Noel and Liam Gallagher will not be paid a penny until their Oasis reunion tour starts over fears they might fall out again.
An insider has revealed promoters have drawn up contracts that state the feuding brothers won’t get any upfront earnings as if their tempestuous relationship flares up again it will leave ‘everyone in limbo’.
The brothers will reportedly rake in a joint £6million for each of the 33 stadium gigs of their sell out tour next year but ‘they have to perform to be paid’.
Oasis fans were sent into a frenzy in the summer when Noel, 57, and Liam, 52, announced they had put their differences aside and would return in 2025.
It will be the first time they will perform on stage together since breaking up in 2009 following a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in France.
Noel and Liam Gallagher (Pictured in Milan, Italy, in 2008) will not be paid a penny until their Oasis reunion tour starts over fears they might fall out again
(Pictured: The Gallagher brothers at the Q Awards in 2005) An insider has revealed promoters have drawn up contracts that state the feuding brothers won’t get any upfront earnings
The announcement sparked a scramble for tickets to see the concerts in Manchester, Cardiff, London, Edinburgh and Dublin.
They will also play in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Australia.
A source told The Sun that contracts state they won’t be paid until the tour starts out of fears they could fall out beforehand.
Although the clause is a common arrangement it seemed ‘even more necessary’ because ‘of Noel and Liam’s fiery relationship’.
‘They have to perform to be paid,’ the source said
‘It’s simple and hopefully an effective way to make sure they can tolerate each other for the length of the shows.’
Gaby Cartwright, Head of Partnerships at Live Music Industry Venues and Entertainment, said so many people’s money is at stake.
‘It is all in everyone’s best interest that this tour goes ahead,’ she said.
The Gallaghers will reportedly be kept apart when not on stage in a ‘military style operation’ during their much-anticipated reunion tour.
There will be separate dressing rooms and transport to avoid a clash and resulting ‘PR and financial nightmare’.
A source told The Mirror last month: ‘They will not be in each other’s pockets and effectively be separate entities that come together for necessary promotional work and the gigs. Other than that they will be apart for much of this reunion.
Oasis fans were sent into a frenzy in the summer when Noel, 57, and Liam, 52, announced they had put their differences aside and would return in 2025
The Gallaghers will reportedly be kept apart when not on stage in a ‘military style operation’ during their much-anticipated reunion tour
There will be separate dressing rooms and transport to avoid a clash and resulting ‘PR and financial nightmare’ (Liam performs at Wembley stadium in September)
When tickets went on sale for the UK and Ireland shows via official channels, some standard tickets more than doubled from £148 to £355 and the situation was blamed on ‘unprecedented demand’
‘Rehearsals will be the first time that they will be together for a significant amount of time working again. The atmosphere is sure to be electric, but also a little edgy.’
When tickets went on sale for the UK and Ireland shows via official channels, some standard tickets more than doubled from £148 to £355 and the situation was blamed on ‘unprecedented demand’.
There was outrage from fans and the controversy prompted the Government and the UK’s competition watchdog to pledge they would look at the use of dynamic pricing.
Many Oasis fans have already been left empty-handed when the hotly-anticipated 17-date UK reunion tour sold out in a matter of hours in an online fiasco.
Around 14million fans faced eight-hour queues in a bid to get their hands on the highly-sought-after tickets to see the rock band live, with many still missing out.
The Gallagher brothers then made tickets available for another two Wembley shows via a staggered invite-only ballot, but many fans were left disappointed after not being called up for the sale despite queuing for hours in the first sale.
Oasis shot to global stardom in the 1990s, with their 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe becoming the fastest-selling debut album in British history.
Oasis shot to global stardom in the 1990s, with their 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe becoming the fastest-selling debut album in British history
The following year (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? was released with smash hits Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger and Champagne Supernova, with Wonderwall topping the ARIA Top 10 charts for 11 weeks in a row following its release
Liam and Noel Gallagher pictured here at the Brit Awards in 1995. The band infamously called it quits after a backstage argument at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009
The following year (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? was released with smash hits Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger and Champagne Supernova, with Wonderwall topping the ARIA Top 10 charts for 11 weeks in a row following its release.
During their 90s heyday, Oasis visited Australia in 1998 for the Be Here Now Tour after their chart-topping global success.
They delighted fans by returning Down Under for the 2001 Heathen Chemistry Tour, and again came back in late 2005 for the Don’t Believe the Truth Tour.
The band infamously called it quits after a backstage argument at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009.
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