OASIS fans have taken to social media to voice their outrage at extortionate resale ticket prices.
Tickets for the band’s first tour since 2009 went on sale this morning at 9am, with demand crashing the Ticketmaster website.
Ticket prices ranged from £73 to about £205 for all shows via official means, whereas reseller Viagogo currently has tickets for the band’s Murrayfield gigs on sale for as high as £6709.
Scottish fans have voiced their dismay on social media with one user branding resale websites as an “absolute disgrace.”
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“How is this allowed!! Tickets selling for silly money on Viagogo. Fuming,” said one person online.
One user told the resale website Stubhub that they “should be ashamed” for their high resale prices.
Another user reacting to £4500 seated tickets wrote “Gigsbergtickets, viagogo & StubHub are all ripping Oasis fans off. Hang your heads in shame”.
Viagogo defended having tickets on sale for inflated prices on its platform as a “legal” practice following the Britpop band warning concertgoers that passes bought outside of the official websites Ticketmaster and Twickets will be cancelled.
In an official statement, Oasis warned against purchasing resold tickets: “Please note, Oasis Live ‘25 tickets can only be resold at face value via TicketmasterUK and Twickets!
“Tickets appearing on other secondary ticketing sites are either counterfeit or will be cancelled by the promoters.”
Cris Miller, Viagogo global managing director, said in a statement to the PA news agency: “This is a dream event anticipated by millions worldwide.
“Our number-one tip for fans using secondary marketplaces is to continue to check prices outside of the first few weeks of sale.
“Demand will be at its peak when tickets hit the on-sale but it’s not a normal reflection of what tickets can and will go for. Just this summer tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in the UK sold on our platform for as low as £80.
“In the case of Oasis – a highly anticipated event – we saw the primary sites struggling to manage demand even before the on-sale, and site crashes.
“We know fans are frustrated with the process and we know there is a better way. We continue to support industry collaboration to ensure the entire ticketing market works for fans and the live entertainment industry.
“Resale is legal in the UK and fans are always protected by our guarantee that they will receive their tickets in time for the event or their money back.”
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