Oasis and how to get tickets top most Googled artists and questions of 2024

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Oasis and ‘How to get tickets’ among the most popular.The new figures were shared by the search engine, and revealed the famous faces, events and news-worthy moments that got people across the UK searching across the past 12 months.Among sports events like the Euros and the Paris Olympics, and political events like the US Presidential election and UK general election, there were a handful of music-related events that made the list.

These, unsurprisingly, included the massive announcement that Oasis would be making their highly-awaited return to the stage – confirming a string of huge stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland to take place next summer.The news was soon followed by the announcement of dates in North America, South America, Australia, South Korea and Japan.According to the Google figures, Oasis were the most searched-for artist of the year, and “How to get Oasis tickets” was the second most popular ‘How to’ search of the past 12 months – coming in just behind “How to vote in the UK” (via Sky News).The latter comes as little surprise as the scramble for tickets to their UK and Ireland shows made countless headlines earlier this year.

This stemmed from the huge demand from fans, which led to Ticketmaster crashing and people facing huge queues that left them waiting for hours, as well as the use of dynamic pricing, which was later brought into question by the UK government after the ordeal.Another music-related search on the ‘How to’ list was “How to vote for the UK in Eurovision”.Another artist named in the top searches for 2024 was soloist and former One Direction star Liam Payne, who died in October, aged 31, after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.