‘Thousands’ of fake Oasis tickets appear before North America tour sale begins
Oasis have issued a statement telling fans to be wary (Picture: Simon Emmett/Fear PR/PA Wire)
Oasis have issued a warning to their North American fans not to fall for scams ahead of the sale for their tour as ‘thousands’ of counterfeit tickets were being advertised.
‘Please be aware. Thousands of fake Oasis tickets have already been discovered on Stubhub and Vivid Seats before the North America tour has even gone on sale!’ the band said on their official X page.
‘@TwicketsUS and @Ticketmaster Fan-to-Fan in the US and Canada are the only official resellers.’
The post linked to a letter released by the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) on Wednesday, which said it found evidence of at least 9,000 fake tickets being listed for the US shows a day before any official ticket was sold.
‘Not only are these tickets fake, they are estimated to be exceedingly higher than the face value of real tickets,’ the letter read.
The general sale will not begin until October 4, with the presale starting today.
Oasis have released a statement warning North America fans to watch out for fake tickets (Picture: Oasis/X)
The band is set to perform in Toronto, Chicago, East Rutherford, Los Angeles, and Mexico City at the end of the summer next year.
The report claims Stubhub had 2,177 fake ticket listings across three US Oasis shows, none of which, they say, had any warnings or messages that the supposed tickets listed were not in the possession of the seller.
Meanwhile, the report claims Vividseats had 1,725 fake ticket listings without the warning in place.
It continued: ‘What is happening this week with Oasis tickets in the US is alarming, but it pales in comparison to what artists and independent stages see every day from predatory resellers.
‘This letter is a defence of consumers and artists everywhere.’
This comes after Oasis ticketing chaos in the UK, with some on resale sites for hugely inflated prices into the thousands after the general sale opening.
The band are heading to North America after their UK tour (Picture: Simon Ritter/Redferns)
A mere 50 minutes into the UK tour general sale opening, resale site Stubhub had tickets listed tickets for a mammoth £110,554.
However, most UK fans were even more irked by the official ticket sales, as dynamic pricing inflated costs due to huge demand, leaving many queueing for hours only to be unable to afford to buy one.
After huge backlash, it was announced that dynamic pricing would not be used for the North America tour dates, as a statement read: ‘Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model will not be applied to the forthcoming sale of tickets to Oasis concerts in North America.’
Many UK fans were infuriated after reading this, with some asking if they would be reimbursed for their more expensive tickets.
The reunion will kick off next summer, and fans are now praying the famously at loggerheads brothers can remain civil until then – and throughout the much-anticipated tour.
Since their split in 2009, Noel and Liam Gallagher have been hurling insults at each other online and actively dismissing any reunion rumours – but they’re definitely back now, and appear to be causing chaos across the pond, too.
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