Heres everything that went right (and wrong) and what it all means for thelive musicbusiness going forward.
Tickets sold in breach of the terms and conditions will be canceled by the promoters, Oasis said.
In a statement toRolling Stone,Viagogo maintained that theyre allowed to sell the tickets despite Oasis claims.
A fan uses a smartphone to access an online ticket sales website to purchase tickets for Oasis' “Live ‘25” tour taking place in 2025, at home in Marsden, England, on Aug. 31, 2024.OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
As long as they have their tickets, brokers will likely find ways to sell them.
As 404 Media reported in July, some scalpers haveused hackers to get around nontransferable ticket software.
The only way to make markups stop is with enforceable government intervention.
Ireland, for example, completely outlawed the practice of reselling tickets above face value several years ago.
As of this storys publication, Oasis Dublin concert is the only one without tickets listed on Viagogo.
Viagogo said bans like Irelands ultimately harm fans by limiting their choice.
Some seat prices shot up by as much as 200, or about $261.
If no artists participated, it would cease to exist.
There is nothing comparable to algorithmic surge pricing in concert ticketing, the rep said.
Oasis arent the first artist catching flak from fans over dynamic pricing.
The bottom line is that most of our tickets are totally affordable.
Theyre in that affordable range.
The ticket broker or someone is going to be taking that money.
Even Twickets caught heat from buyers over the fees listed for tickets on their face value exchange.
Twickets subsequently announced acap on their fees.
Itll likely be a while before any notable amounts of tickets show up on Twickets site, however.
(Ticketmaster itself has maintained it has poured billions of dollars into its tech.)
Nandy called it depressing to see vastly inflated prices excluding ordinary fans, per the BBC.
This post was updated on Sept. 4 at 6:44 p.m.
ET to reflect a statement from the band concerning the ticketing strategy employed for the shows
