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Hotel chain accused of cancelling Oasis fans’ Manchester bookings

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• Wednesday 28 August 2024 at 12:18pm

A hotel chain has been urged to "do the right thing" after being accused of cancelling bookings coinciding with Oasis concerts - then reselling the rooms for triple the price.

Liam and Noel Gallagher announced that they will be reuniting for a 14-date UK and Ireland tour in summer 2025, with tickets due to go on sale on Saturday, 31 August.

Despite no tickets sold yet, Greater Manchester’s night-time economy adviser Sacha Lord says he has received complaints about Maldron Hotels cancelling reservations on the dates the brothers are due to perform in their hometown.

In a social media post he urged the company, which has two hotels in Manchester city centre, to “do the right thing”.

He wrote on X: “I’m being contacted by several people who booked your hotel for the Oasis concert, to say their rooms have just been cancelled and are now back up for three times the price.

"I’m sure this is a 'computer error'…easy to correct. Do the right thing.”

A number of disgruntled customers posted screenshots on X of an email appearing to be from Maldron Hotels, stating that “due to a technical error, you have received a confirmation for a booking that was not successfully made”.

Recipients were told they will be sent a “cancellation request” and asked to “accept promptly”.

On Wednesday 28 August morning they both had no rooms available from the start of July 2025 onwards.

Maldron Hotels said in a statement: “Due to a technical error with our booking system on 26 and 27 August, substantially more rooms were booked than were available for the nights of the Oasis concerts on 11, 12, 19 and 20 July 2025 at Maldron Hotel Manchester City and Maldron Hotel Cathedral Quarter.

“As a result, we are unable to honour all bookings made on these dates, and we are actively engaging with customers regarding their bookings.

“The hotels are currently not taking any bookings while we investigate the issue.

“This is not an attempt to resell rooms at inflated prices, rather an overbooking issue due to a technical error with our booking systems.

“Additionally, due to the same technical error, a small number of customers were able to book the rooms at a higher price later that evening.

“We will also be unable to accommodate these bookings.

“We will be honouring all bookings made prior to 26 August.

“We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

The price of many hotel rooms have already reportedly skyrocketed in the cities where the iconic 90s band are scheduled to perform.

Oasis are playing at Manchester’s Heaton Park on 11, 12, 19 and 20 July, as well as London’s Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium, Cardiff's Principality Stadium and Dublin’s Croke Park.

Confirming the Oasis Live 25 tour, the Burnage brothers said: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”

It will be the first time in 15 years that Noel, 57, and Liam, 51, will have performed together after the Britpop band split in 2009.

Ballot registration opened for tour tickets on Tuesday night ahead of Saturday’s general sale.

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Hotel cancels bookings on same day oasis gigs announced - as prices rocket for rooms.

Guests with bookings at a hotel in Manchester say they received a cancellation notice the same day Oasis announced their huge tour - as room prices skyrocketed across the city.

Those who had booked rooms at the Maldron, in Manchester city centre , reported being sent a message through booking operators informing them their reservations could not be upheld due to a 'technical error'. It comes after some of the most affordable hotel rooms in and around the city swiftly disappeared off booking sites for the dates Oasis were set to return, with others shooting up in price by hundreds of pounds .

On Tuesday (August 27), Noel and Liam Gallagher announced they would be reuniting and are planning to embark on a huge world tour in 2025 - including four homecoming shows in Heaton Park . The Manchester dates announced are set to take place on Friday July 11, Saturday July 12 and then Saturday July 19 and Sunday July 20.

READ MORE: Hotel madness in Manchester following huge Oasis announcement as rooms disappear and prices soar

After making bookings at the Maldron hotels in Manchester, at both the city centre hotel on Charles Street and at the Cathedral Quarter branch on Chapel Street, shortly after the announcement of the tour dates, many travellers were later told they were being sent cancellation requests to accept and that their bookings could not be honoured.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the hotel said that 'due to a technical error' with the booking system on 26 and 27 August, more rooms were listed to book than were available for the nights of the Oasis concerts at Heaton Park. "As a result, we are unable to honour all bookings made on these dates, and we are actively engaging with customers regarding their bookings", the spokesperson added.

The hotel is now 'investigating the issue' and vowed this was 'not an attempt to resell rooms at inflated prices'. The hotel is 'not taking any bookings' for these dates in the meantime, the spokesperson said, with the chain also looking into an issue that allowed a 'small number of customers to book the rooms at a higher price later in the evening'.

Night time economy advisor for Greater Manchester Sacha Lord weighed in on the issue, urging Maldron hotels to 'do the right thing'. The post, reshared by Andy Burnham on X, formerly Twitter, read: "Hey @MaldronHotels.

"I'm being contacted by several people who booked your hotel for the Oasis concert, to say their rooms have just been cancelled and are now back up for three times the price.

"I'm sure this is a "computer error"... easy to correct. Do the right thing."

Traveller Josh Finney said he made his booking with the Maldron shortly after the announcement of the tour, for July 11. His booking confirmation stated the cost of the room was £90.30.

At 8pm on Tuesday, he said he too received a notification through booking.com to inform him a cancellation request would be sent to him and that his booking couldn't be upheld due to a 'technical error.' "I checked the prices for the same dates I booked earlier today, only to see the price had nearly quadrupled to £329," he added.

Josh later tagged Booking.com and Maldron Hotels in a post on X about the situation, with the booking firm responding: "We regret to hear about this, Josh. Keep in mind that availability on our site is managed by the properties and, if they're unable to honor your booking, they need to help you find another place to stay."

Another man, who booked the Maldron hotel for the evening of July 20 on Tuesday morning for £145. After initially receiving confirmation, he claimed he shortly after received a notification citing a booking error.

He said: "I was saying to friends I booked hotel early to avoid the chance of selling out or price hikes and said I was happy with £145, then I get a email to cancel my booking and they have hiked the price.

"They would sell out and fill their occupancy anyway. I use Manchester hotels and particularly this one often for social and work stays but after this I won’t be in any capacity.

"It's a shame as the city will make a fortune directly from these concerts and hotels will sell out."

Another disappointed customer, Steve, said he had booked the Maldron Cathedral Quarter hotel for July 12 and 19. He said he received a confirmation email after booking, but once Oasis had announced the dates, was then sent an email to state the bookings had been cancelled.

"It's shocking", he told the Manchester Evening News. Other affected people also took to X, as @azzer4576 wrote: "@MaldronHotels cancelling bookings made for Oasis. Absolute disgrace. Now I’ve gotta pay over £400 for something I booked for £90 that’s just under a full weeks wage for me to find."

And @eurosrees, who also shared a screenshot of the cancellation notice, posted: "Same here, they have unfortunately had quite a few convenient technical errors today."

@sarahburrows78 penned: "Booked @MaldronHotels Manchester this morning at 8am and have just been told that there's been a technical issue and my booking hasn't gone through. Apparently everyone who was quick off the mark with the @oasis dates are being penalised. Disgusting."

@LilyStroud_ added: "Booked The Maldron Hotel Manchester yesterday for 11-13th & 18-20th before gigs were announced. Conveniently they have cancelled our bookings “due to a technical error”. TERRIBLE."

Manchester councillor Pat Karney told the M.E.N: "We have spoken to trading standards at the town hall about this. We hope the hotel will do the right thing and honour the bookings."

