How Oasis ticket sale unfolded
Oasis fans trying to get their hands on tickets to the band’s 2025 reunion tour faced hours long queues on ticketing websites today.
General sale tickets for Oasis comeback tour dates in Ireland were released at 8am, while tickets for the UK went live at 9am.
Soon after the sale of general tickets began, sites crashed and online queuing systems were implemented to attempt to manage the massive demand.
Many fans were left disappointed after being kicked out after sites wrongly suspected them of being bots.
Some fans were advised to call a phone number to buy accessible tickets for the Wembley concerts but were unable to get through despite calling thousands of times.
Those who struggle to get accessible tickets for the concerts claimed getting hold of them was an “impossible task”.
Others were furious because prices of tickets had doubled on Ticketmaster from around £148 to £335 due to the high demand for tickets.
The website defended the move, saying: “Ticketmaster explains: ‘In Demand Tickets are dynamically-priced tickets.
“Based on demand the prices of these tickets may change.
“These tickets are not part of VIP packages – they are tickets only.”
Oasis also issued a warning about the buying and selling of tickets shortly after they went on sale, telling fans “tickets can only be resold at face value” on Ticketmaster, one of the sites selling them, and ticket resale site Twickets.
They also told how “tickets appearing on other secondary ticketing sites are either counterfeit or will be cancelled by the promoters”.
Following a presale of tickets on Friday night they issued a similar warning, after tickets on some unauthorised reselling websites were listed for thousands of pounds above their face value.
Lengthy online queues sparked a series of jokes and memes on social media, including one fan who sharing a snap of them in their room as they tried to snag tickets, which resembled the front cover of the Oasis hit first album Definitely Maybe.
Many of those who managed to snag tickets were left feeling elated.
Lucy Bacon, a 26-year-old from southwest London, managed to bag a ticket because her friend in Singapore – which is seven hours ahead of the UK – logged on earlier and got through.
“It’s literally all thanks to her,” Bacon said. “I logged on at 8.40am and couldn’t even get into Ticketmaster let alone the queue! I was just really lucky basically and am super grateful to my selfless friend in Singapore.”
Bacon and her friends paid £130 for seated tickets to the show in London. She is counting down the days. “I cried twice already today,” she said. “I listened to them all through my teenage years and had posters of their album covers on my walls!”
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