{"id":2037214,"date":"2026-07-10T13:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037214"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:52:26","slug":"the-oasis-and-glastonbury-effect-how-2025-was-a-record-year-for-uk-music-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037214","title":{"rendered":"The Oasis and Glastonbury effect: How 2025 was a record year for UK music tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/37\/76\/1200x675_cmsv2_60215ec6-3d48-5a7f-a8f4-1f5ca7efe088-9833776.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2908973-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2908973\" data-cid=\"9834133\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2908973-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspMike Starling\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1783691546\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-07-10 15:52:26 +02:00\">10\/07\/2026 &#8211; 15:52 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay js-c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div 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loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        New data from UK Music has revealed that sell-out concerts, tours and festivals in the UK in 2025 attracted a record 24.7 million music tourists while spending hit a new high of \u00a311.2 billion (\u20ac13.1 billion).<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--travel js-article-content\">\n<p>Forget the royal family, football and fish and chips, some might say that music is one of the biggest reasons why international tourists visit the United Kingdom. Now, according to a newly released report, they could be right. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Data published by UK Music has revealed that concerts and shows held by popular acts such as Oasis, Beyonc\u00e9, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey and Kendrick Lamar helped to attract a record 24.7 million music tourists to the UK in 2025 \u2013 a 4.8% rise from the 23.5 million in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Of the total music tourists last year, 22.6 million were from the UK \u2013 a 3.2% rise year-on-year from the 21.9 million domestic visitors in 2024. UK Music\u2019s data also revealed that a total 2.1 million visitors were overseas music tourists in 2025, a \u201chuge\u201d 26.8% increase on the 2024 figures of 1.6 million. <\/p>\n<p>With millions of tourists comes big spending \u2013 especially at festivals and events. In 2025, music tourist spending hit a new high of \u00a311.2 billion (\u20ac13.1 billion) across the UK at major festivals and concerts like Glastonbury, Download, Reading, Boomtown and Wireless. This marked an 11.3% increase from 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Before its fallow year in 2026, Glastonbury welcomed The 1975, Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo and Charli xcx on stage in Somerset in 2025. Helping to boost music tourism outside London and the North West, it was a \u201csimilar story in East Anglia\u201d with Ed Sheeran\u2019s run of shows at Ipswich Town\u2019s Portman Road stadium.<\/p>\n<h3>Oasis Live \u201925 Tour drives huge numbers<\/h3>\n<p>The long-awaited Oasis reunion saw 17 sell-out concerts take place across the UK. As part of the global Oasis Live \u201925 Tour, two concerts were held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, five at Heaton Park in Manchester, seven at Wembley Stadium in London, and three at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. <\/p>\n<p>The series of Oasis gigs, plus headline shows by the likes of Sheeran, Sam Fender, South Korean artists Blackpink, and Catfish and The Bottlemen, saw revenues \u201csurge\u201d across the UK. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report, in the North West, music tourists\u2019 spending rose 15.6% from \u00a31.2 billion (\u20ac1.41 billion) in 2024 to \u00a31.4 billion (\u20ac1.64 billion) in 2025. In London, music tourism spending increased by 27.4% from \u00a32.7 billion (\u20ac3.17 billion) in 2024 to \u00a33.4 billion (\u20ac3.99 billion) last year.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate report by Barclays, published ahead of the gigs last year, it was predicted that fans going to the Oasis Live \u201925 reunion tour would spend a combined \u00a31.06 billion (\u20ac1.24 billion). <\/p>\n<p>With almost 1.4 million people attending the band\u2019s 17 sold-out UK concerts, fans were expected to have spent an average of \u00a3766 (\u20ac899) each on tickets, travel, accommodation, outfits and other expenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span 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Now, according to a newly released report, they could be right.\u00a0Data published by UK Music has revealed that concerts and shows held by popular acts such as Oasis, Beyonc\u00e9, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey and Kendrick Lamar helped to attract a record 24.7 million music tourists to the UK in 2025 \u2013 a 4.8% rise from the 23.5 million in 2024.\u00a0Of the total music tourists last year, 22.6 million were from the UK \u2013 a 3.2% rise year-on-year from the 21.9 million domestic visitors in 2024. UK Music\u2019s data also revealed that a total 2.1 million visitors were overseas music tourists in 2025, a \u201chuge\u201d 26.8% increase on the 2024 figures of 1.6 million.\u00a0With millions of tourists comes big spending \u2013 especially at festivals and events. In 2025, music tourist spending hit a new high of \u00a311.2 billion (\u20ac13.1 billion) across the UK at major festivals and concerts like Glastonbury, Download, Reading, Boomtown and Wireless.\u00a0This marked an 11.3% increase from 2024.Before its fallow year in 2026, Glastonbury welcomed The 1975, Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo and Charli xcx on stage in Somerset in 2025. Helping to boost music tourism outside London and the North West, it was a \u201csimilar story in East Anglia\u201d with Ed Sheeran\u2019s run of shows at Ipswich Town\u2019s Portman Road stadium.Oasis Live \u201925 Tour drives huge numbersThe long-awaited Oasis reunion saw 17 sell-out concerts take place across the UK. As part of the global Oasis Live \u201925 Tour, two concerts were held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, five at Heaton Park in Manchester, seven at Wembley Stadium in London, and three at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.\u00a0The series of Oasis gigs, plus headline shows by the likes of Sheeran, Sam Fender, South Korean artists Blackpink, and Catfish and The Bottlemen, saw revenues \u201csurge\u201d across the UK.\u00a0According to the report, in the North West, music tourists\u2019 spending rose 15.6% from \u00a31.2 billion (\u20ac1.41 billion) in 2024 to \u00a31.4 billion (\u20ac1.64 billion) in 2025. 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