A spokesperson for Maldron hotels said in a statement: "Due to a technical error with our booking system on 26 & 27 August 2024, substantially more rooms were booked than were available for the nights of the Oasis concerts on 11/12/19/20 July 2025 at Maldron Hotel Manchester City and Maldron Hotel Cathedral Quarter. As a result, we are unable to honour all bookings made on these dates, and we are actively engaging with customers regarding their bookings.

"The hotels are currently not taking any bookings while we investigate the issue. This is not an attempt to resell rooms at inflated prices, rather an overbooking issue due to a technical error with our booking systems.

"Additionally, due to the same technical error, a small number of customers were able to book the rooms at a higher price later that evening. We will also be unable to accommodate these bookings.

"We will be honouring all bookings made prior to 26 August. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused."

A spokesperson for Booking.com said: "While hotels and other accommodation are in complete control of their availability and prices that they list on Booking.com, we do have strict guidelines and codes of conduct, and if we are made aware of any practices that break our terms and conditions then we can take action as needed - this can be to ask that the partner act fairly and honour bookings they have already confirmed to our mutual customers, or offer viable alternatives.

"In cases where an accommodation is unable to honour a reservation we will intervene on behalf of the customer as a next step."

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A hotel chain has denied cancelling existing bookings during the newly announced Oasis tour in the hope of re-selling the rooms at a premium.

Angela Smith, 51, was booked at the Maldron Hotel in Manchester ’s Cathedral Quarter for two nights from 19 Saturday July .

She had reserved four rooms for her family on Booking.com for a total of £1,820 for the two nights, and was told by the online agent: “You’ve guaranteed your booking by credit card.” Ms Smith did not pre-pay for the rooms.

After she had made the reservation, Oasis announced that they would be playing on both the Saturday and Sunday nights at Manchester’s Heaton Park.

She then received a message from “The Reservations Team” at the hotel headlined: “Cancellation requested due to system error.” It read: “We are writing to inform you of an issue with your booking at Maldron Hotel Manchester Cathedral Quarter.

“Due to a technical error, you have received a confirmation for a booking that was not successfully made. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate your booking at this time.”

The hotel, which opened only this summer, is now showing as “Fully Booked” from 14 July to 10 August 2025.

Ms Smith, from Tyne and Wear, then contacted The Independent , saying: “I know for a fact that I got it relatively cheap for what some are offering now and no chance of getting anything booked again. Can the hotel do this?”

A spokesperson for Maldron Hotels said: “Due to a technical error with our booking system on 26 and 27 August 2024, substantially more rooms were booked than were available for the nights of the Oasis concerts on 11/12/19/20 July 2025 at Maldron Hotel Manchester City and Maldron Hotel Cathedral Quarter.

“As a result, we are unable to honour all bookings made on these dates, and we are actively engaging with customers regarding their bookings.

“The hotels are currently not taking any bookings while we investigate the issue. This is not an attempt to resell rooms at inflated prices, rather an overbooking issue due to a technical error with our booking systems.

“Additionally, due to the same technical error, a small number of customers were able to book the rooms at a higher price later that evening. We will also be unable to accommodate these bookings.

“We will be honouring all bookings made prior to 26 August. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

According to Booking.com rules for hoteliers: “All bookings are confirmed immediately and have to be honoured.”

The online intermediary says that in the case of overbooking “it’s your responsibility to relocate your guest in case of overbooking and find them accommodation of the same or higher standard”.

Ms Smith had been expecting to pay £227 per room per night. A hotel of similar standard, the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly, is now selling at £903 on the Saturday night.

Another disappointed guest, Lily Stroud, wrote on X : “Booked The Maldron Hotel Manchester yesterday for 11-13th & 18-20th before gigs were announced.

“Conveniently they have cancelled our bookings ‘due to a technical error’.”

While consumer rights for cancelled or overbooked flights are perfectly clear, when hoteliers cancel bookings made in good faith the rules are opaque.

A hotel booking constitutes a contract. But generally a hotel can cancel citing, as Maldron Hotels says, a rate “posted on the website incorrectly due to a technical or human error”.

Other properties include terms such as: “The hotel reserves the right to alter prices for any reason up to the date of booking or up to 12 weeks prior to arrival, whichever is the later.”

The leading lawyer Gary Rycroft, partner at Joseph A Jones of Lancaster, said: “If you are confident that you have formed a contract the way to enforce it is by applying to the court for ‘specific performance’.

“Here you would ask the hotel to honour contract for the room at the original price. They might offer evidence they simply can’t due to overbooking – as per their statement.

“But if evidence from the hotel is not compelling a court may grant specific performance. A key factor is the ‘uniqueness’ of the contract. Here you could argue the Oasis concert bestows that quality.

“The catch is the cost risk of going to court – which is why it would be great for consumers if a body like the Competition and Markets Authority could issue robust guidance or if Which? or the Citizens’ Advice Bureau supported a test case.”

During Eurovision in Liverpool in 2022, fans accused property owners of “gouging” with rooms surging to £5,500 per night .

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Oasis Confirms 2025 Reunion With UK Tour Announcement

“The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised,” the duo wrote in a social media post

After a few days of pretty unsubtle teasing, Oasis confirmed that the band will indeed be reuniting in 2025 on Tuesday morning. The duo will head out on a UK and Ireland tour beginning next July.

“The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned,” they wrote in a post to X. “The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”

The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised. pic.twitter.com/FaELtNlVMh — Oasis (@oasis) August 27, 2024

The tour will consist of five stops and 14 shows, beginning at Cardiff Principality Stadium on July 4 for two nights. From there, the brothers will play four shows at Manchester Heaton Park, four at London Wembley Stadium (two in July and two in August), two at Edinburgh Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium and two at Dublin Croke Park.

Speculation of a reunion kicked in hard last week , as the 15th anniversary of the band’s last concert on Aug. 22, 2009 at the V Festival hit. After Noel Gallagher gave an extensive interview in which he spoke fondly of both the band and his brother Liam,  The Times  reported the brothers had ended their long feud.

The same day as Noel Gallagher’s interview dropped, Liam Gallagher posted to X saying ““I never did like that word FORMER.” Later, the band’s official account posted a teaser video earmarking August 27 for news.

Tickets for Oasis’ UK & Ireland tour go on sale this Saturday, August 31.

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Oasis: Mancunian rockers who took on the world before their acrimonious split

Oasis were one of the most successful groups to emerge during the Britpop era of the mid-1990s before their bitter split in 2009, prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.

Formed in Manchester in 1991, the rock band was led by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher and his brother, lead vocalist Liam Gallagher , during their 18 years together.

Now, more than a decade later, the pair have confirmed they are to reunite for the Oasis Live 25 world tour, which will start in Cardiff next July, followed by dates in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin.

The band signed to independent record label Creation Records in 1993 and released their debut album Definitely Maybe on August 29 1994.

Featuring tracks including Supersonic, Rock ‘N’ Roll Star and Cigarettes & Alcohol, it became a great critical and commercial success, and propelled the band to stardom.

The group started living up to the rocker stereotype and made headlines when they missed their first international gig in Amsterdam in 1994 because they had been deported back to the UK after getting caught up in a drunken brawl on the outbound ferry.

In 1995, the delivered their second studio album – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – which became the fifth biggest-selling album of all time in Britain.

The album contained some of their biggest hits including Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger and Champagne Supernova – songs which have gone on to become globally known.

