Chappell Roan Targets Traffickers Days After Oasis Furor

Chappell Roan has cancelled tickets traders bought for one of her shows just days after Oasis tried to prevent a similar situation with their much-anticipated tour.

Rolling Stone called Roan, who achieved instant success and fame in 2024, “the future of pop” and NME called her “the most exciting new pop star in the world right now.”

The pop singer has released her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess in September 2023, the same month she started her second headlining tour: Midwest Princess RouteShe later announced she would extend the tour with additional dates in 2024.

On Wednesday, Roan revealed on her Instagram that after she and her team canceled tickets purchased by resellers, they set up a special Ticketmaster page where her fans could purchase the recovered tickets.

Newsweek on Thursday he sent an email to Roan’s spokesman seeking comment.

“Hey, Franklin Tennessee. My show at FirstBank Amphitheater on October 1st sold out really fast and we figured out why: speculators and bots took, basically bought all the tickets,” she said.

“So we went through that and canceled all the scalper tickets that we could, so for that reason we’re going to make a limited number of tickets available to you because I want to make sure that the tickets go to the people that really want to come and, like, our fans.”

Roan also shared a link to a new site, Chappellroan.request.ticketmaster.com, in her story. While the link is through Ticketmaster, it is not the same as the standard Ticketmaster site for the concert.

Because Roan currently has only a handful of shows scheduled in the U.S., tickets for her shows are in high demand. That’s why dealers have targeted the Franklin show.

She continued: “So you can go to this page and order tickets. To submit your order, you have to select your preferred tickets and then provide your payment method, which, I know it sounds weird, is the only way we can manage it.

“You will only be charged if your request is fulfilled. So you will only be charged if you actually receive your tickets. This is the best solution that makes sense for me and my team right now, and I know it’s confusing and very annoying, but I am genuinely pissed off about the goat situation and I think people really deserve tickets to my show.

“It’s a bigger issue and we’re dealing with it, but thank you for understanding and I can’t wait to see the people who deserve to be here. It means everything to me, so thank you very much.”

Roan’s bid to stop the horses comes after Oasis – whose members are brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher – announced their much-anticipated OASIS LIVE ’25 tour. They knew there would be huge demand for tickets as the tour would be the band’s first performance together in 15 years – something fans have been waiting for since Noel left the group in 2009.

The brothers say they wanted to prevent ticket brokers and resellers from taking advantage of fans by charging excessive margins on secondary ticketing sites, so they set up a face-price ticket exchange on Ticketmaster and Twickets.

“Tickets available on other ticketing sites are either counterfeit or will be canceled by the organizers,” the X website (formerly Twitter) wrote.

Please note that Oasis Live ’25 tickets can only be resold at face value via @TicketmasterUK AND @Twickets!
Tickets available on other ticketing sites are counterfeit or will be cancelled by the organizers.

— Oasis (@oasis) August 31, 2024

Despite the band’s alleged plans, customers were furious when Ticketmaster introduced controversial dynamic pricing mechanisms to raise ticket prices due to overwhelming demand, resulting in some tickets being doubled in price.

When the band’s Instagram account announced that the tour was sold out, people took to the comments to express their frustration.

“Sorry guys but this is all a mess I couldn’t get on the site at all today,” one person wrote.

“I can’t believe Ticketmaster were selling standing room tickets for over £300 ($395) at the end. Was there demand for this from the start?! I don’t want to sound like a miser but there really needs to be some sort of regulation introduced to make getting tickets to concerts more fair in the UK as it’s becoming impossible at the moment. So disappointing,” said another.

A third person added: “Now I’m angry about what happened when I saw a concert ticket for £358 ($471).”

Newsweek on Thursday emailed Ticketmaster and a spokesperson seeking comment.

In a public statement, Oasis said ticket prices are set by the band’s managers and tour promoters, not the band itself.

“It should be made clear that Oasis leaves ticketing and pricing decisions solely to its promoters and management and was never aware that dynamic pricing would be used,” the statement read.

“While prior meetings between promoters, Ticketmaster and band management had resulted in a positive ticketing strategy that was intended to be a fair experience for fans, including aggressive ticketing to help keep ticket prices low, as well as limit advertising, the execution of the plan fell short of expectations.

“Everyone involved did everything they could to provide the best possible experience for fans, but due to unprecedented demand, this became impossible.”

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster, with the competition watchdog announcing its intention to investigate “whether Ticketmaster’s sale of Oasis tickets may have breached consumer law”.