Inflation & Prices

Oasis Reunion Tour Set to Worsen UK Inflation Woes

Fans arrive ahead of the Oasis LIVE ‘25 concert in Edinburgh, on Aug. 8.Photographer: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The Oasis comeback tour looks set to add to a resurgence of inflation in the UK, complicating an already tricky situation that has divided the Bank of England.

The Britpop band’s sell-out concerts this month could lift headline inflation by as much as four basis points if they coincide with the Office for National Statistics’ data collection dates, according to economists.