The band released a further five studio albums, four of which went to number one in the charts while 1998’s The Masterplan peaked at number two.

During their time together they played across the world, sold out New York’s Madison Square Garden in 2005, and headlined Glastonbury in 2004.

The brothers had been known to get into arguments over the years, but things reached breaking point at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris when Liam began swinging around a guitar.

Noel has recalled in interviews that he left the venue and was sitting in the back of a car outside the event in France when he made the decision to leave the group.

Speaking on Sky Arts programme Noel Gallagher: Out Of The Now, he said: “And the driver pulled off and that was it. I didn’t feel a sense of relief because I knew there was a shitstorm coming. And there was going to be a lot of nonsense talked about it.”

In the programme, the guitarist also admitted he felt their break-up helped cement their legacy as one of the greatest British bands of all time.

He said: “I’d written every meaningful song that was ever recorded by Oasis. And it was my life, I directed it and creatively it was my thing. With the benefit of hindsight it was the best thing for me and for the band.

“Because the band now… Oasis back in 2009 were not lauded as one of the greats of all time. There was a kind of undercurrent of ‘Well, they should really call it a day’. That’s what I felt anyway.

“I felt that people had stopped listening to the records and were coming to see us trot out the hits, and it’s a position I never wanted the band to be in. But now, of course, we’re seen as up there with all the greats.”

Since their split, Liam and Noel have been locked in a war of words, often taking digs at each other in the media or at shows.

At the NME Awards in 2018, Liam told the PA news agency that his brother was the villain of the year, saying: “He’s worse than Donald Trump. He’s the biggest liar and biggest faker in the business.”

In 2015, Noel said he would “never forgive” his brother for walking out on the band during a series of live shows before they broke up.

In an interview with the Daily Mirror, he said: “You would have to go out and say in English to a load of perplexed Japanese people ‘I know you don’t understand what I am f****** saying, but the singer has gone off, so I am going to sing the f****** rest of the songs’. I could never forgive him for that, ever.”

The year after Oasis’s split, Noel formed his own band, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds , which has experienced commercial success, with the first three albums all reaching number one in the charts and the most recent, 2023’s Council Skies, peaking at number two.

Noel and his band played the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2022 where they performed a selection of their own tracks before he went back to his Oasis roots with some of the band’s biggest hits.

Liam has enjoyed his own success as a solo artist, achieving five number one albums including 2017’s As You Were, 2019’s Why Me? Why Not, 2022’s C’mon You Know, and two live albums – MTV Unplugged and Knebworth 22.

His recent collaboration album with fellow Mancunian John Squire also soared to number one earlier this year.

Liam has also performed major festivals over the years, including The Other Stage at Glastonbury in 2017 and the Trnsmt festival earlier this year, but each time he has also treated fans by performing a selection of Oasis classics.

While the brothers have done well separately, fans have been pleading with them for years to regroup.

Reunion rumours have circulated from time to time but they have intensified recently amid the apparent thawing in the feud between the pair.

Earlier this week, fans were surprised to hear Noel pay Liam a string of compliments in an interview with music journalist John Robb at Manchester’s Sifters Records in honour of their debut album’s 30th anniversary.

Reflecting on Liam’s performance on a number of their hits, Noel said: “It’s the delivery or the tone of his voice and the attitude. I don’t have the same attitude as him.”

He also jokingly compared Liam’s voice to “10 shots of tequila on a Friday night” and his as “half a Guinness on a Tuesday”.

As part of celebrations for the debut album’s anniversary, Liam has been touring the UK this summer, playing the record in full.

Noel has been notably absent from the concerts, but during a show in Cardiff Liam made a point of dedicating Half The World Away to his brother, saying he is “still playing hard to get”.

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Oasis fans complain as hotels ‘cancel rooms and triple their prices’

One fan tells i the room he booked for £85 a night minutes after the band's announcement was relisted for £340.

Oasis fans have complained of hotels cancelling rooms and then relisting them at triple the price following confirmation of their comeback tour.

Liam and Noel Gallagher confirmed they will once again share a stage for a series of 14 shows at stadiums in the UK and Ireland next summer.

Rumours of an announcement had been circulating for several days and some fans were already lining up hotel rooms in places such as Manchester and Dublin in advance.

But several who thought they had successfully secured one at a reasonable price are now finding hotel firms are not honouring the booking following confirmation of the Oasis concert dates.

Sacha Lord, night time economy adviser for the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, wrote on X last night: “Hey Maldron Hotels. I’m being contacted by several people who booked your hotel for the Oasis concert, to say their rooms have just been cancelled and are now back up for three times the price.

“I’m sure this is a ‘computer error’… easy to correct. Do the right thing.”

Maldron Hotels denies it cancelled bookings in order to try and resell rooms at inflated prices.

Oasis fans getting hotels cancelled so they can be shafted. I booked a hotel in Manchester for July 20th. Now it’s magically been cancelled by the hotel and is now gone up to £342. @MaldronHotels @oasis @bookingcom #oasis pic.twitter.com/2LFRUaH4Fu — David O'Gorman (@davidogorman) August 27, 2024

Among those affected was David O’Gorman, from Ireland, who told i he booked at room at the Maldron Hotel in Manchester city centre for £85 per night minutes after the dates were confirmed by Oasis on Tuesday.

He received an email from website Booking.com which read: “Your booking in Manchester is confirmed.”

But 12 hours later, Mr O’Gorman received a follow-up email from the hotel directly, informing him of a “technical error” which meant his booking “was not successfully made”.

“Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate your booking at this time,” the email added. “We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.”

Mr O’Gorman then discovered Maldron Hotels was selling the same type of room he had reserved on Booking.com for £342 per night.

Oasis reunion dates for 2025 July 4th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium 5th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium 11th – Manchester, Heaton Park 12th – Manchester, Heaton Park 19th – Manchester, Heaton Park 20th – Manchester, Heaton Park 25th – London, Wembley Stadium 26th – London, Wembley Stadium August 2nd – London, Wembley Stadium 3rd – London, Wembley Stadium 8th – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium 9th – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium 16th – Dublin, Croke Park 17th – Dublin, Croke Park

Oasis are due to play four nights at Heaton Park in Manchester on 11, 12, 19 and 20 July 2025.

Mr O’Gorman said he has been left feeling “livid”.

“I totally get it’s a big event and the demand,” he said.

“But to punish someone who booked a hotel several hours before they hiked up the price is wrong.

“Flying over from Dublin etc has enough costs. I’m a Man City fan and go to five or so games a year, more if I can, and there’s never been an issue like this before.”

A spokesperson for Maldron Hotels told i : “Due to a technical error with our booking system on 26 th & 27 th August 2024, substantially more rooms were booked than were available for the nights of the Oasis concerts on 11 th /12 th /19 th /20 th July 2025 at Maldron Hotel Manchester City and Maldron Hotel Cathedral Quarter.

“As a result, we are unable to honour all bookings made on these dates, and we are actively engaging with customers regarding their bookings.

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“The hotels are currently not taking any bookings while we investigate the issue. This is not an attempt to resell rooms at inflated prices, rather an overbooking issue due to a technical error with our booking systems.

“Additionally, due to the same technical error, a small number of customers were able to book the rooms at a higher price later that evening. We will also be unable to accommodate these bookings.

“We will be honouring all bookings made prior to 26 th August.

