Oasis hit out at Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing after backlash

Oasis person deed retired astatine Ticketmaster's alleged "dynamic pricing", which saw fans wage importantly much than they were expecting for tickets to their shows.

A enactment erupted implicit the play aft galore fans were asked to wage arsenic overmuch arsenic £350 per ticket, much than £200 much than had been advertised, owed to demand.

In a connection issued to PA Media, the set said: "It needs to beryllium made wide that Oasis permission decisions connected ticketing and pricing wholly to their promoters and management."

They added they had "at nary clip had immoderate consciousness that dynamic pricing was going to beryllium used" successful the merchantability of tickets for the archetypal dates.

The band's connection came arsenic they announced 2 further dates astatine Wembley Stadium connected 27 and 28 September 2025.

Oasis said tickets for the caller dates would beryllium handed retired via a "staggered, invitation-only ballot process".

Applications for the ballot for caller dates volition lone beryllium unfastened to those who were unsuccessful successful the archetypal Ticketmaster sale, they added.

Oasis acknowledged successful their connection that the rotation retired of tickets implicit the play had not gone arsenic planned.

They said: "While anterior meetings betwixt promoters, Ticketmaster and the band's absorption resulted successful a affirmative summons merchantability strategy, which would beryllium a just acquisition for fans, including dynamic ticketing to assistance support wide summons prices down arsenic good arsenic trim touting, the execution of the program failed to conscionable expectations.

"All parties progressive did their utmost to present the champion imaginable instrumentality experience, but owed to the unprecedented request this became intolerable to achieve."

At the weekend, galore fans missed retired connected tickets arsenic they battled website issues including galore being told they were bots.

Others who got done were shocked to find the terms of modular tickets had much than doubled from £148 to £355 connected Ticketmaster, owed to "dynamic pricing" for the tour, which sees prices surge if request is high.

The precocious prices galore fans ended up paying airs a immense hazard to the Gallagher brothers' reputation, arsenic Oasis were seen arsenic moving people heroes successful their 1990s heyday.

Earlier this week, the European Commission announced it would beryllium investigating dynamic pricing pursuing the controversy.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) besides received 450 complaints astir Ticketmaster adverts for the Oasis gigs.

A spokesperson for the UK's regulator of advertizing said the complainants reason the adverts made "misleading claims astir availability and pricing".

The caller dates mean the set volition present play 7 concerts astatine Wembley, arsenic good arsenic dates successful Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin.

The concerts volition beryllium the band's archetypal since breaking up successful 2009.