Musicians say that Little By Little the work is drying up – because fans now only want to see the real thing as tribute acts are forced to cancel shows now Oasis are back
An Oasis tribute act is ruing the day the band got back together – because their work has started drying up.
Oasish said that things have become tougher since the Gallagher brothers quit their feuding and went back on the road.
The group – made up of Liam, real name Paul Higginson, and Noel, real name Phil Fisher – say they have seen their livelihood of 20 years go up in flames in just months.
They have had to cancel gigs at last minutes and have seen poor turnout at the gigs they do.
“It’s getting harder and harder,” said Phil. “Ticket sales have died down.
“Maybe it is the timing, what with the real Oasis reuniting.”
The pair were forced to axe a gig in Huddersfield Town Hall, West Yorks, last week and lost £1,000 they’d spent on marketing.
They had managed to sell just 76 tickets out of 500 and say they would have lost around £5,000 if they’d gone ahead with the show.
The tickets were £26 each, and on average it costs the band £3,500 to put on a performance.
Paul continued: “I’ve lost a fortune because there aren’t enough tickets being sold.
“With the state of the current financial climate, people are struggling and the days of having spare cash to see a tribute band are gone.
“It’s very frustrating.”
Paul said when Oasis announced their reunion last year, ticket sales went “through the roof”.
But now the real Oasis are on the road, it seems many do not want to fork out to see a tribute act in its place.
The duo say they may now have to branch out to perform more than just Oasis hits.
Paul continued: “It isn’t just our band that’s suffering.
“Live music is always the first to suffer, and if we don’t use the venues, we’ll lose them. It’s as simple as that.
“Later in the year, we are going to rebrand this show and drop the ‘As We Were’ name and revert back to it simply being ‘Oasish – The history of Oasis and beyond’.
“We think that the current name may not have connected with the public or even Oasis fans.
“As Oasish, we already have a big fan base and people know who we are, so we will be changing the name of this theatre show at some point this year.”
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