Richard Ashcroft at Oasis Live 27: the special guest for all 42 shows

Richard Ashcroft is the confirmed special guest at every Oasis Live 27 show. The tour-wide announcement of 14 September 2026 named him for all shows, from Glasgow to Knebworth, and no later announcement has added another support act. No running order, set length, or show-by-show variation has been published.

What the 14 September announcement said

The announcement carried one short sentence that settled the whole question. It stated that the special guest at all shows would be Richard Ashcroft. It said so on the same day the tour itself was announced.

That wording left no room for a UK-only reading, because the tour it described already spanned nine countries.

The original 38-show tour covered Scotland, England, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Italy, the United States, and Ireland. Four extra dates on 23 September 2026 took the total to 42, and the guest billing carried across the additions without change. The full 42-date schedule now runs from Celtic Park in Glasgow on 21 May 2027 to Knebworth Park on 26 September 2027.

• Glasgow, Celtic Park: five nights opening the tour in May 2027, with Ashcroft as special guest.
• Manchester, Etihad Stadium: eleven nights in June 2027, the longest run on the tour.
• Mainland Europe: Munich, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris, and Rome, all with the same guest billing.
• North America: Boston and Las Vegas in August 2027, followed by Slane Castle and six Knebworth nights.

A correction this site owed its readers

An earlier version of this post described Ashcroft on the UK and Ireland dates only. That reading was wrong, and the error mattered, because it understated the bill for twenty shows outside the UK and Ireland. The announcement had said all shows from day one.

The fault lay in how this site read it, not in any change by the band.

This rewrite corrects that record in plain terms. It does not claim a correction date that no source supports, and it does not present the fix as a tour development. Readers who saw the earlier version should treat the UK-only description as superseded, and should use the tour-wide billing in this version instead.

Why Ashcroft fits this bill

Ashcroft first made his name as the frontman of The Verve, the band behind Bitter Sweet Symphony and Lucky Man. Oasis supported The Verve on an early national tour in 1993. That tour ran months before Oasis released their debut single Supersonic.

The two acts have crossed paths ever since. That shared history gives the Live 27 billing a clear logic, even though no source has quoted a reason for this specific booking.

Ashcroft also opened for Oasis on the UK and Ireland leg of Live 25. Contemporary reporting named him as special guest for the nineteen UK and Ireland shows on that tour. Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin were all on the list.

Live 27 extends that role from nineteen shows in two countries to forty-two shows across nine countries, which is a much larger commitment.

Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher are the only members confirmed by name for Live 27 itself. Ashcroft holds a different role: he is the confirmed special guest, not a band member, and no other touring member has been confirmed by name. That distinction matters, because it stops a guest billing from turning into a lineup claim.

What is still unpublished

No running order has been published for any Live 27 show. Stage times, set lengths, and show-by-show variation all remain unannounced. Any site that prints a 2027 running order is guessing.

The honest position is that the guest is confirmed, while the shape of his set is not.

• Running order: unpublished for every date, so no support slot time can be stated yet.
• Set length: unpublished, so no minute count for the guest set exists in any reliable source.
• Set variation: unpublished, so it is unknown whether the set changes between cities.
• Further support acts: none announced, so Ashcroft stands alone on the published bill.

Ashcroft brings a catalogue that suits a stadium support slot, with Verve songs and solo songs that crowds already know. No source has published a Live 27 setlist for him, so this post names no songs as confirmed for 2027. Readers should treat any leaked setlist as rumour until the tour or the venue publishes it.

Fans who want a sense of what an Ashcroft set can sound like should look at Live 25, not at a prediction. The Live 27 setlist guide explains that the published set material comes from the previous tour, and it labels that material as the 2025 set. Nothing in that guide should be read as a 2027 setlist, and nothing here claims otherwise.

FAQ

Is Richard Ashcroft really at every Live 27 show?

Yes, under the announcement of 14 September 2026. It named him as special guest at all shows, and the later additions to 42 shows did not change that billing.

Does that make Ashcroft a member of Oasis for Live 27?

No. He is the confirmed special guest, while Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher are the only members confirmed by name for the tour itself.

What time does Ashcroft play each night?

Unknown. No running order or stage time has been published for any Live 27 show, so no support slot time can be stated yet.

Has any other support act been announced?

No. No other support act has been announced for any date, so Ashcroft stands alone on the published bill at present.

Why did this site once list him on UK and Ireland dates only?

This site misread the announcement when it first covered the tour. The announcement said all shows from day one, and this rewrite corrects the earlier UK-only description.