UK government steps in as Oasis reunion sparks outcry over soaring ticket prices
A fan uses a smart phone to access an on-line ticket sales website to purchase tickets for Oasis ' "Live '25" tour taking place in 2025, at home in Marsden, northern England on August 31, 2024. The British government will investigate surge pricing after Oasis fans faced significant ticket price hikes for the band's reunion.
The British government has said it will probe surge pricing after furious Oasis fans faced huge hikes in ticket prices for the Britpop band's much-anticipated reunion.But many who eventually made it to the front of the online queue hours after sales began were also dismayed to find their tickets had more than doubled in price.
On Ticketmaster - one of the official Oasis sales websites - standing tickets originally priced at around £150 were being sold for over £350 , labelled as"in-demand standing tickets". However, with a limited supply of tickets, and huge demand for the Oasis reunion tour, fans slammed the practice as"greedy,""disgusting," and a"rip-off".Oasis had previously warned that"tickets sold in breach of the terms and conditions will be cancelled" after some presale tickets bought on Friday appeared on resale sites at heavily inflated prices, some as high as £6,000 .
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