More than 50,000 Oasis fans will have the tickets they bought for the band’s reunion concerts cancelled.
The promoters of upcoming concerts have announced that they will begin canceling tickets in the coming weeks that have “breached the terms and conditions.”
Oasis Live ’25 promoters said that “examination of ticket sales is ongoing” and that the results will be “passed on to the relevant authorities.”
They said canceled tickets will be made available again on Ticketmaster and warned fans not to buy tickets from “unauthorized websites” as they may be “fraudulent.”
It comes after the band announced they would return in 2025 for the first time since they split following a backstage row at the Rock en Seine festival in France, to play gigs in Manchester, Cardiff, London, Edinburgh and Dublin.
Promoters of Oasis reunion concerts have announced they will begin canceling tickets found to have “breached the terms and conditions” in the coming weeks.
Oasis Live ’25 promoters said that “examination of ticket sales is ongoing” and that the results will be “passed on to the relevant authorities.”
The band will also embark on a tour of the United States, Canada and Australia.
A spokesman for the promoters said: “Following commitments made by the band in the run-up to the sale of Oasis Live ’25, the tour promoters have advised that ticketing agents Ticketmaster and See Tickets will begin the ticket cancellation process that is believed to have broken the terms and conditions established for the tour in the coming weeks.
‘These terms and conditions were successfully implemented to crack down on secondary ticketing companies who resell tickets to make huge profits, as a result only 4% of tickets ended up on resale sites.
‘By comparison, on some major tours up to 20% of tickets appear through major unauthorized secondary platforms.
‘The review of ticket sales is ongoing and the results will be passed on to the relevant authorities once completed, where appropriate.
‘Cancelled tickets will be available again at face value in due course from the official Ticketmaster agency. More details on this will be shared soon.
“All parties involved in the tour continue to urge fans not to purchase tickets from unauthorized websites, as some of them may be fraudulent and others are subject to cancellation.
‘If fans want to sell Oasis tickets, they can do so at face value through Ticketmaster or the band’s official resale partner, Twickets.
They said canceled tickets will be made available again on Ticketmaster and warned fans not to buy tickets from “unauthorized websites” as they may be “fraudulent” (pictured in 1998).
It comes after the band announced they would return in 2025 (pictured in 2009).
“For fans who believe their tickets have been canceled in error, please check the email sent by the appropriate agent when notified.”
Live Nation and SJM said BBC that a whopping four percent of tickets ended up on resale sites, which equates to nearly 50,000.
During the initial ticket sale, fans were urged to buy and sell tickets only at official resellers Ticketmaster and Twickets, with a warning that resale tickets purchased elsewhere may be cancelled.
Tickets were seen on resale platform Viagogo for thousands of pounds, with permanent passes ranging from £596 to £1,162 each for the Wembley dates and a VIP pass going for £2,614 after sales were published earlier in this year.
When tickets went on sale for shows in the UK and Ireland through official channels, some standard tickets more than doubled from £148 to £355 and the situation was attributed to “unprecedented demand”.
There was outrage from fans and the controversy led the government and the UK competition watchdog to promise they would look into the use of dynamic pricing.
Ticketmaster has previously said that it does not set prices for concerts, and its website states that this is due to the “event organizer” who “has priced these tickets according to their market value.”
It comes after the band announced that Liverpool-formed Britpop group Cast would be Oasis’ second opening act on their 19-date UK and Ireland tour.
Cast leader John Power, who began his career at The La’s, said of the tour: “I’m impressed with the reunion.
The band will also embark on a tour of the United States, Canada and Australia (pictured, Liam Gallagher).
‘Oasis is the voice of a generation and the songs they wrote and sang were and continue to be the soundtrack to many people’s dreams. They are the town’s band.
‘I’ve known Noel and Liam (Gallagher) over the years, we go back a long way. It’s been a journey, a journey.
‘I have felt and known his music personally, as a fan. It inspired me as a songwriter, opened up the whole scene like never before and reached far beyond the stratosphere. Everything changed.
‘We were all part of that and we will all be part of this. I’m especially looking forward to revisiting my family’s Irish roots when the tour comes to Dublin. May the first chords shine and shine next July.’
Former Verve singer Richard Ashcroft has already been announced as the tour’s opening act.
It’s a coming full circle moment for the Gallagher brothers, who supported The Verve in 1993 as one of their first national tours.
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Liam Gallagher has teased news about X in recent weeks. On September 13, a fan asked: ‘Does Ashcroft support the UK shows?’ He replied, ‘That would be BIBLICAL.’
Ashcroft is an old friend of Liam and Noel, who supported The Verve in 1993. Noel also wrote the song ‘Cast No Shadow’ as a tribute to Ashcroft.
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Former The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft to perform at Kew The Music 2024 on July 14
The band Cast formed in Liverpool in 1992 and supported Oasis at Knebworth in 1996.
Richard Ashcroft said: “As a fan from day one, I was excited for many reasons when the news of Oasis’ return was announced.
‘I can say without exaggeration that Noel’s songwriting talent and Liam’s pure spirit as lead singer helped inspire me to create some of my best work. It was the perfection of ‘Live Forever’ that forced me to try writing my own.
‘They dared to be great, they made the dreams we had come true and I will always remember those days with joy. Now is the time to make more memories and I’m ready to bring them back. See you next summer. Music is power.’
One of Oasis’ first national tours was supporting The Verve in 1993, often playing to a few hundred people several months before their debut single, Supersonic, was released.
They were due to reunite the following year in Amsterdam, but a drunken incident on a ferry resulted in most of the band being sent back to the UK, except for Noel Gallagher, who played a solo set instead.
But they got back together in 1995, with The Verve supporting Oasis at The Bataclan in Paris before appearing as special guests at the giant tent show in Irving Beach, Scotland.
The Verve split for the third time in 2009 and have not reformed since, although Ashcroft has enjoyed a successful solo career with six top ten albums.