Oasis have updated fans hoping to buy tickets in the private ballot for their final Wembley Stadium reunion shows tomorrow (September 14).
There was unprecedented demand for the Britpop legends’ comeback tour next summer, involving fans being held in online queues for hours (with many being kicked out of line with Ticketmaster’s systems believing them to be ticket tout bots). A press release later confirmed that over 10million fans from 158 countries attempted to get tickets, meaning ticket platforms struggled to cope.
In addition, there was controversy over price hikes associated with dynamic pricing, leading to hundreds of fans complaining to the Advertising Standards Agency (with investigations suggested by the UK government and the European Commission).
Politicians like Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy also weighed in, calling for a review of the policy and secondary ticket sites. Similarly, Twickets announced a U-turn on their stance – capping their booking fee at a maximum of £25 per ticket – while Mark Davyd, CEO of the Music Venue Trust (MVT), used the scramble as a way to highlight the struggles faced by grassroots venues.
The Gallagher brothers subsequently distanced themselves from the price hikes and announced last week that tickets for two more Wembley Stadium gigs in September 2025 would be sold via “a special invitation-only ballot ticket sale strategy” to fans who were unsuccessful in getting tickets the first time around.
Fans who signed into their Ticketmaster UK accounts on August 31 – the dates tickets originally went on sale – and joined a queue but didn’t buy a ticket were able to register for a ballot. The ballot was then used to send codes to a select number of fans.
Now, Oasis have confirmed how the sales will work.
“Fans selected in the private ballot have now been contacted with on-sale information and the code for the ticket sale,” they said in a post on X/Twitter.
“Codes were sent via the email address associated with their Ticketmaster account and ballot registration.
“Demand for these shows is unprecedented. A code does not guarantee tickets. Tickets will be sold on a first come first serve basis.”
— Oasis (@oasis) September 13, 2024
Everyone who successfully got a code will be in a staggered sale, with sales taking place between 8:30am – 11am, 1pm – 3:30pm and 5:30pm-7pm.
In other news, fellow Mancunian Tom Walker recently weighed in on the fiasco, telling the Daily Star: “There’s a limit, isn’t there? I do feel like some people are taking the piss, and it’s not cool. Oasis came out saying they weren’t aware of what Ticketmaster were doing and all the rest of it. Maybe they didn’t know.”
He continued: “The point is if all artists said ‘No’ to that last-minute ticket inflation due to high demand, it wouldn’t be a thing. That’s my view. I even asked my management, ‘We’ve never done that, have we?’ Because I don’t know – I’m not in charge of that bit.#
Previously, David Gilmour weighed in on the dynamic pricing situation and said that he thinks bands should stay loyal to the price they initially lay out.
In an interview with ITV News, the guitarist, singer and songwriter said: “I think Oasis should do exactly what they want to do. I’m not sure about this strange ticketing thing that’s going on. They should put a price on tickets and stick to it.”
Meanwhile, Liam Gallagher recently responded to news that members of Fontaines D.C. saying they “couldn’t really give a shit” about the reunion.
Taking to X/Twitter to respond to a fan who asked if the band would be considered as an opening act for the Oasis tour, he said: “Fuck them little spunkbubbles I’ve seen better dressed ROADIES.”