“We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

Manchester City councillor Pat Karney told BBC Radio Manchester he would be asking the authority’s Trading Standards team to investigate what had happened adding: “There’s no justification for ripping off people.”

Mr O’Gorman was among several customers who made their reservations through website Booking.com before being told it had been cancelled.

A spokesperson for Booking.com told i : “While hotels and other accommodation are in complete control of their availability and prices that they list on Booking.com, we do have strict guidelines and codes of conduct, and if we are made aware of any practices that break our terms and conditions then we can take action as needed – this can be to ask that the partner act fairly and honour bookings they have already confirmed to our mutual customers, or offer viable alternatives.

“In cases where an accommodation is unable to honour a reservation we will intervene on behalf of the customer as a next step.”

Hotel price comparisons Cardiff Radisson Blu, 4-5 July £797; 6-7 July £585 Austin’s guest house 4-5 July £987; 6-7 July £85 Manchester Birch Hotel, 11-12 July £432; 21-22 July £192 London Hotel Xanadu, 25-26 July £306; 27-28 July £216 Edinburgh 100 Princes Street, 8-9 August £1,265; 10-11 August £685 W Edinburgh 8-9 August £809, 10-11 August £674 Angels Share Hotel, 8-9 August £540; 10-11 August £450 Dublin Drury Court Hotel 16-17 August £295; 18-19 August £296

Fans also took to social media to complain of hotel cancellations in Dublin, where Oasis will play two nights at Croke Park on 16 and 17 August.

Prices for hotel rooms have soared in Edinburgh where the band will play two nights at Murrayfield stadium on August 8 and 9.

The most expensive listing on Booking.com is currently £1,699 for one night at a two-bed aparthotel in the Old Town.

Only a handful of rooms are available, with 98 per cent of listings already fully booked.

Those that are still available cost no less than £350 a night.

Reports of price-gouging have affected a number of high-profile events in the UK in recent years, including Eurovision in Liverpool and Taylor Swift’s Eras tour.

Data shared with i earlier this year showed hotel rates in the UK have increased 82 per cent since 2019 .

The sector said it is struggling to contend with wage hikes, high interest rates and increasing costs in the supply chain.

Additional reporting by Peter Ocansey.

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Woman offers Oasis fans her garden to camp in to avoid extortionate hotel fees on one condition

She took to x to offer her back garden up to oasis fans attending the manchester gigs, but explained her conditions.

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A woman has offered Oasis fans a great deal ahead of their 2025 summer tour across the UK and Ireland.

The Manchester Britpop band announced on Tuesday (27 August) that they would be reuniting after 15 years apart, with Liam and Noel Gallagher settling their differences.

Along with the announcement, the group also announced 14 tour dates across the British Isles that would take place over July and August next year.

Oasis will be playing in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin, and have even gone out of their way to deny rumours that they could be headlining Glastonbury next June .

But with the announcement of the long-awaited reunion of the Gallaghers and their dates, hotel prices went haywire and it looks like on top of the expected amount of £100 upwards for a ticket, you may need to fork out another few hundred to have a shot at booking a hotel for the night.

Mind you, the tickets haven't even been released yet and hotel groups have already had to address 'technical errors' when booking rooms for that weekend.

It could be one of the biggest downfalls to those looking to head to one of the in-demand shows, especially if they live nowhere near the venue.

But it looks like concert-goers may have found their potential hero, as one woman took to social media to share an opportunity for fans to stay for free in her back garden, as long as they did one thing.

Olivia Bridge raised an offer on X to Oasis fans, explaining: "I live right by Heaton Park.

"If you're an Oasis fan and don't want to fork out £100s for a place to kip, you can camp in my garden. For free."

But there was one big asterisk: "The only condition is that you get a ticket for me too. I'll pay for it, and I'll even throw in brews, breakfast and a driveway.

"This is actually a serious offer!

"I've got my parents and pals all at the ready for Saturday 9am, but anything to increase my chances," she said.

Later, Olivia added to her thread to clarify that she doesn't live on Heaton Park itself, so she can't host everyone, though she shared some photos of how big her garden is and agreed with her housemate that they could probably fit four x two man tents.

Listing some benefits, which include plug sockets, supermarkets nearby, a driveway and no set check in/out times, what else could you want?

She hopes that if four people take her up on her offer, she'll have four tickets to distribute out to her best friend, dad, mum and herself, all of whom are big fans of Oasis, with the former and Olivia getting matching 'Live Forever' tattoos, a song from the band's debut album.

Despite the kind offer, Olivia highlighted: "No ticket, no entry. No breakfast, no tea, no sing songing together on the walk back from the gig,

"If you turn up without an Oasis ticket, it’s the cold concrete pavement on the main road for you I’m afraid.

"And I won’t put a stop to the 100+ pals I’ve got camping out in the back from egging and tormenting you as we skip by," she brutally admitted.

It's a decent offer, but with each person being limited to buying four tickets each, and the slim chance of getting one at all, do you think it's worth it?

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Where can i buy tickets.

Fans will be able to buy tickets from 9am on Saturday, 31 August from Ticketmaster , SEE Tickets and GIGSANDTOURS. The Dublin gigs will go on sale an hour earlier at 8am.

Pre-sale ballot winners will be able to buy tickets on Friday, 30 August from 9am.

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Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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Chappell Roan fans devastated as she cancels several gigs with ‘just 48 hours notice’

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Chappell Roan has angered fans as she revealed that she is cancelling some of her European shows – just days before they were set to take place.

Fans are furious as the Red Wine Supernova singer , 26, took to social media to reveal that she had decided to cancel two concert dates and reschedule another just days before they were set to take place.

‘Due to scheduling conflicts, I have had to make the extremely hard decision to cancel my Paris and Amsterdam shows.

‘I have rescheduled my Berlin show to 23 September. I am so sorry & very disappointed :( I promise I will be back. I’m heartbroken.

Thank you for understanding,’ she said in a post.

She then added: ‘Ticket holders for Paris and Amsterdam – refund will come from point of purchase. Berlin, your tickets will be automatically transferred over to the new date.’

Although she thanked fans for understanding, many took to social media to say they did not understand and were confused as to how a scheduling conflict could arise when the performances are just days away and when the concerts has been planned for months.

The star also did not clarify exactly what the scheduling conflict was – leading to only further speculation and disappointment from fans.

Due to scheduling conflicts, I have had to make the extremely hard decision to cancel my Paris and Amsterdam shows. I have rescheduled my Berlin show to 23 September. I am so sorry & very disappointed :( I promise I will be back. I’m heartbroken 💔 thank you for understanding. pic.twitter.com/nlEL2YhB2X — Chappell Roan (@ChappellRoan) August 29, 2024

The singer’s Berlin performance was scheduled for Saturday evening, with a Paris performance set to take place on September 3, and an Amsterdam gig scheduled for September 4.

Although she has rescheduled the Berlin performance, many fans highlighted that they had already flown to the German city for the gig and were now still stuck paying for a hotel and flight for no reason.

‘We’ve booked flights and a hotel, flying tomorrow from the UK to Berlin. Not cool at all. Hundreds of pounds wasted,’ said Domsims on X.

