More than 50,000 tickets to Oasis gigs across the UK are set to be cancelled and re-listed for sale “in the coming weeks”.
In case you’ve been living under a rock, Oasis are reforming for a run of shows in the UK and Ireland next year, but the massively long-awaited reunion tour has faced some serious controversy over ticket sales and prices since it was announced back in August – which has prompted the band’s promotors to make the decision to cancel tens of thousands of tickets sold on resale websites.
A whopping 1.4 million tickets were put on sale for shows across the UK when the Gallagher brothers announced their tour in August.
As you can probably imagine though, demand for tickets was unprecedented, and before long, more than 10 million fans from 158 countries joined the online queues.
When tickets for the tour went on sale, Oasis fans were told ahead of time that they could only buy tickets at face value through Ticketmaster or its resale partner, Twickets, however within a matter of hours of the general sale beginning, thousands of tickets appeared on resale sites at hugely inflated prices.
Unfortunately for those fans who snapped up tickets on resale websites such as Viagogo and StubHub though, the iconic Manchester band’s promotors, Live Nation and SJM, have announced that they are now in the process of cancelling tickets believed to have broken terms and conditions.
Promoters said that any fans who believe they have had their tickets cancelled “in error”, however, will be able to speak have their case investigated by the relevant ticket agent, according to the BBC.
“These terms and conditions were successfully put in place to take action against secondary ticketing companies reselling tickets for huge profit,” a spokesperson for Live Nation and SJM explained.
“Only 4% of tickets have ended up on resale sites. Some major tours can see up to 20% of tickets appearing via the major unauthorised secondary platforms.
“All parties involved with the tour continue to urge fans not to purchase tickets from unauthorised websites as some of these may be fraudulent and others subject to cancellation.”
Read more:
- Everything we know about the Oasis LIVE reunion tour in 2025
- Oasis and Ticketmaster urged to refund fans hit by ‘in demand’ ticket pricing
- Government to review dynamic ticket pricing after ‘depressing’ Oasis drama
The news that some Oasis tickets will be cancelled and re-listed comes after the Government confirmed that it will be reviewing the concept of dynamic ticket pricing, and after consumer watchdog Which? urged the band and Ticketmaster to refund fans subjected to ‘in demand’ tickets.
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