James Cox
Thousands of Irish fans have been left disappointed this morning after missing out on tickets for Oasis' reunion tour.
Noel and Liam Gallagher are set to play Croke Park on August 16th and 17th next year.
The Irish gigs went on sale at 8am, with many fans waiting in a queue from 7am.
However, there were various issues. Some people reported the site crashing when they got through to the ticket purchase, while others found it crashed while they were still in the queue for tickets.
Others who got through to the ticket sale phase found only hospitality packages were available for prices upwards of €400.
Ticketmaster cited the huge demand for tickets, with their website struggling to deal with the number of users.
There were 500,000 people in the queue for tickets within 15 minutes of the sale going live at 8am.
Some felt the decision to put the Croke Park tickets on sale an hour before the UK tickets had made the situation worse.
While promoters MCD said tickets would be on sale "from €86.50", any tickets in this region were sold out within minutes. The cheapest standing tickets available, but sold out within 10 minutes, were €176, with seated tickets costing €200.
The band released a statement on X warning fans that genuine tickets can only be resold for face value at Ticketmaster or on another ticket service called Twickets.
🚨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.— Oasis (@oasis) August 31, 2024
Fans expressed their disappointment on social media.
On X, formerly Twitter, one person wrote: "Ticketmaster, why when we get to the front of the queue and press how many tickets we want does the site not do anything? It’s been searching for availability for 15 minutes, and if we refresh we’re likely going back in the queue. Disgrace."
Another person added: "Ticketmaster are the biggest touts out there [sic], 0 competition so you can make up the rules. Joke of a system."
Fans looking for UK tickets - with gigs scheduled for London, Manchester, Cardiff and Edinburgh - expressed similar frustrations and also reported the Ticketmaster site crashing.
At the time of writing, there is a queue to even access the website, with the following message displayed: "Many fans are currently using our site, so you have been placed in a queue. When it’s your turn, you will automatically be able to browse events and shop for tickets. Thank you for your patience."