‘I’m literally at the airport right NOW cause I was supposed to come to your Berlin date. I’m so extremely disappointed, next time maybe don’t share this information this late,’ Destineddeath99 added.

girl berlin should be in two days?? sorry change your planning team.. this is not the first time this has happened and now i can pay a lot of money again.. also im so so sorry for those whose shows was cancelled. That’s not okay. — laura 💛🏹 (@lwlf19) August 29, 2024

‘I’m literally sitting in my hotel lobby in BERLIN!!! 48 hrs notice !!! Seriously!!! After spending thousands to come see you basically no-show! 48 hrs your fans are already here waiting this is devastating I can’t believe you did this,’ David_sfxxx said.

‘Girl berlin should be in two days?? sorry change your planning team.. this is not the first time this has happened and now i can pay a lot of money again.. also im so so sorry for those whose shows was cancelled. That’s not okay,’ said Lwlf19.

Some fans did leap to the singer’s defence asking fans to be more understanding.

‘I’m so sorry for all of those who are affected. I can’t imagine the disappointment and flood of emotions you’re feeling. However, this happens. It sucks. Truly. But it’s not chappells fault. I’m sure she doesn’t make her schedule. Please try to be understanding,’ StacyPfaehler commented.

The Good Luck, Babe singer singer has amassed huge success over the past few months after several of her songs took off on TikTok, but this latest cancellation is not the first time the singer has upset fans.

In July, the singer once again blamed ‘scheduling conflicts’ as she pulled out of another German performance.

‘Due to some scheduling shifts, I’ve had to jump out of the lineups for Superbloom and Lollapalooza Berlin. Wanted to make sure I see my German fans so I’m adding a headline show in Berlin at Columbiahalle on 31 August to kick off my EU tour!!’ she said in July in a social media post.

The singer also recently ruffled feathers after she blasted ‘predatory behaviour’ by fans that left her ‘scared and creeped out’ , and called some fans out for trying to hug her.

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We have been reporting plenty on the tax rises that could be coming in October's budget.

One of the levies that could be in line for changes is council tax, so our politics team has looked at how it works now and how the Labour government might tweak it.

The current system

Council tax is paid on domestic properties and collected by local councils.

Some people don't have to pay it or get discounts, for example those living alone, but most people over 18 who aren't students living with other students are charged.

There are valuation bands which dictate how much tax needs to be paid, based on the value of properties as they were in 1991.

New build properties developed after that date are estimated by the Valuations Office Agency and banded accordingly.

Different local councils charge different rates for each of the bands, with rates in central London often some of the cheapest, and those in more rural areas usually higher.

Current laws stipulate that any local authority wanting to raise council tax by 5% or more has to hold a referendum first.

Is it fit for purpose?

The current system was introduced in 1993.

Property values have changed significantly in the last three decades, with some London house prices having risen by more than 800%, whereas in places like Hartlepool, in County Durham, they have barely tripled.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has labelled use of the current system as "absurd" while the Institute for Government has called it "incredibly poorly designed".

What has Labour said before?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is among those to have previously called for a council tax revaluation.

A leaked recording from March revealed chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, saying he was frustrated by the "out of date" system and hinted those with homes worth over £1m may have to pay more.

In Wales, the Labour Party has promised to introduce new council tax bands and tax band rates, but that has been pushed back to 2028.

Sir Keir Starmer previously described the Welsh Labour government as a "blueprint for what Labour can do across the UK," but later told Sky News council tax was "too high for too many people".

What could the government change?

There have been reports the government could replace the banding system in favour of a 0.5% tax on the value of a property per year.

This would mean that someone in a property worth £350,000, for example, would pay £1,750 a year.

However, the move could particularly impact those living in London, where the average one-bedroom flat peaked at £327,000 in 2020.

Sir Keir Starmer today refused to deny reports his government is considering banning smoking in some outdoor spaces like pub gardens - sparking concern from the struggling  hospitality industry.

UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls said: "A ban on smoking in outdoor spaces comes with the prospect of serious economic harm to hospitality venues. 

"You only have to look back to the significant pub closures we saw after the indoor smoking ban to see the potential impact it could have. 

"This ban would not only affect pubs and nightclubs, but hotels, cafes and restaurants that have all invested significantly in good faith in outdoor spaces and continue to face financial challenges."

UKHospitality wants the government to conduct a thorough consultation on the potential impacts - and suggests a ban might not even reduce smoking, but "simply relocate smoking elsewhere, such as in the home".

The demise of the British pub was the focus of a Money blog long read earlier this month - it's well worth five minutes of your commute home...

Ticket prices for Oasis's major reunion tour have been revealed - and the cheapest ticket comes in at less than £100.

Prices listed on the See Tickets and Gigs and Tours websites show seated tickets start at £73 for the Cardiff shows, £74 in Edinburgh and £74.25 for Wembley.

Standing tickets are more expensive, starting at £151.25 in Wembley, £148.50 at Heaton Park, £150 in Cardiff and £151 in Edinburgh.

Earlier today, Oasis announced three extra concert dates in the UK due to "unprecedented demand" for tickets.

The additional gigs mean the band will now play five Wembley concerts, five in their home city, and three in Scotland - on top of two in Ireland and two in Wales.

Yesterday it was revealed that ticket prices for shows at Croke Park in Dublin would start at €86.50 (£73).

By comparison, tickets for Taylor Swift's monster Eras Tour started at around £59 for the cheapest seated tickets at Wembley, rising to as much as £195. Standing tickets came in at around £110.

However, the huge demand for tickets to see Swift saw some people having to pay hundreds or even thousands of pounds for tickets sold at surge prices or through resale sites.

Fans of Bruce Springsteen equally paid around £65 for seated tickets and £120 for standing at his recent tour.

We recently did a deep dive into why ticket prices seem to have entered a new stratosphere in recent years.

You can read the full story here:

Here's the full Oasis reunion tour line-up:

• 4 July 2025 - Principality Stadium, Cardiff
• 5 July 2025 - Principality Stadium, Cardiff
• 11 July 2025 - Heaton Park, Manchester
• 12 July 2025 - Heaton Park, Manchester
• 16 July 2025 - Heaton Park, Manchester - added date
• 19 July 2025 - Heaton Park, Manchester
• 20 July 2025 - Heaton Park, Manchester
• 25 July 2025 - Wembley Stadium, London
• 26 July 2025 - Wembley Stadium, London
• 30 July 2025 - Wembley Stadium, London - added date
• 2 August 2025 - Wembley Stadium, London
• 3 August 2025 - Wembley Stadium, London
• 8 August 2025 - Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
• 9 August 2025 - Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
• 12 August 2025 - Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh - added date
• 16 August 2025 - Croke Park, Dublin
• 17 August 2025 - Croke Park, Dublin

Older people are having to fill out a 243-question form to access pension credit and winter fuel payments - a task that will be "daunting" for some, charities have said.

The government has launched a campaign urging eligible people to apply for pension credit after Rachel Reeves announced last month that the winter payments would be means tested.

But some have claimed the 22-page 243-question form could put pensioners off signing up, meaning they'll miss out on a vital payment as temperatures fall.

While the length of the form is typical for a means-tested benefit, the amount of information required could be difficult for some older people, charities say.

Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, told the Money blog: "The pension credit form has 243 boxes to navigate. It is not particularly long or complex as claim forms go, but completing it would still pose a challenge for many of us, including many older people with no one to help them."

Independent Age's chief executive Joanna Elson agreed, saying the scale of questions "can sometimes be complex, and gathering this amount of personal information can be daunting".

She also said older people struggling financially "may be experiencing stress and anxiety which can make a long form difficult to tackle".

