The final Oasis reunion tickets go on sale via a private ballot today - but it has already been labelled a "farce" by residents who have missed out.
More than 14 million Oasis fans attempted to buy 1.4 million tickets for the band's reunion at stadiums in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin in July and August next year.
The huge demand has prompted two further gigs at Wembley Stadium next year, with tickets available by a private ballot today.
Announcing the ballot last weekend, the band said entries would be “strictly limited” to those who signed into their Ticketmaster account and joined a specific queue to purchase tickets, but were then not successful in completing an order.
Those who have received a code will have the opportunity to buy tickets on Saturday for shows at Wembley on September 27 and 28 2025 shows - but a code does not guarantee success as tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
The Oasis announcement on Friday that all ballot codes had been sent out left many fans feeling dejected, including Buckinghamshire resident Simon Page who said he was “gutted” at not getting another chance to secure a ticket.
The 45-year-old telecoms manager said: “The whole process has been a farce as there are a high number of tickets on resale sites for ridiculous prices. In-demand pricing is also a disgrace.”
The Oasis fan had previously queued for eight hours on Ticketmaster for tickets but prices more than doubled when he got to purchasing, before being thrown to the back of the queue.
“I started at 54,000 and got to select tickets but by that point they were more than double due to in-demand pricing”, he said.
“I couldn’t add to the basket anyway and after five attempts I got thrown back into the queue at 401,000. I entered the new ballot and got accepted.
“Today I received no code for (the) sale so I was unsuccessful again.”
The previous sale caused controversy as many fans were shocked by standard tickets for the reunion tour more than doubling from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster, prompting the Government and the UK’s competition watchdog to pledge they will look into the use of dynamic pricing.
Meanwhile, others were left angry and disappointed after being left empty-handed, having battled website issues, being mislabelled as bots and waiting in an online queue for hours to buy tickets.
In a statement on Wednesday the band said they hoped the new private ballot ticket sale strategy will make “the process far smoother for fans by reducing the stress and time it takes” to obtain tickets.
Today's sale for the extra two Wembley days will be broken into three slots across the day, running from 8.30am to 10am, 12pm to 1.30pm and 3.30pm to 5pm.
Have you tried and failed to secure tickets? Will you be seeing Oasis next year? We'd love to hear your story - richard.lemmer@newsquest.co.uk.
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