Oasis are preparing to cancel Reunion ticket sales on resale platforms

Oasis keep their promise fight resale tickets for the reunion concerts, and the band is preparing to cancel about 50,000 tickets sold on the secondary marketin accordance with BBC.

The organizers of the reunion tour, Living Nation and SJM, said they would begin canceling the offending tickets and make those seats available again Ticket master by face value (information on new sale dates will be announced soon). When tickets went on sale for the reunion shows in the UK and Ireland in August, fans were told that they could buy only them through Ticketmaster or sole official resale partner, Twickets.

The rules appeared to discourage secondary markets, with a spokesman for the promoters saying that only “four per cent” of tickets ended up on resale platforms (compared to the 20 per cent often seen on other major tours). But considering the 1.4 million tickets sold for the reunion show, that four percent represents roughly 50,000 tickets. (Fans who believe their tickets have been improperly canceled will have the opportunity to seek an investigation.)

“These terms and conditions have been successfully implemented to crack down on secondary ticket companies who resell tickets for huge profits,” the spokesperson said, adding: “All parties involved in the tour continue to urge fans not to purchase tickets from unauthorized websites sites, as some of them may be fraudulent and others may be deprecated.”

The promoters also said that while they continue to monitor the secondary sites for unauthorized ticketing, they will pass the information on to “appropriate law enforcement agencies … where appropriate.”

Despite the rules and warnings about reselling tickets, hundreds of Oasis tickets have appeared on resale platforms such as Viagogo, with some going for nearly $4,000. Following news of the pending cancellations, a Viagogo spokesperson told the BBC that the platform would “continue to sell (Oasis tickets) in the manner the regulator says it will”. (Viagogo has previously said that fans are “protected” with a guarantee that they will either “receive their tickets in time for the event or get a refund”).