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The Gallagher brothers, aka the band Oasis, haven't performed live since their contentious breakup in 2009. However, they are getting back together for a series of UK shows in 2025, which has caused them to trend currently.
Tickets went online on Saturday morning, August 31. However, fans are perplexed after discovering that tickets are being offered at exorbitant "in demand" prices on websites like Ticketmaster. The site, which fans have to use to buy the tickets, is reportedly charging £360 for those tickets.
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As per Standard UK, the site explained in 2022 that it sometimes raises the prices to stop touting. Touting is the practice of purchasing hard-to-get event tickets with the intention of reselling them for a significantly higher price.
Since the ticket prices were released, netizens have taken to X to vent their frustration about the whole thing. One fan on X commented:
"it's the artists that set the dynamic pricing parameters not ticketmaster. shameless gouging of their own fans"
Other fans expressed similar sentiments online.
“In demand standing ticket" is just a standard standing ticket except double the price. No difference between Ticketmaster and touts #OasisDublin,” one X user wrote.
“Additional service charge for the same service too, it seems,” another one said.
“After 105 minutes in the queue: only tickets left for Oasis on Sunday are "official platinum tickets" (€490.50) and "in demand standing tickets" (€415.50). Neither has any VIP element: it's literally just Ticketmaster incorporating tout pricing into the 'face value' proposition,” another X user said.
Other netizens also criticized the pricing.
“Queue from 8am. Get to the front of the queue at 11:15. Stuck on 'confirming availability'' for over an hour. Refresh for the millionth time and standing tickets are now in demand and worth £350+ not £150. What a scam. F*cking charge the criminal bastards. #Ticketmaster,” one person wrote.
“Just @Ticketmaster raising the price of regular standing tickets for @oasis and re-naming them ‘in demand standing tickets’. They’re just as bad as the touts,” another netizen said.
“How the f*ck is this even allowed??? You said standing was £150 and upped them to £356 and called them ‘in demand’ you bunch of robbing f*ckers @TicketmasterUK #ticketmasteruk #ticketmaster #oasis,” one user commented.
Ticketmaster’s 'In Demand Standing' ticket prices for Oasis face backlash from fans
On Saturday at 8 a.m., Oasis tickets went on sale to the general public. However, fans were left enraged when they discovered that the original ticket price had roughly doubled.
The price of the standing tickets increased due to the in-demand pricing mechanism offered by Ticketmaster. The in-demand standing tickets cost £356, while the average standing tickets were priced at approximately £150.
As reported by the Irish Times on August 31, hundreds of thousands of fans were waiting in a virtual line just after 8 a.m. Some reported that as soon as the sale window started, the system failed and displayed messages like:
“Error 503 backend.max_conn.”
Before the presale, the group announced that tickets would start "from €86.50" and wouldn't include booking fees. However, with Ticketmaster service charges, the price of a standing ticket was €176.75, with the price of many seats going up to €200.
Many people expressed their annoyance on social media after this. Some claimed that by increasing the cost of the standard standing tickets and labeling them as "in demand standing tickets," they were just as bad as the touts. Another fan claimed that this is simply Ticketmaster putting tout pricing into the 'face value' promise.
Additionally, following the presale on Saturday, Oasis tickets have already begun to surface on secondary ticket websites such as StubHub and Viagogo, where fans can resell their tickets. In response, the band has urged fans not to engage in touting during the sale, as many of these tickets have a price tag of over £6,000.
Meanwhile, Oasis has announced 14 dates in July and August for their reunion concert in the UK and Ireland.
