Oasis fans are outraged after an old tweet from Liam Gallagher has resurfaced criticising his brother for selling tickets for $350.
The tweet dates back to 2017, amid a long-running feud between Oasis’ leaders.
Liam criticised his brother for charging $350 (£266) for a US gig.
“$350 to go see rkid in the states. What the fuck? When is all this going to stop? If only you were LG x,” Liam wrote on Twitter/X.
This comes amid controversy after Noel and Liam announced an Oasis reunion and around 14 million people across the UK scrambled to get their hands on coveted tickets.
Liam and Noel Gallagher pictured ahead of a world tour announced for 2025
The tweet dates back to 2017, amid the Oasis frontmen’s long-running feud.
Fans who struggled to get through long queues to get tickets for the 2025 tour were shocked by the cost of standing room only tickets, which had risen as a result of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing policy, which saw the cost of tickets more than double in some cases.
General standing tickets for the Manchester shows were expected to cost £150, but that price has since risen to £355 under dynamic pricing reflecting increased demand.
Oasis fans accused Liam of hypocrisy for the post, as he has now sold tickets matching the price of Noel’s US concert in 2017.
One person wrote in response to the resurfaced post: “This has not aged well…”
Another said: “£380 for a ‘reactive price’ public service plane when people had spent three hours queuing. What kind of moron would do that?”
Someone added: “Well, this is everlasting.”
And another added: “You’re not aging well, Liam.”
Since then, at least 450 people have filed official complaints with the advertising watchdog about dynamic pricing.
The Government has pledged to look at the use of dynamic pricing in its upcoming review of the secondary market for concert sales.
Ticketmaster says prices are set by the event organiser and it has been claimed that Oasis could have opted out of the pricing model and kept prices lower for fans.
Fans were quick to criticise Liam following the recent controversy caused by Ticketmaster’s pricing policy.
Oasis fans accused Liam of ‘hypocrisy’ for the post, as he has now sold tickets that matched the price of Noel’s US concert in 2017.
Fans who fought through hours-long queues to get tickets for the 2025 tour were shocked by the cost of general standing-room only tickets.
Fans were left waiting in queues for up to 11 hours when tickets went on sale on Saturday.
But other bands have already criticised the dynamic pricing system, including The Cure frontman Robert Smith, who once called it a “greedy scam” and added: “All artists have the option to opt out – if no artist took part, it would cease to exist.”
A spokesman for the UK advertising regulator confirmed that complainants argued the ads made “misleading claims about availability and pricing.”
They added: “We are carefully assessing these complaints and therefore cannot comment further at this time. I would like to stress that we are not currently investigating these ads.”
Ticketmaster first said in 2011 that it planned to implement “dynamic pricing” in the US, meaning prices could rise or fall based on demand.
But the concept only began to catch on in the UK more than a decade later, when it began being used in 2022 for high-demand concerts by artists including Harry Styles, Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay.
Ticketmaster uses a form of dynamic pricing called “demand-based pricing,” which means it can significantly increase the cost of a ticket to a highly anticipated event while there’s a sale going on, and still have tickets sell out, as was the case with the Oasis concerts.
Ticketing and security expert Reg Walker told the Guardian: “The reason they insist is that if you sell a ticket for £100, with a 10 per cent service charge you get £10. If you sell it for £400, you get £40.
“So Ticketmaster is interested in promoting this model. I’m not convinced that artists know what they’re getting into.”
Noel Gallagher (left) and his brother Liam (right) appear to have ended their 15-year feud by agreeing a reunion that will include live concerts across the UK and Ireland, including Wembley.
Noel (left) and Liam Gallagher (right), pictured here at a Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert at London’s Albert Hall in March 2003, have faced criticism over ticket prices for their reunion tour.
A Ticketmaster explanation for the price of standing room tickets for Oasis states: “These tickets have been priced by the event organizer based on market value. Tickets do not include VIP packages. Availability and prices are subject to change.”
Asked about this, a Ticketmaster spokesperson said the company does not set prices and shared a link to its website where it says costs can be “fixed or market-based.”
Ticketmaster also said it is up to artists to decide whether or not to opt into the practice, where ticket prices change based on demand.
It is claimed that Oasis, hailed by some as working-class heroes, may have rejected the dynamic pricing model and kept prices lower for fans.
Ticketmaster does not disclose how its dynamic pricing model works, but says event organizers set prices. So ticket costs are likely to automatically adjust within a range determined by the promoter before tickets go on sale.
