Oasis are set to launch a big comeback in 2025 with a massive tour, but not all fans will be able to join.
Tickets for the UK shows first went on sale in August, with 1.4 million tickets already available. They quickly sold out after 10 million fans from 158 countries joined the queue.
However, according to the BBC, nearly 50,000 of those tickets may now be invalidated. The band’s promoters have revealed to the agency that they will cancel all tickets sold through secondary ticketing sites. All ultimately voided tickets will be reset on Ticketmaster and will be sold at face value.
Ticket cancellations are expected to take place soon, and the band shares that any fans who believe they lost their tickets by mistake will investigate and will report them.
“These terms and conditions have been successfully brought against secondary ticketing companies that resell tickets for huge profits. Only 4% of tickets are resold on resale sites. Some major tours can see up to 20% of tickets appear through major resale sites.” unauthorized secondary platform,” a company spokesperson told NME.
They continued: “All parties involved in the tour continue to urge fans not to purchase tickets from unauthorized websites as some of these may be fraudulent and others may be subject to cancellation. ”.
This is not the first time Oasis has had ticket problems during their reunion tour. Some fans are unhappy to see ticket prices increase sharply due to flexible pricing, NME report.
Ticketmaster was previously forced to clarify on its website that tickets “at market prices may increase or decrease at any time, depending on demand.”
“Oasis left all decisions about ticket sales and pricing up to their promoters and managers and had no idea that dynamic pricing would be used,” the band said. NME.
The upcoming tour is expected to be huge for the band with many reports claiming they could earn up to $65,000,000 from the reunion tour. Total, Sun reported that the tour could earn $523,000,000 through tickets, sponsorships, and merchandise.
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