Oasis fans aren’t finding much glory this morning while trying to buy tickets for the band’s highly anticipated reunion tour, with many reporting technical issues.
After tickets for the band’s 17-date U.K. and Ireland run went on sale Saturday morning via three websites — Ticketmaster, GigsAndTours and See Tickets — fans took to social media to post error messages or ridiculously long queues, with some exceeding half a million people.
In a statement to Variety, Ticketmaster said its site had not crashed and the queue is “moving along.”
“As anticipated, millions of fans are accessing our site so have been placed in a queue,” a Ticketmaster spokesperson said. “Fans are advised to hold their place in line, make sure they’re only using one tab, clear cookies and ensure they aren’t using any VPN software on their device.”
As fans scrambled for tickets, Oasis repeatedly warned against scams and ticket reselling. In a message posted to X later on Saturday morning, the band wrote: “Please note, Oasis Live ‘25 tickets can only be resold at face value via @TicketmasterUK and @Twickets! Tickets appearing on other secondary ticketing sites are either counterfeit or will be cancelled by the promoters.”
Soon after the presale for the tour started on Friday night, tickets began appearing on reselling websites such as StubHub and Viagogo for as much as £6,000. Face value for a standing ticket to the tour is £150, and seated tickets range up to £205.
The other two websites, GigsAndTours and See Tickets, were reported to be holding fans in a “temporary queue” before directing them to the purchase page.
“Please bear with us whilst the site manages the capacity. Customers are put in a temporary queue in advance of customers reaching the booking page when site reaches heavy traffic,” a representative for GigsAndTours replied to a user on X. “The demand for tickets is extremely high. We wish you the best of luck with securing them!”
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