30 years since Oasis kicked off their debut UK tour, only six of those venues remain open

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Oasis‘ debut UK tour, it’s been revealed that only six of the venues they played remain open today.In a new report from the BBC, nine of the 15 venues from Oasis’ 1994 tour for ‘Supersonic’ have now stopped putting on gigs or have closed.

This includes the recently shut Moles in Bath, which closed last December after a 45-year run. The remaining venues include London’s 100 Club, Bristol’s Fleece & Firkin and The Tunbridge Wells Forum.Speaking to the BBC, CEO of the Music Venue Trust (MVT) Mark Davyd shared the challenges the Forum would face booking a small band in our current economic climate.

Davyd originally booked Oasis on their joint headline tour with Whiteout, who at that point were the more well-known band.“On that night 30 years ago, that show – with the door take and the bar – probably made a little bit of money,” Davyd told the BBC. “You could not afford to put on a similar show now featuring two new bands.

You will definitely lose money. Even if you sold all 250 tickets, you’d lose money.”Due to the rise in fees, bills, rent and wages, he added, ticket and drink prices are no longer covering costs.A post shared by Music Venue Trust (@musicvenuetrust)In January this year, the MVT furtherreported a “disaster” facing grassroots music venues, with calls increasing for a ticket levy on larger arenas and investment from the wider industry.Some of the key findings into their “most challenging year” include the discovery of 125 UK venues abandoning live music, with over half of them shutting entirely.