Fans looking to get their hands on resale tickets have been given advice, with “strict rules” in place after many were left disappointed when general sale was released on Saturday.
In one of the biggest ticket announcements, fans of Oasis have either been elated or disappointed when tickets went on sale over the weekend.
As huge numbers of fans scrambled to get tickets to the reunion shows next year, it has been confirmed a number of resale tickets will go on sale later today (Monday, September 2). Last week, brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher announced a string of dates for their tour in July and August 2025.
This includes five nights at Heaton Park in Manchester and five at London’s Wembley Stadium, the Manchester Evening News reports. When tickets went on sale on Saturday (August 31), all 17 dates sold out after fans were left waiting for hours in virtual queues to grab tickets of their own.
Websites such as Ticketmaster struggled to keep up with “unprecedented demand” and fans also complained of “dynamic pricing”. The latter is when customers are only given the option to pay “vastly inflated prices” for tickets when on the checkout page.
Of course, some fans have been left disappointed and ticketless, meaning scores of people will still be eager to get their hands on some. Ticketmaster have announced a number of resales will go up on the platform today, Chronicle Live reports.
However, there will be strict rules in place for this, as tour organisers hope to combat price inflation to prevent ticket touting and bots. Resale tickets will only be available to purchase on Ticketmaster and Twickets and Oasis themselves have warned against anyone attempting to resell tickets for several times their value on third-party websites.
The band said in a statement posted to their social media pages: “We have noticed people attempting to sell tickets on the secondary market since the start of the pre-sale. Please note, tickets can ONLY be resold, at face value, via @Ticketmaster and @Twickets. Tickets sold in breach of the terms and conditions will be cancelled by the promoters.”
Ticketmaster has also advised fans: “Selling tickets on unauthorised resale platforms breaches the promoter’s terms and conditions and may result in those tickets being cancelled. Therefore, they strongly recommend buying and selling tickets only through Ticketmaster or Twickets.”
Fans attending live events with tickets purchased from resale websites are advised to double check the terms and conditions at the point of sale. Tickets could be voided if they are found to have been purchased from elsewhere, therefore fans buy at their own risk.
It has not been confirmed how many resale tickets will be available to buy for each dates, or when they will be made available today. Resale tickets will only be available via Ticketmaster and Twickets.
Resale Ticket Sites: Ticketmaster vs. Twickets
Ticketmaster will have fan-to-fan resale ahead of the 2025 dates, which should be resold at face value (you won’t get your booking fees back, mind.)
But Oasis fans should be aware that Ticketmaster’s system has been criticized for dynamic pricing, which can lead to inflated ticket prices. This means that while tickets may be listed at face value, the actual price you pay could be much higher.
Fans looking for a more ethical and transparent way to buy resale tickets might want to consider Twickets. This platform promises that buyers never pay more than the original face value of the ticket. However, Twickets does charge a booking fee.
Initially, Twickets’ booking fee for Oasis tickets was criticized by many fans, as it was nearly £100 for some tickets. However, Twickets has since capped the booking fee at £25 per ticket for Oasis tickets.
The Trouble With Dynamic Pricing
Matt Drew, who oversees business development at Viagogo, said Saturday’s sale of tickets for the band’s first gigs in 16 years “descended into chaos”.
Thousands of fans were left angry and frustrated in their efforts to buy tickets for the concerts in the UK and Ireland next July and August.
Many entered hours-long virtual queues to buy tickets on Ticketmaster, GigsAndTours, and See Tickets, only to find prices balloon into the hundreds of pounds by the time they could buy them, with others missing out completely.
While defending Viagogo, where tickets were advertised for more than £2,000 shortly after going on sale on the “primary market”, Mr Drew said: “It’s a system that isn’t fit for purpose.”
“It’s clearly broken, and bands and consumers are the ones that are losing out,” he told Niall Paterson on Sky’s Daily podcast.
“Asking fans in the first place to buy tickets so far in advance, you’re putting fans in massive queues, which are pre-queues to other queues, having them be kicked out of these services, having the price triple on them at the point of checkout – these are scenarios that just illustrate what a mess this is.
“That’s the reason why we believe this whole system needs a full review. It needs to be looked at from top to bottom and redesigned in a way that supports consumers.
“There’s a number of very clear and common threads that would be foundational to a better system – much greater transparency, much greater levels of competition.
“These exclusive points of sales are almost unique to this industry, and it’s clear that they don’t work. They cause crashes, they cause the ability for people to squeeze on price to eye-watering levels.”
Mr Drew added that the use of dynamic pricing in the sale of Oasis tickets was different from other instances of its use in industries such as taxi rides because “it was a closed shop”.
“There is no competitive tension. So what that means is that people who are dynamically pricing the event can really do as they see fit.
“In terms of their pricing, they’re really just choosing a price and there’s no downward pressure or competitive tension pushing them in a different direction.”
The demand-based system was introduced by Ticketmaster in 2022.
It said it was brought in to stop touts and ensure more money goes to the artists.
Essentially, when there is a lot of demand for tickets, and limited supply, the price can go up.
Amid anger over Oasis’s ticket prices, the company said it does not set prices and shared a link to a website that said costs could be “fixed or market-based”.
On its own website, Ticketmaster describes its “Platinum” tickets as those that have their price adjusted according to supply and demand.
It says the goal of the dynamic pricing system is to “give fans fair and safe access to the tickets, while enabling artists and other people involved in staging live events to price tickets closer to their true market value”.
The company claims it is artists, their teams, and promoters who set pricing and choose whether dynamic pricing is used for their shows.
Mr Drew also rejected criticism that Viagogo’s prices could not be justified, saying: “We run a ticketing marketplace… we don’t set prices.
“What we find almost all the time in these special cases with Oasis, with Taylor Swift, with Beyonce the year before is that there’s an initial flurry, there’s some crazy prices.
“They get listed, those tickets don’t sell, and over time the ticket prices smooth off, evolve down and end up in a place that’s reasonable and rational and ultimately set by the market.”
The Government's Response to Ticket Price Inflation
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the government will get a “grip” on the issue of surge pricing and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called the inflated selling of Oasis tickets “incredibly depressing”.
She said the government “will include issues around the transparency and use of dynamic pricing, including the technology around queuing systems which incentivise it, in our forthcoming consultation on consumer protections for ticket resales”.
A Second Chance For Fans
Oasis fans have one more chance to bag themselves tickets. Oasis tickets went on sale last week with thousands of fans waiting hours in the checkout queue. Demand for tickets was so intense sales websites crashed and many were kicked out of their place in line due to technical errors.
Tickets for the entire UK and Ireland show sold out just hours after they were made available. Fans who waited years for the reunion left empty-handed after being too late to the cut or priced out by Ticketmaster’s “in demand” pricing.
However, Ticketmaster has confirmed that Oasis resale tickets will go live today, Monday, September 2. Fans must be aware there are strict rules in place when it comes to buying resale tickets, which have been put in place by tour organisers in a bid to combat price inflation and prevent ticket touting and bots.
Resale tickets will only be valid if purchased through official platforms, Ticketmaster and Twickets. Oasis themselves issued a stark warning to anyone attempting to resell tickets for several times their value on third party websites, Chronicle Live reports.
The band said in a statement posted to their social media pages: “We have noticed people attempting to sell tickets on the secondary market since the start of the pre-sale. Please note, that tickets can ONLY be resold, at face value, via @Ticketmaster and @Twickets. Tickets sold in breach of the terms and conditions will be cancelled by the promoters.”
Ticketmaster has also advised fans: “Selling tickets on unauthorised resale platforms breaches the promoter’s terms and conditions and may result in those tickets being cancelled. Therefore, they strongly recommend buying and selling tickets only through Ticketmaster or Twickets.”
The Future of Ticket Resale
The issue of ticket resale and price gouging is a complex one, and there is no easy solution. However, the government’s commitment to reviewing the system and introducing new consumer protections is a positive step. It remains to be seen whether these changes will be enough to ensure that fans can buy tickets at a fair price and that artists can benefit from the demand for their music.
The debate surrounding ticket resale is likely to continue, but the hope is that the industry will move towards a more transparent and equitable system.
Get Your Tickets Now!
Fans who missed out on Oasis tickets at the weekend may have a chance today. Oasis is now playing a total of 17 dates across the UK and Ireland next summer, with three extra dates having been confirmed on Thursday morning due to “unprecedented demand”. You can find Oasis tickets here.
The Gallagher brothers will play at five venues across London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Cardiff and Dublin:
