New report shows that Kildare fans spent the most on Oasis 2025 concert tickets

AIB's latest Spend Trend report has revealed that that County Kildare fans spent the most on concert tickets for Oasis' 2025 reunion.

The report revealed that Saturday, August 31 last had the highest average transaction value for tickets so far this year, with the highest spend per transaction on the day being €466 and was made in Kildare.

In addition, Kildare was in the top five spenders of Electric Picnic tickets, having spent €257.

The monthly data was compiled from 75 million debit and credit card transactions made in store and online during August 2024 (all data was anonymised and aggregated). 

Speaking on the general nature of the information, Adrian Moynihan, Head of Consumers at AIB, said: "August was a very busy month for ticket sales, with a number of high-profile concerts and events going on sale, most notably Oasis of course, with the average transaction value at €347 reflecting the high demand.

"It was also a busy month for the hospitality sector as you would expect, which finished out strongly for summer 2024, and interestingly, homeware spend rose [by] 13 per cent, as people chose to invest in their homes and gardens during the summer months."

Mr Moynihan added: "These insights are vital for businesses, to help them plan accordingly, grow their business and support our customer’s choices."

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FURTHER INFORMATION

According to AIB: "Saturday, August 31 last saw the highest average transaction value for tickets among AIB customers so
far this year, at €347, a circa 300 per cent increase on the average transaction for 2024 to date (€87). 

"August 31 also saw the highest total spend on tickets in 2024 at circa €6.3 million.

"The highest spend per transaction on tickets that day was in Kildare (€466) followed by Monaghan (€444), Louth (€429),
Roscommon (€420) and Cavan (€411)."

AIB continued: "Electric Picnic fans drove the second largest ticket sales so far in 2024, on 21 st August, with an
average transaction value of €231.

"The total spend on tickets by AIB customers that day was circa €4.8m.

"When it comes to the highest spend per transaction, it was something of a home affair, with the top spenders from the home of Electric Picnic, County Laois (€320), followed by neighbouring and nearby counties Carlow (€259), Kildare (€257), Offaly (€244) and Kilkenny (€241).

"It was a busy month for music lovers, with the third highest spend on tickets on August 30 last (circa €3.9m), the day Oasis tickets went on pre-sale and the day All Together Now tickets went on general sale.

"The average transaction value that day was €258."

AIB further said: "Summer 2024 closed out well for the hospitality sector, with spend in restaurants up circa 11 per cent month-on-month, hotels up circa seven per cent, and pubs up circa five per cent. 

"Hospitality spend increased most among people from Kerry (up by 15.7 per cent) followed by Leitrim (15.3 per cent) and Waterford (up by 14.9 per cent)."