Oasis fans who had access to a presale expressed their disappointment when they realized some of the cheapest tickets for the band’s North America tour dates cost up to $516 despite confirmation that ‘dynamic pricing’ would not apply.
Upon waiting in line on Thursday to purchase tickets for the British band’s 2025 shows in various locations, including New Jersey and Toronto, many people took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to rant about how much they were having to pay to see brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher reunite onstage.
‘After waiting in the cue for 15 minutes, these are the cheapest remaining “pre sale” tickets for Oasis in Toronto. What. A. Joke (sic),’ one fan posted alongside a screenshot from the Ticketmaster website, which showed prices of $360 and $516.
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Another person shared: ‘Dear @oasis. I love ya. Always have. This will be my 4th time seeing ya. I was always going to buy tickets. But **** me lads… I’ve paid less for Macca & Springsteen. These prices were highway robbery. Having said all that, super excited, don’t break up before the show.’
A third fan accused: ‘They claim they turned “dynamic pricing” off but they sneakily offset that be doubling the ticket prices. smh . scammers (sic),’ and a fourth posted: ‘Waited in the queue for oasis, saw the ticket prices, left the queue for oasis.’
Someone else predicted: ‘lol the presale prices for Oasis in toronto are insane. i can’t even imagine what the general sale is going to be like tomorrow.’
The uproar comes after the band released a statement on Monday which confirmed that Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing model’ would not apply after fans in the UK and Ireland were left enraged by prices skyrocketing last month.
The statement read: ‘Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model will not be applied to the forthcoming sale of tickets to Oasis concerts in North America. It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket touting and keep prices for a significant proportion of fans lower than the market rate and thus more affordable.
‘But, when unprecedented ticket demand (where the entire tour could be sold many times over at the moment tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that cannot cope with that demand, it becomes less effective and can lead to an unacceptable experience for fans.
‘We have made this decision for the North America tour to hopefully avoid a repeat of the issues fans in the UK and Ireland experienced recently.’
However, this left many British fans with a bad taste in their mouths and they quickly shared their thoughts online.
‘Great just us Brits who got screwed over then,’ one person fumed, while another person asked: ‘So will UK fans who paid more due to dynamic pricing be refunded the difference?’
A third angry person posted: ‘So just the UK fans that get mugged off then? Sound,’ and a fourth suggested: ‘Maybe refund the UK fans you ripped off?’
Another fan raged: ‘So just us UK paying fans have to pay the consequences! Where’s the refunds to your UK fans! Not fair at all!’
And someone else claimed: ‘That sounds like something they’d say. Bet they won’t finish the tour, they’ll be fighting onstage in no time.’
By: Kirsty McCormack
Originally published at: Daily Mail
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