Oasis Drops the Hammer on Ticket Scalpers
Oasis isn’t messing around with their big 2025 reunion. Roughly 50,000 tickets bought and resold through shady online marketplaces are being axed. If you snagged a ticket from the likes of StubHub or Viagogo, there’s trouble—promoters are cracking down harder than ever to keep scalpers out and fans in.
Promoters Live Nation and SJM Concerts drew a line in the sand: only Ticketmaster and Twickets get their blessing for resales, and only at face value. It’s a direct swipe at scalpers who try to flip tickets for hundreds or even thousands above what real fans can pay. Even with these strict rules, scalpers still managed to get their hands on around 4% of all tickets, which adds up to about 50,000 tickets.
Compare that to big tours, where it’s normal to see 20% of the tickets pop up on secondary sites. This time, the band’s tight control and tech partnerships held scalpers mostly in check. If you’re one of the unlucky fans whose tickets got canceled, don’t panic: those tickets are coming back up for grabs, but only through official channels and for the original price.
Massive Demand, Soaring Prices, Swift Action
The reunion tour whipped fans into a frenzy. In just the first sale, 10 million people from 158 countries tried to grab part of the 1.4 million UK ticket pool. With such mad demand, prices on unofficial sites went wild, sometimes hitting $7,800 for a single seat. For many, this made the dream of seeing Oasis live fade away—unless they paid through the nose to a reseller.
This whole situation left the band and promoters frustrated. Oasis, along with Paul Smith from Live Nation/SJM, have been blunt—calling dynamic pricing a scam that just fattens the wallets of middlemen. Their answer was simple: control the sale, control the price, and let real fans have a shot.
If you found yourself caught up in the mess and bought from a resale platform, you’re encouraged to report your issue. Promoters say they’ll check each case, but they see the relisting and low scalper rate as a win. With Oasis’s tour dates stretching from the UK and Ireland (July 4 to August 17), to North America (August 25 to September 13), and down to Australia (October–November 2025), keeping things fair has never mattered more.
This crackdown is being watched closely across the music industry. Fans and artists both want the days of outrageous resale prices to be behind us. For this reunion, at least, Oasis is determined not to let scalpers spoil the party.