Oasis beaten by another British band to be crowned ‘biggest entertainers on the planet’

They’re arguably the hottest topic in the country at the moment with their long-awaited reunion tour going ahead in just a couple of weeks. 

But Oasis are actually not the most-popular entertainers in Britain, never mind the world, according to new figures compiled by Pollstar. 

The music analysts gathered stats concerning gig revenue from November 14 2024 to May 2025 in order to find out exactly who the most in-demand artist or group on the planet is. 

One band in particular ran away with the lead, beating superstars such as Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar and Shakira to top spot. 

They grossed a whopping £100.9million from their stadium tour this year, but can you guess who the band is?

Oasis are actually not the most-popular entertainers in Britain, never mind the world, according to new figures compiled by Pollstar (Noel and Liam Gallagher pictured 1995)

The biggest entertainers on the planet are none other than Coldplay, fronted by Chris Martin, 48, who have spent the last three years touring the globe on the Music of the Spheres Tour.

And they’re in no danger of being pipped at the top, with second place Shakira 15 per cent off their earnings at £85million and Kendrick Lamar and SZA (£73.9million) 30 per cent off in third place. 

Also featured in the top 10 are The Eagles (£68.82million), Tyler, The Creator (49.5million) and Korean artist j-hope (44.04million). 

While their tour hasn’t started yet, Liam and Noel Gallagher are expected to narrowly lose out to Coldplay at the top of the list. 

The Oasis Live ’25 tour is likely to see the two Manchester-born brothers take home £50million each once they’ve completed each of the 41 dates in various continents. 

After months of anticipation, the Gallaghers at last began rehearsals together a few weeks ago in preparation for their official reunion at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on July 4.

Having split more than 15 years ago following a huge row before a Paris show, the brothers were pictured on their way to a West London studio a matter of weeks ago.

In typical Liam style, the singer made a chaotic entrance to rehearsals, arriving in a van laden with Lockets and cough syrup, suggesting his vocal cords were in need of some TLC.

The biggest entertainers on the planet are none other than Coldplay, fronted by Chris Martin , 48, who have spent the last three years touring the globe on the Music of the Spheres Tour

The band are estimated to have earned an eye-watering £100.9million this year alone

Shakira, 48, comes in at second place having earnt a whopping £85million thus far this year from live performances

While Don’t Look Back in Anger singer Noel was seen waiting for a District Line tube at Paddington station earlier in the day, but while it is no doubt a momentous occasion for fans, the 58-year-old struggled to muster up a smile.

Following rehearsals, Liam took to X to hail the Oasis practice sessions as ‘spiritual’ while also admitting that the band wasted ‘precious time’ apart from each other.  

A user on X (formerly Twitter) asked the singer: ‘How does it feel singing songs with ur brother again? Like old times?’

To which, Liam replied: ‘You know what it’s spiritual but I can’t help think about all those wasted years, what a waste of PRECIOUS time.’

It came as a new book titled Live Forever by John Robb gave die-hard Oasis fans an insight into exactly how the band’s split came about.  

One witness said: ‘Liam was goading Noel constantly and then the two snapped.’

Another witness remembered: ‘There were proper punches and Liam smashed up one of Noel’s guitars. Liam was like a man possessed.

They continued: ‘He was swearing constantly and really angry. Medical staff were called along with security. Noel got out as quickly as he could. This was a truly vicious fight – quite horrible.’

In his statement confirming he had quit the band at the time, Noel wrote: ‘The level of verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family, friends and comrades has become intolerable.’ 

While Kendrick Lamar and SZA sit in third place having earnt £73.9million from the Grand National tour, which comes to the UK next month

But thankfully, the duo have now made up and it is believed that Liam made the first move to patch things up with his brother.

On X, formerly Twitter, Liam replied to a fan last year, saying: ‘I called him but don’t tell anyone as I don’t want folk thinking I’m a soft lad and stuffs keep it between me n you cheers x.’

Book author John, who is a close friend of Noel, has reportedly written the programme notes for the upcoming tour.

Discussing the reunion in his new book Live Forever, John said: ‘The reformation rumours never did end.

‘Every now and then there would be rumblings…Every year they would go from a whisper to a scream. And then silence. Venues would be booked and unbooked. Fans hopes and despaired.

‘On August 27 the band announced they had reformed and everything went crazy. A tour was announced where the band were playing bigger stadiums than they had ever played before.

‘Somehow by splitting up and reforming 15 years later they had become the biggest band in the world again.’