The promoter of Oasis’ huge ‘Live ‘25’ tour has been granted a licence to host gigs at Knebworth, making rumours of a 2027 comeback more likely.

SJM concerts secured the licence from North Hertfordshire Council, meaning that they now have the ability to plan and host events at the iconic space. The licence allows for events up to 125,000 people, and permits the promoter to plan live music events that can run up to 3am.

The licence came into effect immediately, according to a report from BBC News, and will remain in place indefinitely.

Oasis are just one of the bands that SJM helps organise gigs for, and in the past the promoter has also hosted performances from the likes of The Prodigy, Take That, Peter Kay and more.

While the licence doesn’t necessarily mean that the promoter is looking to plan any gigs for Oasis, it does make the rumours that the Britpop giants are returning to Knebworth seem more likely.

This year marks 30 years since Oasis first played their legendary 1996 Knebworth gigs, which sold out in under 24 hours and saw them welcome 250,000 fans across two nights. There were reportedly 2.6million people scrambling to get tickets for those 1996 shows – the equivalent of 5 per cent of the entire UK population – and the demand was so high that they could have sold out 20 nights at the venue.

The band later released a live album from the shows and later celebrated the 25th anniversary with a feature-length documentary, which went on to become the country’s highest-grossing documentary film of 2021.

Liam later played two solo shows there in 2022, which drew in approximately 170,000 fans over two nights.

Last month, rumours emerged that Oasis were looking to follow up their huge 2025 reunion tour with another run of UK and European dates in 2027. Among the dates speculated included a 12-night homecoming residency in Manchester and a return to Knebworth.

There have been rumours of a return to the Hertfordshire space circulating since 2025, when a British peer stood up in the House of Lords’ upper house last year and claimed that Liam and Noel Gallagher would be playing five, back-to-back anniversary gigs there in 2026. She would later backtrack on the comments.

The rumours that arose last month of more tour dates in 2027 arose when “a number of sources” close to Manchester City FC reportedly shared that there were 12 shows planned for the Etihad Stadium.

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but if residency shows are announced, tickets are likely to come on sale this summer. It also seems likely that dates would take place in May and June, as Man City’s fixture list for 2026/2027 means that their last home game is on Saturday May 23.

Around that time the rumours were first sparked, Manchester Evening News also highlighted that Parklife festival had been rescheduled – now taking place on July 10 and 11 as opposed to its usual June scheduling – potentially changed to avoid a clash with any Oasis shows planned for June.

Since the ‘Live ‘25’ shows wrapped up in November, Oasis themselves have been teasing more live dates on the way.

Back in December, Liam appeared to confirm that the band would not be touring again until 2027 at the earliest, sharing on X: “We’re not doing anything in 2026 sorry”. He later continued to get fans’ hopes up by writing: “Bring on 2027… I mean 2026”.

Shortly before then, the frontman also implied that more live dates could be on the way. When asked if he was feeling “sad that the tour is ending soon”, Liam cheekily wrote back: “I’m not actually, as I know things you don’t know”.

The iconic frontman has continued to drop hints in 2026 as well, telling a fan earlier this year that Oasis would “without a doubt. 100 per cent” be playing live in Rome in 2027.

Although only time will tell if Oasis are playing more gigs next year, however, the band have seemingly put a dampener on any hopes of new music.

Liam recently responded to fans’ requests for a new Oasis album, saying on X: “No. I’m just not prepared for the criticism if it doesn’t sell 100 million copies in the first hour, cure bad breath and constipation for the nation, if it doesn’t turn back time for Cher and some other shit. Let’s just do some gigs and be happy, thank you.”

In February, Noel revealed that he was “in the studio”, though it remains unclear whether he was working on new Oasis music or solo material with the High Flying Birds. He had previously added fuel to the rumour mill when he said he was “back at work” following his Christmas break. Liam was also seen leaving the studio, although it looks like he is working on a follow-up to his album with The Stone Roses’ John Squire.

While new music doesn’t seem likely, Oasis are set to release a new Steven Knight-directed documentary next month, and the first trailer dropped earlier this summer.  Don’t Look Back In Anger will be released in cinemas and on IMAX on September 11, before becoming available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu around the world at a later date in 2026.

The latest clips show Liam and Noel backstage, promising that the reunion shows were “going to be chaos”. Since then, it has also been reported that Noel and Liam will attend the Venice Film Festival together for the premiere.

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