Oasis To Play Heaton Park

After weeks of speculation, Oasis have confirmed two huge hometown shows at Heaton Park for next summer.

The Gallagher brothers originally caused anger when their 'Dig Out Your Soul 2008/2009 World Tour' was revealed to be going to Liverpool then Sheffield - and missing out Manchester.

But they included two homecoming dates as they announced an eight-concert UK stadium tour today.

The gigs at the biggest municipal park in Europe are a departure for the Burnage boys, who have played their beloved Maine Road, Old Trafford Cricket Ground and the City of Manchester Stadium in recent years.

The show's at the north Manchester park are part an eight-date outdoor jaunt and will see Midlands rockers Kasabian and The Enemy on the support bill.

On the dates, a typically cocksure Noel told a press conference: "Looking at the bill, I think these are going to be the gigs of next year, if not the decade for a certain demographic.

"I'm just glad I can get tickets. These are the gigs that people remember, they meet future wives.

"I give thanks that we're headlining it and not some heritage act on before a bunch of kids."

The Heaton Park concerts are the first two dates of the 2009 tour which ends with the band's debut appearances at the new Wembley stadium.

Oasis will also perform at Sunderland's Stadium of Light, Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Murrayfield in Edinburgh, and Slane Castle in Dublin.

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk