Oasis at Manchester’s Heaton Park: door and stage times, site map and potential stage times
Oasis are gearing up to bring their huge comeback tour to Manchester later this week. Check out the map and predictions for the stage times and setlist below.
Liam and Noel Gallagher recently kicked off their highly anticipated tour in Cardiff last week (July 4 and 5) – playing their first live shows together in 16 years and bringing out both Cast and Richard Ashcroft as special guests.
Now, the brothers are set to head back to Manchester for their first homecoming shows. This will see them play to around 80,000 each night at the huge Heaton Park venue, with gigs taking place on July 11, 12, 16, 19 and 20.
It’s worth noting that stage times have not been officially confirmed by the band yet, but based on their two opening nights in Cardiff, it is looking likely that gates will open at Heaton Park from 3pm each day, and that the curfew will be set for 10:30pm.
If it is following the same rules as Principality Stadium, the Manchester venue should continue to have food and drinks vendors serve until 11pm, and guests can arrive whenever, but will not be permitted to leave and re-enter once they’re inside.
Similarly, if it is following the same structure as the Cardiff gigs, it is likely that Cast will begin their set at 6pm, Richard Ashcroft will follow at 7pm, and Oasis will take to the stage at 8:15pm.
For Cast, their set is likely to see them break out performances of ‘Sandstorm’, ‘Walkaway’, ‘Flying’, ‘Guiding Star’ and ‘Alright’, while Richard Ashcroft is predicted to include ‘Sonnet’, ‘Space And Time’, ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’, ‘Lucky Man’, ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ and more in his set.
Stage times may be:
Doors – 3pm
Cast – 6pm
Richard Ashcroft – 7pm
Oasis – 8:15pm
Ends – 10:30pm
Finally, for the Britpop giants, their set may follow the same structure as Cardiff, starting with ‘Hello’, ‘Acquiesce’, ‘Morning Glory’ and ‘Some Might Say’, before progressing into ‘Little By Little’, ‘Half The World Away’, ‘Slide Away’, ‘Live Forever’ and more.
It may end with back-to-back performances of ‘Rock and Roll Star’, ‘The Masterplan’, ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’, ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Champagne Supernova’.
Check out the map of the venue, which includes entry points, toilet access, bars and more, above, and find the setlist for Oasis’ night one performance in Cardiff below.
Oasis’ Live ’25 setlist in Cardiff on July 4 was:
‘Hello’
‘Acquiesce’
‘Morning Glory’
‘Some Might Say’
‘Bring It On Down’
‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’
‘Fade Away’
‘Supersonic’
‘Roll With It’
‘Talk Tonight’
‘Half The World Away’
‘Little By Little’
‘D’You Know What I Mean?’
‘Stand By Me’
‘Cast No Shadow’
‘Slide Away’
‘Whatever’
‘Live Forever’
‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’
Encore:
‘The Masterplan’
‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’
‘Wonderwall’
‘Champagne Supernova’
After their five shows in Manchester, the Britpop icons will play seven nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, as well as stops in both Edinburgh and Dublin. Later on the Oasis Live ’25 trek, they’ll head to North America, South America, Australia, South Korea and Japan.
At the first of the 41 comeback shows, NME gave the historic night the full five stars. “After a ‘90s heyday and an often maligned post-millennium era, this is Oasis redesigned for the 21st Century,” the review read.
“Playing before a pop-art-meets-psychedelia visual spectacular that never distracts but will look sick on a phone, they seem the quintessential stadium band playing the greatest hits of greatest hits.”
In other Oasis news, this morning (July 8) it was confirmed that restaurant chain Prezzo and supermarket Iceland are getting involved in Oasis mania by each offering some lasagna to fans in new promotions.
Before then, Lidl got involved too, launching a special Oasis jacket that it called the ‘Lidl By Lidl’ coat.
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Liberty Dunworth
NME
