Rival 'Oasis' gig to be held metres from where Liam and Noel Gallagher will take to stage in Edinburgh

Now, a rival gig to this summer’s iconic Oasis tour is to be held in Edinburgh metres away from where Noel and Liam Gallagher will be taking to the stage in Murrayfield Stadium.

Murrayfield Ice Arena, which is located next door to the stadium where the Oasis concert will take place, is to hold an Oasis tribute band gig in its bar on 8, 9 and 12 August: the same days the brothers play their set in Scotland.

Definitely Oasis is to play at the rink’s bar, at a cost of £10 a ticket for adults and £5 for children - a far cry from the hundreds of pounds a ticket being charged on second hand ticket sale sites for the real Oasis concert.

Brian McGhee, singer for Definitely Oasis, said the ice rink had contacted them last year, shortly after the Oasis dates were announced.

He said: “We’ve never played this close to them before, it’s weird to think they’ll be two minutes away, maybe they’ll be able to hear us from their dressing rooms. It’s quite surreal.”

He added: “We’re trying to work out at the moment what to play in our set, we want to try to do something different to them, so we’ll wait until closer to the gig when we know what they’re doing: we’ll leave all the big ones to them. We’re just really looking forward to it.”

While the Oasis tour sold out shortly after it went on sale in September, some tickets are available on resale. The highest price tickets were due to be sold for when they were first released were £270 each for a VIP package.

Pitched as an alternative for people who have “missed out” on tickets for the main concert, the ice rink, which has been turned into a roller rink for the summer, urged people to “beat the crowds and potentially the weather”, by attending its gig, which also includes performances by a Stone Roses tribute band and a DJ.

The rink said: “Murrayfield Ice Arena presents the Murrayfield Music Fan Zone on Friday 8th/9th and 12th August from 2pm. Top class tribute bands, Definitely Oasis and the Complete Stone Roses along with DJ Fools Gold will keep you entertained before the main event in the Murrayfield Stadium.

‘Feel part of the event’

“Even if you have missed out on tickets for the main concert, join us for Live music, DJs, bars and food and feel part of the event. Beat the crowds and potentially the weather at the Music Zone at Murrayfield Ice Arena.”

According to the tribute band’s website, it has toured extensively across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia, filling “iconic” venues to capacity, including Glasgow’s O2 Academy and Barrowland Ballroom, Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms and London’s O2 Academy Islington.

They have also paid tribute to Oasis’s roots by performing at historic venues where the band played in their early years, including The Joiners in Southampton, Tivoli in Buckley, La Belle Angele in Edinburgh, and King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow - where Oasis is said to have been first discovered.

Pressure on accommodation due to the timing of the Oasis concerts during the Edinburgh festivals has seen the price of a room rocket over the dates. A Scotsman investigation recently found some hotels have increased prices for the tour dates by hundreds of pounds a night, pushing the cost of a stay at one city centre hotel as high as £2,702 on the first day of the concert run - almost £1,000 more than the price charged a week earlier.