Tickets for Oasis's 2027 tour sold out within hours, while Ticketmaster faces an Irish court case over its 2024 sale and new UK rules after a Competition and Markets Authority probe found fans were not told standing tickets were sold at two different prices.
The CMA said Ticketmaster must now tell fans 24 hours in advance if a tiered pricing system is being used, as it was for Oasis standing tickets. The probe found Ticketmaster did not tell fans waiting in lengthy queues that standing tickets were being sold at two different prices, and that prices would increase as soon as the cheaper tickets sold out.
Following the investigation, Ticketmaster said: "We welcome the CMA's confirmation that there was no dynamic pricing, no unfair practices and that we did not breach consumer law. To further improve the customer experience, we've voluntarily committed to clearer communication about ticket prices in queues." Standard ticket prices were fixed and ranged between £71.50 and £266.60.
Separately, on September 7, Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission took Ticketmaster to the Dublin District Court over the August 31, 2024 sale for Oasis's Croke Park shows. Ticketmaster faces two charges under the Consumer Protection Act 2007: offering "Platinum tickets" in a way likely to mislead consumers about what they were, and sharing important price information in a way that was unclear, unintelligible, ambiguous or untimely. The case returns to court for a hearing expected to run three or four days before Christmas.
That 2024 sale became one of the most infamous ticketing episodes in recent British music history. More than 900,000 tickets went on sale in a single day, fans sat for hours in queues, and prices climbed during the sale. Some Dublin standing tickets went from €176 in the pre-sale to more than €400. The CCPC opened its investigation within a week after more than 100 consumer complaints to its helpline.
The reunion came following a long-standing feud between Liam and Noel Gallagher after the band split in 2009, reportedly prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in France. The band have had eight UK number one singles and eight UK number one albums, with Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger and Roll With It among their best-known hits.
Demand for the 2027 tour has been so great that Oasis added four extra dates, including two at Knebworth on September 25 and 26, where they famously played two concerts in August 1996 to audiences of more than 100,000 fans each night. Liam Gallagher commented simply: "That's all folks." Fans are reminded to remain vigilant and avoid scams selling tickets on social media or secondary websites, which are liable to be cancelled; official resale will only be available via Ticketmaster and Twickets, at the price originally paid, nearer to the tour dates.