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Well, Matthew, standing by for us, as you saw in Wembley, four dates, at least in the building behind you.

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Four dates indeed. And look, it may even be more. There were rumors, weren't there? We were talking about it early this morning that they might even do a record-breaking run of shows. The current record is eight Nights set by Taylor Swift. And then, as a number of keen fans pointed out to me on social media after I'd set it on air, also take that. So apologies to take that, fans. They have eight show runs, which is the record. Four from Oasis is, I would have thought, fairly rapidly going to sell out. So possibly could we see that number of four creep up if the four shows sell out, as I expect they will in a matter of seconds. The other thing that's really interesting we've just done in the last hour or so, is had a quick look at hotels in and around Wembley Stadium for the dates that Oasis are playing, the 25th and 26th of July, and then the beginning of the following August, the second and third of August. And for some hotels, you can't even get a hotel room. And then one of them on booking. Com, I had a quick look, a holiday in a couple of miles away.

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The week before the concert, it's £195 a night. The first night of the concert, it's £594 a night. So already people are getting on the hotel rooms even before the tickets go on sale. So that gives you some sense of just how much demand there is for these tickets. And as Gareth was saying on air just after eight o'clock, the website crashed. So clearly this is something fans want. Some people are cynically saying, oh, this is just a money-grabbing exercise from Liam and Noel, and no doubt they stand to profit handsomely from it. But I think the key thing is the demand is very clearly out there, even if some of us in the interests of balance, quite like Oasis and aren't quite going to be sleeping overnight for tickets. Plenty of people clearly are and the excitement is just getting started.

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Yeah, I'm not sure they're going to be losing any sleep about whether you like them or not, though, Matthew.

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No, I shan't expect they'll need my money. That's for sure.

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Yeah, they'll think you're a posh boy from across the water.

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Do I not count as northern? I thought, at least I've got northern in my nationality, so I think that buys me a pass. I'm not a softy Southerner.

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Thanks a lot. Thank.