50,000 Oasis tickets to be canceled for breach of terms of purchase | Oasis

Ticketmaster will cancel around 50,000 tickets for the UK and Irish dates of Oasis’ reunion tour for breaching the company’s terms and conditions in the coming weeks, the BBC reports.

The tickets in question are listed for sale on unofficial secondary websites such as Viagogo – unlike the official resale partner, Twickets, where tickets can only be resold at face value. Promoters Live Nation – which is part of Ticketmaster – and SJM told the BBC that 4% of tickets sold – close to 50,000 – ended up on resale sites.

Billboard reported that organizers said the affected tickets were purchased using prohibited techniques, including acquiring more than four tickets per household, per show, and using multiple identities to purchase tickets, as well as reliance on VPN services and multiple credit cards.

All invalid tickets will be made available for resale on Ticketmaster at face value, giving a glimmer of hope to the 10 million fans from 158 countries who fought for the 1.4 million tickets originally on sale for next summer’s dates.

A spokesman for the promoters did not confirm whether the resale would be subject to dynamic pricing, the practice of inflating prices based on demand that caused controversy surrounding the original sale – and was later scrapped for the international sale for dates in North and South America and Australia.

In a statement, Ticketmaster said the terms and conditions put in place to protect the tour from illegitimate resale had been largely successful, given that some major tours can see up to 20% of tickets appear on unauthorized secondaries ticket pages.

“The investigation into the ticket sales is ongoing and the findings will be passed on to relevant law enforcement where appropriate,” it said, urging fans not to purchase tickets from unauthorized websites as they may be fraudulent or subject to cancellation. Any fans who believe their tickets have been canceled in error should appeal to the relevant agent.

Viagogo told the BBC it would nevertheless continue to sell tickets for the tour. Matt Drew, from Viagogo’s business development, told BBC Radio’s File on 4: “2% of Oasis tickets are on Viagogo and StubHub. We will continue to sell them in the way the regulator says we can. We are serving a clear consumer need, we will continue to do so on that basis.”

A Viagogo spokesperson told the Guardian: “Ticket resale in the UK is legal and we want to reassure fans who buy tickets on Viagogo that we fully comply with the law and guidelines set by relevant regulators. Every order on our platform is protected by our money-back guarantee.

“Threats by promoters to cancel tickets unfairly target fans who have chosen to buy from a secure, transparent and highly regulated resale marketplace.”

Cast and Richard Ashcroft were recently confirmed to support Oasis on their UK and Ireland dates.