SJM granted Knebworth events licence

North Hertfordshire Council has granted SJM Concerts a premises licence for Knebworth House, giving the promoter behind Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour approval to stage events at the Hertfordshire site tied to the band’s best-known live shows. BBC News reported the decision on August 5, days before the 30th anniversary of Oasis’s August 1996 Knebworth concerts. The approval does not name Oasis as a booked act, and neither SJM Concerts nor Knebworth House publicly announced any Oasis dates alongside the licence. ### What exactly did SJM get approved to do at Knebworth? Rolling Stone UK reported that North Hertfordshire Council granted SJM Concerts a premises licence for Knebworth House that allows concerts for crowds of up to 125,000 people. The publication said the licence remains in place indefinitely. BBC’s report, as carried by syndication, said the licence lets SJM host events at Knebworth and was secured just before the anniversary of Oasis’s shows there. (msn.com) Local and trade coverage also described the approval as a premises licence tied to large-scale live events at the venue. ### Why has this triggered Oasis speculation again? Monday, August 10, 2026, marks 30 years since Oasis played Knebworth in 1996, a pair of concerts that became central to the band’s live legacy. (rollingstone.co.uk) BBC’s report noted the anniversary timing, and Rolling Stone UK said the licence landed amid rumors that Oasis could return to the site in 2027. NME and Sky News both tied the new licence to the anniversary and to the scale of the original demand, reporting that millions applied for tickets to the 1996 shows. (msn.com) That history has made any Knebworth licensing move involving Oasis’s promoter a magnet for reunion talk. ### Does the licence mean Oasis are playing Knebworth? Far Out said claims that Oasis would play five Knebworth shows in 2026 were false, and its report did not present the licence as a tour confirmation. (msn.com) Rolling Stone UK likewise described the approval as arriving amid 2027 rumors, not as an announced booking. BBC’s account did not report any confirmed Oasis event, and syndicated versions of the story said SJM Concerts and Knebworth House had been asked what events were planned. (nme.com) As of August 6, no official Oasis date at Knebworth had been announced in the reporting reviewed. ### Why does SJM’s role matter here? SJM Concerts is the promoter associated in current coverage with Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour, which is why the licence has drawn attention beyond a routine venue approval. (faroutmagazine.co.uk) Rolling Stone UK and NME both identified SJM as the promoter for the band’s reunion run. Access All Areas identified Simon Moran’s SJM Concerts as a key player behind the Oasis Live ’25 tour and said the Knebworth approval covered events with attendance of up to 125,000. (msn.com) That connection is the factual basis for the renewed scrutiny around the licence. ### What else is happening around Oasis right now? The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame named Oasis in its 2026 class, alongside acts including Phil Collins, Iron Maiden and Joy Division/New Order. (rollingstone.co.uk) The Hall said the 2026 induction ceremony will be taped on November 14 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Those two dates — August 10 for the Knebworth anniversary and November 14 for the Rock Hall ceremony — are the next fixed points in a story otherwise dominated by venue licensing and tour speculation. (accessaa.co.uk) No promoter, venue or band statement reviewed here set out a Knebworth concert announcement date. (msn.com) (rockhall.com)