Meanwhile, anti-poverty charity Turn2us said forms for means-tested benefits are typically this long.

It noted that most people who receive winter fuel payments won't need to make a claim, and for those who do, the questionnaire won't be as long as that needed for pension credit.

But Turn2us benefits expert David Samson said the "needless complexity" of the social security system was a "major barrier" for people trying to access support.

"Currently, around 850,000 eligible pensioners are not claiming pension credit, and without timely support to apply, they are at risk of missing out on the winter fuel payment," he said.

Charities have raised concern that the government's pension credit awareness drive is not allowing enough time to increase low take-up of the benefit.

Ms Abrahams said: "We are conscious that time is now very short with the last date for claiming pension credit in time to secure your winter fuel payment this winter being 21 December, only just over four months away.

"Expecting the current 63% take up figure for pension credit to rise substantially in these circumstances would be very much a triumph of hope over experience."

Ms Elson said the government must do "all it can" to remove barriers to receiving pension credit. 

A spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions told Money that more staff were covering a rise in calls about the benefit.

"There is no increase in pension credit processing time. We have surged additional staff to cover increasing pension credit calls and urge anyone who thinks they may be entitled to pension credit to check now," they said.

ASOS has announced it will soon be making changes to its "fair use" policy - leaving many wondering if it will become the latest retailer to scrap free returns.

The online fashion giant sent an email to premier and non-premier members over the weekend, explaining it would be making changes to its fair use policy in relation to returns "in the next couple of weeks".

It said the new policy would apply to a "small group of customers", but did not give any more details.

The cryptic email has sparked speculation that ASOS may be amending its free returns policy in the UK after rolling out a similar strategy in the US last year.

That policy sees customers charged a $4.99 fee for returns when they are deemed to "constantly take actions that make providing them with free returns unsustainable".

Rival brands such as Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing, Zara and H&M have started charging customers for returns after seeing a rise in large-scale takebacks.

A 2021 survey also found online returns alone cost UK retailers around £5.2bn a year on average.

Corin Camenisch, of financial technology company SumUp , said customers may be less inclined to keep shopping with certain retailers if they face an additional cost to return unwanted or faulty items.

"However, if the policy is implemented on a case-by-case basis and only affects customers who are so-called 'serial refunders', like it is in the US, customers may not notice a difference," she said.

"They may even have a more positive shopping experience, as policy updates are often made to improve efficiency within their distribution centres."

What are your rights?

Regulations state that consumers have a right to return an item they have purchased online.

The product does not have to be in its original packaging, but a company is entitled to ask for some form of proof of purchase.

Companies are not allowed to charge you for items that were placed in your online shopping basket as a result of a pre-ticked box.

Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, consumers also do not have to pay for returns if their item is faulty or not as described. 

By  Sarah Taaffe-Maguire , business reporter

After the news the government has stopped defending environmental challenges against Shell's Jackdaw untapped gas site in Scotland, the energy giant is one of the 100 most valuable companies suffering share price falls on the London Stock Exchange.

It's down 0.46%, one of the biggest drops in the FTSE 100 index. 

We're yet to see the market impact on the other fossil fuel producer affected by the government decision, the Norwegian state-owned Equinor. 

It's listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which is not yet open for trading. It's the company developing the UK's largest untapped oil and gas field. 

The dollar has strengthened slightly against sterling, with £1 equal to $1.3192, lower than the recent two-year high of $1.32. The pound has increased in value against the euro and is now at a month high, with a pound buying €1.1895.

Oil has remained below $80 with a barrel of the benchmark Brent crude oil priced at $78.36.

A poll has offered some insight into whether Britons would support limiting airport drinking.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary wants a two-drink limit at airports to stop drunken behaviour in the sky.

Wetherspoons boss Sir Tim Martin suggested Mr O'Leary might want to look at his own airline's discounting of alcohol before imposing rules on others - and plenty of Money blog commenters pushed back similarly.

But a poll of Sky News followers on LinkedIn suggests almost half the public - at least the section that exists on that platform - think Mr O'Leary has a point... 

Readers/followers who don't want a limit (or don't support Ryanair)...

The cynic in me is wondering if he's worried that tanked up passengers may go to sleep on board and not buy his overpriced tins of warm Guinness? Laura Andrus

You need more than two drinks before getting on a Ryanair flight. Iain McCall

Sorry, are we living in a dictatorship? It is every passenger's responsibility to ensure they consume the appropriate amount of alcohol should they decide to drink. Sylvester Odozi

If Ryanair flights were on time you'd probably only have time for two drinks. Just a thought 💭 Louise Swain

Readers/followers who agree with a booze limit (or something)...

Michael O'Leary is a standing up for himself and his business. This country does have a drink problem. Paul.P

Two drinks is enough, especially in the mornings. Alcohol is a drug and alters behaviour and I have been on plenty of flights where drunk guests behaved appallingly. claudia

Should be a total ban on all alcohol in airports. Because you have to arrive so many hours before your flight, some people just go mad and ruin it for others. Pendragon

Something's got to be done! Endured a horrific drunk on our flight, terrifying. Shazc

Why not consider breath tests if any person is suspected of heavy drinking, if you fail you don't fly! Easy. Barry

The UK's financial watchdog is investigating a £4bn insurance market following concerns it is not providing "fair value" for customers seeking financial protection in case of serious illness or death.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it is launching a market study into so-called pure protection products, which are designed to help individuals and their families with their finances should the policyholder die or become unable to meet their financial commitment.

It said it had "concerns that the design of commission arrangements may not allow firms to deliver good outcomes to policyholders".

The FCA said it was also worried that some products may be providing poor value - eg where a customer pays more for the product over a lifetime than the maximum possible payout.

Some £4bn was paid out in pure protection insurance claims in 2022, the FCA said.

The policies are mainly sold through independent advisers or mortgage brokers.

Sheldon Mills, executive director of consumers and competition at the FCA, said: "Pure protection can offer peace of mind and financial security, often when people are at their most vulnerable.

"Consumers should be able to buy products which meet their needs and provide fair value. We have seen indications that this may not be the case across the pure protection market, and we will act if we find that the market is not working well."

The boss of JD Wetherspoon has rejected calls for a limit on pre-flight drinking at airports after Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary called for the move to tackle disorder on flights.

Mr O'Leary said passengers should be limited to two drinks to crack down on antisocial behaviour and violence.

But responding to the call today, Sir Tim Martin says there have been "no complaints about our pubs from the airport authorities or airlines" in recent years.

He told the Telegraph that Wetherspoons airports no longer sell shots or "double up" offers.

"Ryanair, in contrast, offers a discount on Irish whiskey if a double is ordered," he said.

Sir Tim also that said in the past month only 33% of sales at his airport pubs came from alcohol, with coffee, tea and soft drinks making up 25%.

Sir Tim says all his premises have CCTV to help identify any disorder.

He also said there's evidence to suggest most cases of drunkenness and violence are on inbound, rather than out bound flights.

Mr O'Leary told the Telegraph yesterday that he didn't want to "begrudge people having a drink" but added: "We don't allow people to drink-drive, yet we keep putting them up in aircraft at 33,000 feet."

According to Ryanair, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh are four of the most problematic airports for the carrier.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments box or vote here in our LinkedIn poll

For Savings Guide this week, Savings Champion co-founder Anna Bowes looks at the top regular saver accounts this month...

If you don't have a lump sum to invest, one of the best ways you can get into the savings habit is to open a regular saver account and deposit the amount you can afford the day after you are paid, so it becomes like another bill - but one that you can benefit from in the future.

Regular savings accounts pay some of the top rates available as you are normally restricted by the amount you can deposit and you may not be able to dip into the cash very often, if at all over a given term.

In fact, there are usually a number of terms and conditions to keep an eye on to make sure you earn the interest you are expecting. 

And some of the top accounts are only accessible if you hold a current account with the provider. But normally you won't need to transfer your primary current account. 

Regular savings accounts normally offer a fixed rate of interest for a set term, but there are also many variable rate accounts around, so keep your eyes peeled.

The top regular saver rates on offer have been unaffected by the base rate cut and we have even seen a newcomer to the market recently. 

Virgin Money has jumped straight to the top of the table, offering its current account holders' access to a fixed rate of 10% gross/10.38% AER on deposits of up to £250 a month until maturity on 31 July 2025.

The requirement for a current account is pretty common for the top regular savings accounts, but not all accounts have this requirement.

The Progressive Building Society is paying 7% gross/AER, fixed for 12 months - on deposits of up to £300 a month - and you do not need to have a current account with the provider.

Bottom line is that it's important to check whether opening a new current account just to have access to the regular saver is a good idea.

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Act 1.5: Inside Massive Attack’s Bristol blueprint for the future of sustainable live music

Last weekend, the pioneering group held the UK’s biggest low-carbon gig ever with a one-day festival on Clifton Downs, putting their calls for the music industry to respond to climate change into action

A rriving by bike across the flat grass commons of Clifton Downs as the final notes of Massive Attack ’s soundcheck – the ’90s trip-hop anthem ‘Teardrop’ – fade out, it feels like something significant is taking place. A homecoming show for upwards of 30,000 fans by an act synonymous with Bristol’s music and political activism is a big deal under any circumstances, and the band have hinted it could be their last show in the city. But this isn’t just a victory lap.

This moment marks the culmination of a lot of hard work, passion and activism to create a truly sustainable live music event. Today (August 25), the group’s Act 1.5 gig finally arrives, its name a reference to the level of global warming that scientists define as unacceptably dangerous for humanity and its aim to create a blueprint for eco-friendly touring.

For the first time ever for a show of this size, the entire production is powered by a family of batteries charged by renewable energy. The biggest of them is proudly on display at the left of the stage, covered by a solar array. And behind the scenes, a convoy of electric trucks silently shift more giant power units around the site. It’s a bit like being backstage in the future, and that’s only the start.

Through a comprehensive programme of measures – some familiar, but many that are pushing boundaries – Massive Attack claim this is the lowest carbon show of its size ever. This is a show (not just according to the band, but also the scientists at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, who the band have partnered with) that aims to be compatible with those global climate change targets agreed by the UN.

It’s big talk, and in the publicity around the show, the band have been strident in their criticism of how (un)seriously most events and promoters treat climate change, and the emissions from live music. Mark Donne, who led the production of the show, explains, “I had a conversation with Robert [del Naja] on tour in San Diego, and he said, we can’t keep doing it like this any more. But if you just don’t tour or do live shows, promoters will just book other headliners. So how do you meaningfully, systemically change this sector?

“You will find a multiplicity of plans and reports for decarbonising this sector. There is only one that is compatible with Paris 1.5 targets that our partners at the Tyndall Centre produced for us.”

There’s a debate to be had about whether the lack of progress on live music’s carbon footprint is due to a lack of commitment or the same inertia that almost every other sector struggles with. There are performers and promoters who are trying their best and who have pioneered more sustainable practices at a smaller scale. There are also plenty of events and artists that have done next to nothing to meet the moment.

What Massive Attack – and the cluster of committed partners around them – manage to achieve with their Act 1.5 show is to bring everything together in a single show of this size.

F or most events, it isn’t the performers themselves that account for the biggest part of the event’s carbon footprint; it’s the audience. It’s one thing to charge people for reusable cups (although at the Massive Attack show, the band go one further and allow people to bring their own from home). Food waste and recycling systems are things that events can more easily monitor and improve. The way in which thousands of people get to and from a show, though, is a major source of carbon emissions, and it has traditionally been the biggest headache for events that want to get it right.

But how people travel to events is often seen as beyond the direct control of promoters. Laying on event shuttles is a common approach, and this time, there are electric vehicles ferrying punters to the city’s railway stations. But one of the single biggest steps the event takes is in partnering with Great Western Railway to put on specially commissioned trains, taking people back to a range of places across the southwest, which run beyond the usual schedule.

This kind of partnership isn’t something that every event can necessarily achieve – the clout and credibility of Massive Attack is absolutely doing some of the work here – but it shows what’s possible. And, independently of the extra trains they lay on, the fact that some cancelled trains across the network mean not everyone can make it home as planned is a reminder of how, even with the right clout, things don’t always go right. It is, after all, the tail end of a bank holiday weekend.

I n an interview with the BBC ahead of the event, Massive Attack’s Robert del Naja said that he hoped the event would just feel like a normal show for the audience. Conversations between local punters – tickets had gone on sale earlier for people with Bristol-based postcodes, as a way to encourage local fans to attend and save on ‘gig miles’ – suggest this is the case: people notice the climate messaging but aren’t impacted one way or another by the absence of a car park. In a city setting, driving to a show like this doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Plant-based menus and a ban on single-use plastics are increasingly familiar sights at festivals these days. But Ecotricity’s giant renewably-charged batteries, which power the entire main stage’s sound and lighting rig, are perhaps less common. At most events, diesel generators are chugging away behind the scenes, keeping the lights on. But the kind of diesel often used in generators like this is one of the most polluting fuels around. It’s something that has to change.

Ecocity boss Dale Vince, green events pioneers like A Greener Future’s Claire O’Neill, and the Tyndall Centre scientists who have helped Massive Attack work out what truly sustainable live music looks like, are all in attendance to see the show unfold. “Without Claire and the AGF team this event just wouldn’t have happened,” Mark Donne tells NME . “They do so much, including coordinating which vehicles are going where and when, then crunching that travel data, which gets handed to our partners at Tyndall.”

Professor Carly McLachlan, the Director of Tyndall Manchester, puts it like this: “If you can demonstrate that this amazing, brilliant thing that people love can be done in a much lower carbon way, then you can show authentic leadership and then be in a better position to ask something of the audience, to travel in a different way for example.”

As Claire O’Neill agrees, not all of the approaches on display at the show are necessarily brand new, but the scale it is all happening on – and the media attention being drawn to it – is important.

T he pace of the musical programming at times seems a little lacklustre for an event with so much incredible effort put into the sustainability of the production. But Irish drone-folk band Lankum hold the mid-afternoon crowd’s hushed attention, and Run The Jewels rapper Killer Mike tees up Massive Attack’s headline performance.

The architect of this event’s show is a pointed, at times unsettling, blend of dark, hypnotic soundcraft, discombobulating and dystopian visual media, and stark political messaging – much of it focused on the horrors of war in Palestine. As their focused commitment to climate change would suggest, this is not a band that downplays their beliefs and convictions: they don’t want you to look away.

