Oasis could face a new backlash amid reports tens of thousands of fans will see their concert tickets get cancelled.
Fans of the iconic Brit-pop band were thrilled this summer when brothers Noel, 57, and Liam Gallagher, 52, buried the hatchet and reformed the group after explosively falling out in 2009. They boys announced they are hitting the road next summer with the Oasis Live '25 Tour.
But sale of tour tickets ignited fan fury when a series of errors saw millions of fans locked out from getting tickets - and others saw prices sky rocket while they were queuing to buy seats due to an opportunistic 'dynamic pricing' system that caused prices to spike to the tickets being in demand. Now there is likely to be fresh outrage as many fans who have bought re-sold tickets via third party websites such as Viagogo could see the tickets be nullified.
The Wonderwall singing band's promoters, Live Nation and SJM, told BBC File on 4 that they are going to cancel over 50,000 tickets that were not directly sold via their ticketing websites. The cancelled tickets will then be put back on sale via Ticketmaster at their original price.
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AFP via Getty Images)A company spokesperson told the BBC: “These terms and conditions were successfully put in place to take action against secondary ticketing companies reselling tickets for huge profit. Only four percent of tickets have ended up on resale sites. Some major tours can see up to 20 percent of tickets appearing via the major unauthorised secondary platforms."
They added: "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.”
Meanwhile, Viagogo business development boss Matt Drew, slammed the decision, telling the BBC show: “Two percent of Oasis tickets are on Viagogo and Stubhub. We will continue to sell them in the way the regulator says we can. We are serving a clear consumer need, we will continue doing it on that basis.”
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The news has already provoked considerable backlash from fans online - with one writing on X: "Oasis are not worth that much money." Another slammed the move, writing: "Resold at ‘face value’ or ‘tickmeaster self inflated face value’?" Another outraged fan wrote: "What a silly mess. This is what greed brings." While another huffed: "A lot of hassle to watch two middle aged men sing songs you already know."
Last month it was reported the brothers were aiming to make things up with fans after their ticket sale sparked a backlash. A source told The Mirror: 'Millions of Oasis fans will be feeling incredibly disappointed today. Noel and Liam [Gallagher] are weighing up whether they can feasibly do more dates Next year's reunion tour is for their fans and they want to make them happy."
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