Oasis reunion tour: Band say they “at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used”

Oasis have finally spoken out about the controversial dynamic pricing on tickets for their upcoming reunion tour.

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The band announced their highly-awaited return last week with a string of UK and Ireland stadium shows scheduled for 2025. Marking their first activity as a band since their final gig and infamous split in 2009, Liam and Noel Gallagher issued a statement telling fans: “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.”

Initially, Oasis revealed efforts to prevent touts from re-selling tickets at inflated prices by partnering with resale platform Twickets and issuing a statement to say that tickets sold for profit on other sites would cancelled.

However, when tickets finally went on sale on Saturday (August 31), many who made it through the multi-hour-long queues were disappointed to find that they were listed for hugely inflated prices due to “dynamic” pricing (an automatic surge increase due to demand). Some frustrated fans then began resharing an old tweet from Liam in which he called out brother Noel over his own ticket prices.

350 dollars to go and see rkid in USA what a cunt when will it all stop as you were LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 29, 2017

The news has captured the attention of politicians this week, with Keir Starmer saying the issue was “depressing” at today’s (September 4) Prime Minister’s Questions and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy calling for a review into dynamic pricing and secondary ticket sites.

The European Commission has also said that they would be investigating the issue, following some experts alleging that not warning fans prior to the sale may have been a breach of consumer law.

Now, Oasis have finally responded, saying they were unaware that the ticket prices would increase so drastically.

“It needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management, and at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used,” they said in a statement today (September 4).

They went on to say: “While prior meetings between promoters, Ticketmaster and the band’s management resulted in a positive ticket sale strategy, which would be a fair experience for fans, including dynamic ticketing to help keep general ticket prices down as well as reduce touting, the execution of the plan failed to meet expectations. All parties involved did their utmost to deliver the best possible fan experience, but due to the unprecedented demand this became impossible to achieve.”

A press release issued today reveals that 10million fans from 158 countries had attempted to purchase tickets, leaving “all ticket platforms struggling to cope, resulting in immense frustration and disappointment for fans who missed out after queuing for many hours.”

The band have also announced “a small step towards making amends for the situation” with “a special invitation-only ballot ticket sale strategy” for two new Wembley gigs on September 27 and 28.

Tickets to the new dates will be available via a staggered invite-only ballot process, with dates to be announced. Check out the full list of dates below and see Ticketmaster for more information.

Oasis’ full upcoming 2025 reunion tour dates are:

JULY 2025
4 – Cardiff, Principality Stadium (SOLD OUT)
5 – Cardiff, Principality Stadium (SOLD OUT)
11 – Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
12 – Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
16 – Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
19 – Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
20 – Manchester, Heaton Park (SOLD OUT)
25 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
26 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
30 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)

AUGUST 2025
2 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
3 – London, Wembley Stadium (SOLD OUT)
8 – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
9 – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
12 – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium (SOLD OUT)
16 – Dublin, Croke Park (SOLD OUT)
17 – Dublin, Croke Park (SOLD OUT)

SEPTEMBER 2025
27 – London, Wembley Stadium (JUST ADDED)
28 – London, Wembley Stadium (JUST ADDED)

Last week, the band shared that plans are “underway” for gigs outside of Europe in 2025, and they currently seem to be teasing the announcement of US dates with billboards across the States. Despite much speculation, they’ve confirmed that they will not be headlining Glastonbury or appearing at any festivals next year.

Fans are currently debating who will be in the line-up of the reformed band. Both Bonehead and Gem Archer are tipped to be playing guitar, and Alan White has teased that he’ll be back behind the drums.

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