Oasis Alerts Fans Of Ticket Resale Prior To The Primary Event.
After some tickets for their comeback tour were sold for hundreds of pounds within minutes of a pre-sale, Oasis has issued a caution against reselling them.
Tickets for the first round went on sale on Friday evening for three hours to a select group of fans.
Not too long after, tickets were going up for more than £6,000 on the internet, which is about 40 times the face value of a standing ticket.
Oasis warned fans that they would be “cancelled” if they continued to resell tickets for more money on unaffiliated websites.
When general sales begin on Saturday at 09:00 BST in the UK and 08:00 in Ireland, fans who missed out on pre-sale tickets will try to get into the band’s reunion gigs.
Fans are strongly urged “against buying any of the resale tickets currently popping up online at inflated prices,” according to consumer law expert Lisa Webb of Which?, who spoke with BBC News.
“Not only is there a chance that some of these listings could be scam attempts, but even legitimate tickets could be cancelled, rendering them invalid if they are sold outside of the official resale platforms or at above face value,” she stated.
Ministers should take action, according to Adam Webb, campaign manager at FanFair Alliance, an organization created to assist patrons and artists in addressing the problem of ticket touting.
“The government needs to take some action,” he told the BBC.
“In March, Sir Keir Starmer announced that Labour would cap the price at which a property may be sold if they were to win power. It is our hope that they will proceed with that.”
The prime minister stated that culture could not be “at the mercy of ruthless ticket touts who drive up the prices” in that speech.
Shortly after the pre-sale on Friday started, listings for tickets on resale sites such as StubHub and Viagogo emerged. These included: £6,000 for Oasis’s performance on July 26 at Wembley Stadium in London.
For the first performance of the tour on July 4 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, prices range from £916 to £4,519.
Standing room-only seats at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh cost more than £4,000 on August 12.
More than £2,500 for the band’s July 12 homecoming show at Heaton Park in Manchester
Promoters stated that ordinary seating tickets range from £73 to around £205, while standing tickets will cost approximately £150 prior to the pre-sale. Official premium package costs increase to £506.
In July and August of next year, there will be 17 outdoor concerts in the UK and Ireland, for which about 1.4 million tickets will be available.
Friday night, as the pre-sale was still going on, Oasis stepped in and released a statement that said, “Since the beginning of the pre-sale, we have observed individuals trying to sell tickets on the secondary market.”Please be aware that only Ticketmaster and Twickets are permitted to resell tickets at face value.
“Tickets sold in breach of the terms and conditions will be cancelled by the promoters.”
Prior to the pre-sale, Oasis’s promoters had warned of a similar consequence: tickets purchased through “unauthorised resale platforms” will violate terms and conditions and “may be cancelled.”
Viagogo, meanwhile, declared in a statement that the platform was “completely compliant with all UK laws and regulations” and that “resale is legal in the UK.”
According to the company, tickets may be listed on its platform as soon as they are made publically available, even after a pre-sale event.
It went on, saying that such efforts result in a “surge in scams.” “We oppose anti-competitive actions taken by event organizers to restrict purchasing and resale options to certain platforms in an attempt to control the market, as they ultimately harm fans by limiting their choice.”
We’ve also reached out to StubHub for comments.
The promoters of Oasis added three more dates to the original 14 that were announced on Thursday, citing “unprecedented demand” for the ballot to enter the pre-sale.
On social media, hundreds of individuals expressed their joy at having obtained a ticket before the general sale on Saturday.
“I’m really going to see my all-time favorite band! Thought I would never see this,” a user commented.
“I have two very excited daughters,” another person remarked. The yelling when the transaction was confirmed nearly made me deaf.”
One commented, “They should still be together then,” after revealing that he had tickets to the tour’s opening night.
Fans were asked to identify the original drummer of the band in order to cast a ballot. Chris Sharrock, Alan White, and Tony McCarroll—who played with the band from its founding until 1995—were the three alternatives available. One further question for the entrants was how many times they have seen the band.
Noel and Liam Gallagher confirmed the band’s long-awaited reunion on Tuesday by declaring that they had moved past their contentious breakup.
The group had split up 15 years earlier after a scuffle broke out backstage at the Paris Rock en Seine festival.
Following an altercation backstage at the Paris Rock en Seine festival, the band formally broke up in 2009.
Sales and streaming of the band’s previous catalog have skyrocketed in the lead-up to the shows, with three albums returning to the top five of the UK charts on Friday.
The greatest hits compilation Time Flies is ranked number three, What’s The Story Morning Glory from 1995 comes in at number four, and the 29 August 1994 release of Definitely Maybe, the album’s debut, comes in at number five.
Definitely Maybe celebrated its 30th anniversary this past Friday.
In 1991, Oasis was founded in Manchester with the following members: drummer Tony
McCarroll, bassist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan, guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, and singers Liam and Noel Gallagher.
Following an altercation backstage at the Paris Rock en Seine festival, the band formally broke up in 2009.
