel's guitars and swung it at him backstage. Another time, Liam backed out of MTV Unplugged last minute, citing a sore throat, and then heckled Noel from a balcony with a beer in hand as he performed solo.

By 2009, the tension boiled over for good. Backstage at a festival in Paris, Liam reportedly smashed one of Noel's guitars and tried to attack him with it. Noel walked. The band was over.

In the years since, they've traded barbs in the press and on social media — Liam mocking Noel as a sellout or "potato," Noel accusing Liam of being violent, lazy, or "a professional whiner."

For over a decade, they apparently did not see each other or speak directly. The bad blood was THICK. Thick enough where the idea of a reunion was absolutely out of the question. A non-starter. A ZERO PERCENT possibility.

And then something changed.

In August of last year, Oasis fans (and music fans in general) rejoiced at the stunning announcement that the brothers had apparently reconnected AND agreed to stage a world tour. Their Oasis Live '25 Tour will involve 41 stadium concerts around the country. Against all odds, it happened. On July 4, 2024, in Cardiff, Wales, the brothers Gallagher played together for the first time in 16 years.

After the concert, while fans wept tears of joy as they walked to their cars, backstage, the Gallagher brothers were also weeping tears of joy for a totally different reason: The insane windfall of money they'll both make if they pull this off.

Not only is this one of the most anticipated concert tours in history, but it is sure to be one of the most lucrative. Every single one of the 41 shows on the Oasis Live '25 Tour sold out almost instantly. In the UK alone, more than 1.4 million tickets were scooped up in hours. In the U.S., South America, Asia, and Australia, demand has been just as frenzied.

When the dust settles, Liam and Noel stand to make an absolute fortune. Here's how it may all add up:

Ticket Sales

Across all 41 shows, the average stadium capacity is in the range of 70,000–80,000. Some nights (like Wembley and the Rose Bowl) will push well over 90,000. Conservatively estimating 70,000 tickets per show at an average face value of $140, that puts gross ticket revenue at roughly $9.8 million per night.

Multiply that by 41 shows, and you get a total gross of approximately $400–450 million in ticket sales alone.

So, how much of that goes to Liam and Noel?

In the modern touring business, top-tier artists typically take 85% of the net ticket revenue, with promoters like Live Nation or AEG retaining the remaining 15% in exchange for handling logistics, production support, and advance financial risk. But this isn't just any tour — this is a guaranteed sellout, a global event with zero marketing lift required. Oasis didn't need a promoter to take a chance on them. If anything, promoters were likely falling over themselves to get a piece.

Given that leverage, it's entirely reasonable to assume the Gallagher brothers secured at least an 85/15 split in their favor — and possibly better in key markets.

Assuming they receive 85% of the total ticket gross, that would give the Oasis camp $340–380 million before expenses.

That number alone puts this tour in rarefied financial air — and we're not even counting merchandise or the streaming doc deal yet.

Tour Costs and Net Profit

Stadium tours come with big price tags. Between stage design, audio/video equipment, dozens of crew members, travel, lodging, trucking, insurance, and local staffing, expenses could easily run $1–2 million per show.

If we assume total production and operational costs land somewhere around $60–70 million, Oasis would still be left with a massive net profit of roughly $291 million from ticket sales alone.

And that's before factoring in merch.

Merchandise

If you've ever been to a major stadium concert, you know the merch booths are packed. Fans pay $50 for a T-shirt, $40 for a poster, and another $20 for a beer koozie. This tour will be no exception.

Industry averages suggest about $10 per fan per night in merch spending is realistic, and possibly low, given the nostalgia and pent-up demand. Across 41 shows at 70,000 attendees each, that would equal nearly $30 million in total merch revenue.

After venue cuts and production costs, Oasis could walk away with an extra $20–25 million just from merch.

Bonus Payday: The Streaming Doc Deal

A reunion of this magnitude — especially one involving 25 years of backstage drama, public insults, broken guitars, and near-mythical hype — is tailor-made for a behind-the-scenes documentary.

Think "The Last Dance" meets "Oasis: Supersonic" — only this time, the story includes the actual reunion.

A deal with Netflix, Amazon, or Disney+ could easily be worth $20–30 million, especially if it includes exclusive interviews, rehearsal footage, backstage blowups, and live performance rights.