Per the BBC, Oasis’s promoters, Live Nation and SJM, have told File On 4 that they’re canceling around 50,000 tickets for the band’s UK dates sold in secondary markets for breaking terms and conditions.
When the UK tickets went on sale for the 2025 reunion tour, promoters said it was mandatory to purchase tickets through Ticketmaster or resale partner, Twickets – a difficult task to accomplish, especially when 10m fans from 158 countries joined the queue to get any of the 1.4m tickets that went on sale in August. In just a few hours, thousands of ticket were available on resale sites at exorbitant prices.
A company spokesperson said:
“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.
"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.”
This isn’t enough to stop secondary ticket company Viagogo from continuing to sell tickets for the tour. Matt Drew, who oversees international business development for Viagogo, told File on 4:
“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.”
The ticket cancellation process will begin soon. Resale of tickets in the UK is legal as long as they are acquired legitimately, and there are laws set up to protect customers.
Any fan who believes their ticket was canceled by error is allowed to contact their ticket agent to have their case investigated. However, if any concertgoer doesn’t want to go through all this hassle, tickets will be made available again through Ticketmaster, at face value.
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