Fans who queued online for tickets to see Gallagher brothers’ shows found price had almost trebled
Fans of the Manchester band expressed their shock and anger after queueing online for hours only to find that the price of the £135 standing tickets had risen to £355.
Fans only discovered at the point of purchase, after spending hours in an online queue, that standing tickets described as “in demand” – costing £337.50 plus fees – were available. These offer the same as the basic £135 tickets despite being more than double the price. The Lib Dem culture spokesperson, Jamie Stone MP, said: “It is scandalous to see our country’s biggest cultural moments being turned into obscene cash cows by greedy promoters and ticketing websites. The Oasis ticket fiasco must be a watershed moment and lead to an official investigation, either by the watchdog or a parliamentary body.”
Regina Doherty, an MEP for the Dublin constituency, called for an investigation into the pricing which, she said, was not “transparent advertising and certainly not fair to consumers”. She added: “Every ticket for these gigs was always going to be ‘in demand’, so slapping an extra label and €300 on some standing tickets is just extortionate.”
Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice announced that it was suing Live Nation for “monopolisation and other unlawful conduct that thwarts competition in markets across the live entertainment industry”. He added: “Why does a ‘band of the people’ go along with these corporate dynamic ticket policies that feel like it rips off fans who had the same chance of joining a digital queue as everyone else?”
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