Oasis, Metallica tickets on sale today (October 24)

A ticket rush is expected today as both Oasis and Metallica put their tours on sale today (October 24).

First up are the metallers, with tickets for their February dates available from 9am (BST).

Metallica will play:

Nottingham Trent FM Arena (February 25)
Manchester Evening News Arena (26)
Sheffield Arena (28)
London 02 Arena (March 2)
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (3)
Birmingham LG Arena (25)
Glasgow SECC (26)

To check the availability of Metallica tickets after this time and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

Then it's Oasis's summer 2009 stadium tour which is expected to create high demand, with both Kasabian and The Enemy (and The Prodigy for the Slane Castle date) also along for the ride.

Oasis tickets go on sale at 10am for the following dates:

Manchester Heaton Park (June 6, 7)
Sunderland Stadium Of Light (10)
Cardiff Millennium Stadium (12)
Edinburgh Murrayfield Stadium (17)
Dublin Slane Castle (20)
London Wembley Stadium (July 11, 12)

To check the availability of Oasis tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

In the meantime watch Noel Gallagher announcing the dates at last week's (October 16) press conference: