OASIS have ruled out the use of dynamic pricing for their North American dates following fan outrage at the cost of tickets in the UK and Ireland.
Noel and Liam Gallagher, who reunited in August, announced yesterday that the band would tour Canada, the US and Mexico.
The first performance will be in Toronto, Ontario, on August 24, 2025.
Oasis will then head to the US for Chicago’s Soldier Field on August 28, the New York Giants’ MetLife Stadium on August 31, and Los Angeles’s Rose Ball Stadium on September 6.
They will also play Mexico City on September 12.
A string of 19 UK and Ireland dates — including two extra Wembley shows — sold out and sparked a furore over inflated prices.
A statement from Oasis’ management said: “Ticketmaster‘s dynamic pricing model will not be applied to the forthcoming sale of tickets to Oasis concerts in North America.
“It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket touting and keep prices for a significant proportion of fans lower than the market rate and thus more affordable.
“But, when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over at the moment tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that cannot cope with that demand, it becomes less effective and can lead to an unacceptable experience for fans.
“We have made this decision for the North America tour to hopefully avoid a repeat of the issues fans in the UK and Ireland experienced recently.”
There will be a pre-ballot for tickets, with fans being asked to confirm entry by October 1.
The demand-based system was introduced by Ticketmaster in 2022.
It said it was brought in to stop touts and ensure more money goes to the artists.
Essentially, when there is a lot of demand for tickets, and limited supply, the price can go up.
Amid anger over Oasis’s ticket prices, the company said they do not set prices and shared a link to a website that said costs could be “fixed or market-based”.
On its own website, Ticketmaster describes its “Platinum” tickets as those that have their price adjusted according to supply and demand.
It says the goal of the dynamic pricing system is to “give fans fair and safe access to the tickets, while enabling artists and other people involved in staging live events to price tickets closer to their true market value”.
The company claims it is artists, their teams, and promoters who set pricing and choose whether dynamic pricing is used for their shows.
LIFE On Mars actor John Simm discovered his dad was not his real father on a trip into the past for ITV show DNA Journey.
John, 54, got the shock when he appeared on the programme with time travel police series co-star Philip Glenister.
The ITV genealogy show pairs two celebs an episode to make family discoveries using DNA tests.
John, who took part only because Philip, 61, asked him, said: “The DNA results came back and my dad, is not my dad. It turns out he isn’t my biological father, which is a bit of a shock. It spun my world, and everything I thought I knew wasn’t real.”
He used to sing and play guitar with the man he called Dad, Ronald Simm, in Lancashire working men’s clubs — and it turned out his real father often drank in the same places.
He added: “The thing that blows my mind, he might have been in the same pub one night and watched me play.
“It’s one of those mad, Back To The Future, Life On Mars things.”
But John, who has two sisters, Carol and Nicola, also admitted it was an incredibly sensitive discovery because he was so close to Ronald, who died in 2015 aged 78.
He said: “I’m glad my dad isn’t alive to see this because I’m sure he’d be shocked and upset.”
His mum Brenda, 73, was also “absolutely floored” by the news.
He said of her and Ronald: “They were together and then they split up and they were both with other people and then they got back together and had me.”
The show’s research led John to Featherstone in West Yorkshire, to discover his real father Terence Naylor died in 1998.
But he found Terence had a daughter Karen — and meets the half-sister he never knew he had in emotional scenes in the episode a week tomorrow.
ANDONI IRAOLA’S Bournemouth side put on a first half blitz to earn bragging rights on the south coast.
The Cherries were picking their spot in the first half, heading in three goals to the good at the break.
"That's the MOMENT they've been waiting for."
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Evanilson nets the opener and scores his first goal for Bournemouth!pic.twitter.com/GITPfkF91p
Summer arrival Evanilson found the back of the net for the first time since his £40m transfer from Porto.
While a deflected goal from Dango Outtara and a third from Antoine Semenyo were enough to basically put Bournemouth out of sight.
Three up and no response had the Vitality bouncing as the half-time whistle blew up.
Staring at the very real possibility of a THIRD 9-0 defeat five years, Southampton needed to change something at the break.
They did exactly that – Russell Martin making a triple change to try and change his side’s fortunes.
And for a moment it looked like it worked when, six minutes after the restart, Taylor Harwood-Bellis rose up above the crowd to nod home a goal.
Unfortunately for Saints fans, the 22-year-old rallying cries after the goal was about as far as the excitement got.
Bournemouth were unfazed by the early concession, taking back control of the game and playing their football to secure all three points.
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The Cherries now go one point ahead of Manchester United, while Southampton remain winless in 19th place with goal difference the only reason they don’t sit rock bottom of the pile.
"This fella is on FIRE."
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 30, 2024
A sensational finish from Antoine Semenyopic.twitter.com/DiJw8s4LN1
Harwood-Bellis finds the back of the net!
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) September 30, 2024
Good start to the second half for Southamptonpic.twitter.com/2VljbGcipz
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