Followers in search of tickets for subsequent yr’s Oasis reunion tour to see the band play stay for the primary time in 16 years complained on Saturday of technical points and lengthy on-line waits that always resulted in disappointment.
Followers attempting to entry the three web sites promoting the tickets – Ticketmaster, See Tickets and Gigsandtours – reported points together with error messages and being kicked off earlier than they may buy tickets.
It was anticipated that greater than 1,000,000 tickets for the band’s gigs would promote out inside minutes. As a substitute, followers have been nonetheless ready to get tickets over 5 hours later.
Ticketmaster stated its web site has not crashed and the queue was transferring alongside as followers purchased tickets, however stated tickets are restricted whereas the live performance in Dublin, Eire, has offered out.
Gigsandtours thanked folks for his or her endurance and stated there had been “extraordinarily excessive demand”.
On the identical time, some tickets have been relisted on resale websites reminiscent of Viagogo for as a lot as 8,000 kilos ($10,500).
Oasis introduced 17 reveals in the UK and Eire, with the primary on account of happen in Cardiff in July 2025, adopted by nights in Manchester – the place the band was shaped in 1991 – London, Edinburgh and Dublin.
The group, whose debut album “Undoubtedly Perhaps” was launched 30 years in the past, break up in 2009 when lead guitarist and most important songwriter Noel Gallagher stated he might now not work together with his youthful brother, Liam, the band’s most important singer.
At its peak within the Nineties, Oasis exemplified the hovering enchantment of Britpop, with hits like “Wonderwall,” “Reside Eternally” and “Champagne Supernova”.
However Noel and Liam have been typically in battle and their strained relationship lastly snapped in 2009 as they ready to play a Paris gig.
Since their break up, each brothers have continued their musical careers, however at all times towards the backdrop of calls from followers for the band to reunite.
The gigs are anticipated to offer a multi-million pound enhance for Britain and Eire’s hospitality sectors and economies.
