Oasis Tickets For Gig At Ricoh Arena For July 2009 To Sell Out By End Of The Week
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November 05, 2008
Tickets for next year’s Oasis gig in the Ricoh Arena are likely to sell out by the end of the week.
The rock group will be playing at the Coventry stadium on July 7 supported by city band The Enemy.
Tens of thousands of people have already snapped up tickets to the gig, with some die-hard Oasis fans camping outside the Ricoh to make sure they weren’t disappointed.
Fans have been putting on pressure for the band to add an extra date in Coventry but a spokesman for the Ricoh Arena said any plans for a second Oasis gig at the stadium were just rumours.
Rock legend Noel Gallagher said the band is looking forward to playing in Coventry, the only gig in next year’s tour in the Midlands. He said. “I’ve never been to the Ricoh before but apparently it’s really nice so I’m really looking forward to it. We’ve been to Coventry before though – we played at Coventry Uni in 1993.”
He also said he was looking forward to The Enemy supporting the band and said the Coventry trio have the sound of “early Oasis about them”.
Noel, who is the older of the two Gallagher brothers, said: “I’ve never actually met The Enemy – they came to see us at Birmingham but didn’t come backstage.
“I love their album and I actually bought it in a supermarket.”
The Enemy are currently recording their follow up album to their hit We’ll Live and Die in These Towns.
Oasis’s new album Dig Out Your Soul is now available and their latest single I’m Outta Time will be released on December 1.
Daniel Gidney, chief executive of the Ricoh Arena, said: “A number of keen Oasis and The Enemy fans queued overnight at the Ricoh when tickets went on sale on Thursday.
“There are still some tickets available so we urge anyone who wants to come to the gig to get their tickets quickly before they sell out.”
Tickets cost £45 each subject to a booking fee and are available via See Tickets at www.seetickets.com or at 0871 230 7137, or by logging on to www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.oasisnet.com. There are a limited number of tickets available from the Ricoh box office but they are expected to have sold out by the end of the week.
Source: www.coventrytelegraph.net