Upcoming dates for the Oasis Live ’25 tour are boosting hotel bookings in Sydney.

The British rock band arrived in Australia this week for its highly anticipated reunion tour.

Between 31 October and 8 November, Oasis is set to perform three nights in Melbourne and two in Sydney.

Sydney has recorded the highest occupancy for the shows according to CoStar, a global provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.

As of 20 October, occupancy for Sydney was at 75.1 per cent for Friday, 7 November. Last year, the market was at 65.4 per cent for the comparable night.

Music tourism—where fans travel to experience concerts, festivals and music-related landmarks—has emerged as one of the top global drivers of visitor economy growth.

Also called “gig tripping” the trend taps into the rising popularity of experience tourism, with travellers seeking immersive and cultural events, activities and experiences that enrich their trips.

Collinson International's global research report, The Value of Sports and Music Tourism, found 82 per cent of sports and music fans have travelled to a new city or country to watch their favourite team or artist and of those, 28 per cent said they have returned to these new cities/countries—with a further 31 per cent planning to return.

Live Performance Australia’s 2024 Live Performance Attendance and Revenue Report shows NSW represented the largest market share of revenue (36.2 per cent) and attendance (32.4 per cent) among all states and territories.

NSW recorded the highest growth in revenue (+16.3 per cent to $1.2 billion) and second-highest growth in attendance (+10.9 per cent to 10.2 million) between 2023 and 2024. These results are the highest ever recorded in NSW.

Contemporary music contributed the highest share of revenue (57.1 per cent) and attendance (48.6 per cent) among all the live performance categories in NSW.