Oasis fans are taking to social media to complain of their pre-booked hotel rooms being cancelled due to a supposed “technical error”.
In case you’ve been living under a rock and somehow missed it, arguably Manchester‘s most famous band confirmed that, against all odds after decades of feuding, they would be putting their grudges to one side and reuniting for a massive comeback tour next year – playing a run of shows in all four UK capital cities and Dublin too.
Oh, and of course, how could we forget? They’re also playing four major gigs at Heaton Park in July 2025 too, returning to their hometown to show us what we’ve been missing.
Not only is the sheer fact that Oasis are actually reuniting make it a hot ticket, but the tour is also to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut studio album, Definitely Maybe, so you can see why fans will be travelling from and wide to witness and be a part of a moment in history.
And those travelling fans, despite whether or not they actually manage to get tickets this Saturday morning (31 August) at 9am, are keen to make sure their accommodation is secured ahead of time just in case, and so, have been booking rooms at several of Manchester city centre‘s many hotels in advance so they don’t miss out.
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Sounds like the perfect plan, right? A ‘Masterplan’, if you will… the only thing is, however, many of these fans have apparently been having their bookings cancelled due to a so-called “technical error”, and then are claiming to have seen the same rooms re-advertised at hiked prices on the same dates.
Some fans have even been contacting Greater Manchester’s Night Time Economy Advisor, Sacha Lord, about the issue with one hotel chain in particular, Maldron Hotels – which has two hotels in Manchester city centre, one near Oxford Road and one near Manchester Cathedral – asking him to address and look into the issue.
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.
“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,” Mr Lord wrote.
“I’m sure this is a “computer error”… easy to correct. Do the right thing.”
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As well as those who contacted Mr Lord separately, dozens of fans have also been reacting and sharing their own personal accounts of the same thing happening to them, and many have also been sharing screenshots of the cancellation emails they have received from Maldron Hotels.
The cancellation email reads: “We are writing to inform you of an issue with your booking… 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. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.
“Our system will send a cancellation request, which we ask you to accept promptly. Please rest assured that no charges will be applied to your payment card.”
At the time of writing, Maldron Hotels does not appear to have responded to Mr Lord’s X statement, or the complaints from fans, either publicly or privately.
The Manc has also contacted Dalata Hotel Group, owner of Maldron Hotels, for a comment.
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Manchester’s historic Portico Library secures £6.4m funding grant towards its transformation
Emily Sergeant
Manchester’s Portico Library has secured a whopping £6.4 million grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
In case you missed it, ambitious plans to transform the historic Grade II-listed building on Mosely Street were already unveiled last October… but now, The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced it is committing £6.4 million of funding towards the project, hoping that the building thrives as the UK’s most sustainable historic library for generations to come.
The grant is being described as a ‘major milestone’ in the approximately £12 million Portico Reunited project.
The Portico Reunited project will look to ‘reunite’ the historic building’s three floors for the first time in over a century, creating a fully-accessible and sustainable cultural library.
Founded all the way back in 1806, The Portico Library played a central role in Manchester’s rise as the world’s first modern city, and since then has been serving as a window into the past and a providing a place of inspiration for anyone who needs it.
The Portico Library has secured a £6.4m funding grant towards its transformation / Credit: Purcell Architecture (Supplied)
Crucially, plans will see a step-free entrance and lift installed to make the library accessible to all.
There’ll also be new exhibition and event spaces introduced as part of the scheme to explore the stories of Manchester’s communities and the city’s heritage. There will a Northern Bookshop, showcasing regional and emerging writers, and independent publishers, as well as a creative Portico Kitchen, which will celebrate the city’s food culture, writing, and history.
A place for school groups, families, and all people to explore Portico’s collection and experiment creatively also forms part of the plans.
Dr Thom Keep, Librarian and CEO of The Portico Library, called the funding grant a ‘landmark moment’ in the Portico’s ‘rich and complex history’, and a ‘huge achievement’ for its staff, trustees, volunteers, and partners.
“Thanks to National Lottery players, we can reunite this extraordinary building and make room for people to discover, learn and create together,” he added.
“We have listened to thousands of people about what the Portico could become, and their ideas and experiences have helped shape these plans.
“Our ambition is a library that belongs to the whole city – a place to discover remarkable collections, question the stories we have inherited, and create new possibilities together.”
Manchester City Council has granted planning permission and listed building consent for the project, and the building is expected to close for construction in late spring 2028 and reopen once again in early March 2030.
Following reopening, the transformed library is expected to welcome around 95,000 visitors each year.
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New data estimates that 7.3m Oasis fans are set to miss out on 2027 tour tickets
Emily Sergeant
New data has revealed that as many as 7.3 million Oasis fans could be set to miss out on tickets to the band’s 2027 tour.
In case you need bringing up to speed a little, it was announced earlier this week that, following the unprecedented success of the reunion tour, Oasis Live ’25, last year, including five nostalgia-drenched gigs at Manchester’s Heaton Park, Oasis would be hitting the road once again in 2027, and this time around, they’re going BIG.
We’re talking 11 nights at the Etihad Stadium and a return to the iconic grounds of Knebworth for four special shows there too, kind of ‘big’.
The iconic Manchester band will also be taking to a range of other world-famous stages across the globe, including five nights at Glasgow’s Celtic Park, and major cities like Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, and Las Vegas.
But despite the elevated number of dates the Gallaghers and co will be performing, some new data has unfortunately revealed that millions of fans may still not be lucky enough to snag a ticket.
The ticketing system for Oasis Live ’27 is not what it was for the last tour, nor will it be similar to many other tours of a similar scale in the past either, as this time, the band and their promotors are taking necessary measures to ensure ‘genuine fans’ get their hands on the tickets and that dynamic pricing doesn’t creep in.
Instead of going into detail on that now though, you can read our full guide on how to get tickets for the Manchester and Knebworth shows here.
Experts at online ticketing platform TicketSource have analysed the scale of demand for Oasis tickets by comparing the 10 million fans worldwide who queued for the initial release of 1.4 million tickets for their 2025 tour, with the newly announced 2027 tour dates and stadium capacities.
With an estimated 2.67 million tickets available across 38 dates and 11 locations between 21 May and 19 September 2027, Oasis could still face huge demand from fans hoping to see them live.
But research reveals the band would need to play 112 Wembley-sized shows to accommodate everyone who tried to get a ticket in 2025.
The 2027 tour would accommodate just 26.7% of those who tried to get tickets last time, meaning almost three-quarters (73%) of them could miss out, leaving a shortfall of more than 7.3 million fans.
Fingers crossed you’re among the lucky lot that secure tickets, though.
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Emily Sergeant -
28th August 2024 