In the sheets of rain – the heavens opened shortly after Massive Attack took to the stage – the snarling bass and metronomic rhythms of ‘Mezzanine’-era tracks like ‘Angel’ and ‘Inertia Creeps’ seem to take on an even greater sense of gravitas than usual. Long-time collaborators Horace Andy and ‘Teardrop’ vocalist Liz Fraser front some of the band’s most famous tracks, Andy’s unmistakable rumble bouncing around the event’s perimeter. Young Fathers join them on stage, too, providing some of the higher-energy moments of the performance.

S peaking with promoters and production teams associated with other events, the message behind the 1.5 show – that the music industry is failing miserably to live up to its climate commitments – is certainly being heard. Some in the business don’t appreciate the criticism or feel it is unfounded. Some events – like Shambala festival, which took place over the same weekend – could rightly point to pioneering practices around meat-free menus and cleaner energy generation that they have been pushing for years.

But many in the music industry will hopefully have taken note and seen positive proof of a different way of running a live event of this size. As the publicity around the Massive Attack show has emphasised, there simply isn’t space in the world’s carbon budgets for tours, festivals and gigs that can’t dramatically reduce their impact on the environment.

What comes together on Clifton Downs should be seen as a showcase of what’s possible, and Massive Attack have described the blueprint for the show’s production, and the infrastructure developed and trialled for it, as their legacy to Bristol.

There is some truth in the idea that an iconic, veteran campaigning act like Massive Attack can make things (like bonus trains!) happen that other events might not so easily be able to pull off. And it’s true that a switched-on Bristol audience, fresh from electing a Green MP (who is also on-site and speaking on a panel), are likely to be receptive to a concept like this.

But there have to be some first-movers who push the boundaries and bring everyone else along with them. Massive Attack and their event partners are the first ones to bring all of the pieces of the low-carbon puzzle together. This is what the live music of the future will need to look like everywhere in the end.

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An "unexpected illness" to blame for last-minute cancellation of Green Day's date at Electric Ballroom in Camden

Green Day fans were left heartbroken as the band pulled the plug on their scheduled appearance at London's Electric Ballroom tonight (Friday).

Just a day after the punk heroes performed a surprise show for around 100 fans at the Marquis pub in Covent Garden, they were due to perform at the Electric Ballroom in Camden.

The show was part of the band's intimate Hella Tiny tour, with the 1200-capacity Electric Ballroom a far cry from the venues they are used to playing.

But with fans already lining up outside, Green Day announced via a social media post that the gig would not go ahead.

On X (formerly Twitter), they said: "London, unfortunately tonight’s show has been cancelled due to an unexpected illness.

"We're truly bummed about this and apologise for any inconvenience caused. Ticket refunds will be processed automatically next week. We’ll see you back again on The Saviors Tour if not sooner."

Billie Joe Armstrong and co last month released The American Dream Is Killing Me, the first song to be officially released from the band's upcoming 14th studio album. Titled  Saviors  and featuring a photo taken from a 1978 riot in Belfast during the midst of The Troubles as its cover, the LP will be released on January 19 via Reprise.

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London, unfortunately tonight’s show has been canceled due to an unexpected illness. We're truly bummed about this and apologize for any inconvenience caused. Ticket refunds will be processed automatically next week. We’ll see you back again on The Saviors Tour if not sooner. November 10, 2023

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• Fri 28 Jun → Sun 30 Jun Manchester, BEC Arena Outbreak Fest 2024 Action Bronson, American Football, Angel Du$t, Balance & Composure, Basement…
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• Tue 25 Jun London, Heaven The Garden
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• Mon 11 Apr Manchester, YES The Garden
• Sun 10 Apr Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall The Garden
• Sat 9 Apr Glasgow, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) The Garden
• Fri 8 Apr Birkenhead, Future Yard The Garden
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• Wed 6 Apr London, Heaven The Garden
• Tue 5 Apr Brighton, Patterns The Garden
• Sun 21 Mar Manchester, YES The Garden
• Sat 20 Mar Glasgow, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) The Garden
• Fri 19 Mar Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall The Garden
• Thu 18 Mar Bristol, Exchange The Garden
• Wed 17 Mar London, Heaven The Garden
• Sat 6 Mar Brighton, Patterns The Garden
• Sun 7 Jun Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall The Garden
• Sat 6 Jun Glasgow, Broadcast The Garden
• Fri 5 Jun Manchester, YES The Garden
• Thu 4 Jun Bristol, Exchange The Garden
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• Tue 2 Jun London, Heaven The Garden

November 2018

• Thu 1 Nov London, The Garage The Garden

October 2018

• Wed 31 Oct London, The Garage The Garden
• Tue 30 Oct O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester Mac DeMarco, Jackie Cohen, The Garden
• Wed 21 Mar London, Electric Ballroom The Garden
• Tue 20 Mar Leeds, Headrow House The Garden
• Mon 19 Mar Bristol, Thekla The Garden
• Wed 22 Mar London, Scala The Garden
• Tue 21 Mar Manchester, SOUP The Garden

September 2016

• Thu 1 Sep → Sun 4 Sep Salisbury, Larmer Tree Gardens End Of The Road Festival 2016 The Shins, Teleman, Baywaves, John Johanna, Animal Collective…
• Thu 1 Sep London, MOTH Club The Garden

August 2016

• Wed 31 Aug Oxford, The Bullingdon The Garden
• Mon 29 Aug Leeds, Headrow House The Garden
• Sun 28 Aug Birmingham, Hare & Hounds The Garden
• Sat 27 Aug Manchester, Fallow The Garden
• Wed 24 Aug Edinburgh, Electric Circus The Garden

November 2015

• Sun 8 Nov Leeds, Headrow House The Garden
• Sat 7 Nov Glasgow, Broadcast The Garden
• Fri 6 Nov Manchester, Gullivers The Garden
• Thu 5 Nov Birmingham, Hare & Hounds The Garden
• Wed 4 Nov London, Dingwalls The Garden
• Tue 3 Nov Brighton, The Green Door Store The Garden
• Mon 2 Nov Bristol, Exchange The Garden, Shame
• Sun 1 Nov Bodega Nottingham The Garden, Shame

October 2015

• Sat 31 Oct Ramsgate Music Hall The Garden
• Thu 14 May → Sat 16 May Various Venues Brighton The Great Escape 2015 18+, 1987, 36?, A.O.S.O.O.N, AK/DK…
• Thu 26 Mar London, Eventim Apollo Warpaint, The Garden
• Wed 25 Mar Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Warpaint, The Garden
• Tue 24 Mar Glasgow, The ABC Warpaint, The Garden
• Mon 23 Mar Leeds, Brudenell Social Club The Garden
• Sun 22 Mar Manchester, Albert Hall Warpaint, The Garden
• Fri 20 Mar Birmingham, O2 Institute Warpaint, The Garden
• Thu 19 Mar London, 100 Club The Garden

December 2014

• Thu 11 Dec London, Downstairs at The Dome The Garden
• Wed 10 Dec Bristol, The Louisiana The Garden
• Tue 9 Dec Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach The Garden, Luvv, His Naked Torso
• Thu 4 Dec Manchester, Albert Hall Warpaint, The Garden

August 2014

• Sat 16 Aug Brighton, The Hope & Ruin The Garden
• Fri 15 Aug Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge The Garden
• Thu 14 Aug London, The Dentist The Garden
• Tue 12 Aug Manchester, The Castle Hotel The Garden
• Mon 11 Aug Glasgow, Broadcast The Garden
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