Oasis: Fans still protest for Reunion Tour Tickets

Once again Ticketmaster is at the center of the controversy concerning the concerts of the Oasis Reunion tour. On the eve of the first date that will mark the return of the Gallagher brothers on a stage together, scheduled for tomorrow evening July 4 at the Cardiff’s mainty stadium, many buyers have seen Canceled the tickets originally purchasedwhich were then replaced by others. In this way, The seats assigned initially have been modifiednot always for the better. While someone found themselves with tickets in a better position, others found new places assigned with worst visibility. This is the case, for example, of a user who wrote on X/Twitter A post addressed directly to Ticketmaster: “Because my four tickets for the Oasis on Friday in Cardiff have been disabled and new ones have been issued?! Worse places, no notification, only 4 stressed people who wonder What the hell is going on! No reply to the email sent. Can anyone help me, please? “, Says the message.

“I noticed that you canceled my tickets for Oasis on Saturday evening e You have changed them. The new places are further away from the stage than the previous ones “, It is the post of another user who found himself in the same situation, shared by many other buyers, including some who complain that they have not even been warned via email, while others would like to know the reasons. While a single day is missing at the first concert of the Gallagher brothers and their group, controversy fans do not just target Ticketmaster, but also the Twickets servicealways indicated as the only alternative of official resale. “Twickets is even worse than Ticketmaster for Oasis tickets!” Someone writes. “Someone managed to get tickets for Oasis on Twickets? It seems impossible,” is the comment of another. The only way to hope to buy Tickets sold by other fans It therefore seems to be attempting the luck on Ticketmasterwhere coupons in resale occasionally appear for the various dates.

While the ticket sales company ends up being targeted again by the discontent of those who last year managed to get their hands on tickets for the Oasis Reunion tour, as reported by the “Guardian”, the Competition and Markets Authorityor the English authority that regulates competition and the free market, He wrote to Ticketmaster by threatening a legal action for its “deceptive” sales methods.

Last March the CMA reported that Ticketmaster may have “violated the law” and “deceived the fans” during the open sale last summer. The authority had then started an investigation following the controversy linked to the sale of tickets, whose price seemed to increase due to the application, without any notice of an alleged use of the dynamic pricing that made the fans broke. In fact, some ended up paying over 350 tickets for tickets whose initial price was 150 pounds. The control authority was concerned that Ticketmaster could have “violated the law to protect consumers” in two main ways. One of these concerns concerned the classification of some tickets to sit as “Platinum”, Sold at a price up to“ almost 2.5 times higher than that of Standard tickets equivalent, without adequately explaining that they did not offer additional advantages And that they were often located in the same area of ​​the stadium. “It is argued that this has mistakenly induced customers by making them think that the Platinum tickets were better than the standard ones. Secondly, Ticketmaster may have violated the law even by not informing the consumers who existed Two categories of standing tickets at different prices. It is added that all the cheapest tickets were sold before the most expensive ones were put on sale, leading customers to wait for a long time without understanding that they would have to pay more. The CMA also specified that, despite the widespread effect of Dynamic Pricing on the sale of the Oasis, in which the ticket prices float in real time based on the question, “have not found evidence that this was the case”. While the same band had intervened saying about “Not having been aware of the use of Dynamic Pricing at any time“, In response Ticketmaster had declared that he had modified “some aspects” of its sales process. However, the CMA said that These changes have not faced his concerns sufficiently And he subsequently communicated to Ticketmaster which voluntary commitments would have accepted. Now, according to a letter sent to the selected committee for commerce and business, the CMA said she received a response from Ticketmaster this month. “After carefully examining Ticketmaster’s response, the position of the CMA is that There is a fundamental disagreement. Regarding the fact that Ticketmaster’s practices have violated the law to protect consumers, “reads a section of the letter relating to the OASIS investigation, recovery Yesterday, July 2ndfrom the “guardian”: “Ticketmaster has refused to provide commitments within the terms requested by the CMA or to indicate if there is a form of commitments that would be willing to offer” is now preparing the legal caseif necessary “, therefore reads in the documents:” The CMA will continue in parallel to dialogue with Ticketmaster in an attempt to achieve a voluntary resolution, if the company shows a clear and timely commitment in this sense “.

The “Guardian” also lets you know that you have contacted Ticketmaster for a comment on the matter.