A fan uses a smartphone to access an online ticketing website to purchase tickets for Oasis’ “Live ’25” tour. Oasis fans lined up online early Saturday morning to buy tickets for the anticipated reunion tour, but many were snapped up by resellers at prices many times higher than the original price.
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Oasis fans, many of whom have waited 15 years for the band to reunite, are scrambling to secure a spot at the reunion trip years after tickets went on sale Saturday, they had to pay several times the price the band had set.
Noting the exorbitant prices on third-party websites, the band warned buyers that tickets could only be resold at full price through two online sellers: Ticketmaster and Twickets.
“Tickets appearing on other secondary ticketing sites are either counterfeit or will be cancelled by the organiser,” the band’s account said. tweeted on Saturday.
This is their second warning in two days since the pre-sale began on Friday.
British rock band, led by famous brothers at odds Noel and Liam Gallagher will perform 17 shows in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin starting on 4 July.
More than 1 million tickets had been sold by Saturday morning, According to The Associated Presswith prices starting at just under $100 (£74) and going up to $666 for a package that includes a pre-show party and merchandise.
However, actual ticket prices sold through Ticketmaster are not necessarily fixed and may change due to the company’s “dynamic pricing” system, in which Prices increase with demand. Some platform tickets increased in price by up to four times the starting price, with the lowest price (standing ticket) then rising to $466 before fees.
As of Saturday afternoon ET, all shows were sold out. “Please check back as more [tickets] may be released,” a note on Ticketmaster reads.
But there were still plenty of tickets available for purchase on third-party resale sites like StubHub and Viagogo, with some individual tickets going for more than $7,000—70 times their original price—hours after the band issued a warning to resellers.
On Ticketmaster, fans faced long lines and glitches, with some seeing lines collapse before they could even purchase tickets.
What is considered fragile and brief sibling reunion added to fans’ excitement to see them perform live — some of the real-life tension was palpable — before Oasis (maybe? definitely?) broke up again.
On social media, many have turned to Oasis lyrics and memes to cope with the ticket chaos. One person posted a meme Ticketmaster’s website, with a joke that Oasis had split up while they were in line.
Earlier this year, The Justice Department has sued the owner of Ticketmaster.Live Nation Entertainment, for allegedly monopolizing live entertainment. The antitrust lawsuit accuses Ticketmaster of stifling competition and artificially inflating ticket prices through exclusive agreements with venues.
