Some might pay…I won’t.

Sir Keir Starmer vows to tackle issue of ticket pricing following Oasis furore

Naomi Clarke, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter
2 Sept 2024

Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government will get a “grip” on the issue of surge pricing after hundreds of fans complained about inflated prices for Oasis reunion tour tickets.

Some fans were left shocked by standard tickets more than doubling from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster due to demand, and the Culture Secretary has pledged to look into the use of dynamic pricing in its forthcoming Government review of the secondary gig sales market.

Addressing the issue on Monday, the Prime Minister spoke to Matt Chorley on BBC Radio 5 Live and said: “This is really important, because this isn’t just an Oasis problem.
“This is a problem for tickets for all sorts of events, where people go online straight away, as soon as they can, and within seconds sometimes, sometimes minutes, all the tickets are gone, and the prices start going through the roof, which means many people can’t afford it.

“You have to stop that. We’re consulting on that.

“I do think there are a number of things that we can do and we should do, because otherwise you get to the situation where families simply can’t go, or are absolutely spending a fortune on tickets, whatever it may be.

“So we’ll grip this and make sure that actually tickets are available at a price that people can actually afford.”

Asked if that could mean changing the law, he said: “I mean, we’re consulting, and it may well mean adjustments, but there are a number of techniques going on here where people are buying a lot of tickets, reselling at a huge price, and that’s just not fair, and it’s just pricing people out of the market.

“And every parent will know, in relation to children, the pressure to get tickets for events, I certainly do.”

[uk.finance.yahoo.com]

When a company is worth almost $20 billion (usd), you can be sure they've greased the political wheels at all levels to insure they retain their monopoly stranglehold and pricing policies.

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When a company is worth almost $20 billion (usd), you can be sure they've greased the political wheels at all levels to insure they retain their monopoly stranglehold and pricing policies.

I remember a huge lawsuit Ticketmaster/LiveNation lost within the last 15 years or so. They settled some, if not all of it, by giving a few free tickets (grass tickets to shows nowhere close to selling out) and a lot of vouchers for $2.25 that you couldn’t combine (only one $2.25 voucher per ticket). So, even if they lose, we’ll get scraps. Hopefully the monopoly is busted-up somehow.

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Hope not.

They're awful. Bland and boring "music". Horrific Beatles wannabes.

If they do and people pay to go see them, ha ha... suckers: a meaningless loss of money - and two self indulgent angry brothers get paid again for being the pricks they are.

Their arrogance is astounding. Such brittle egos.

Well you've never met them pal, they are great with folks like us. You shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers ya know?
Having said that, as soon as I saw the thread I knew there would be a negative comment from you. You surely must be the most miserable person in Louisiana?

Oasis are along with The Stones and The Who (and maybe Guns n Roses)the most dangerous bands ever existed.

I was lucky to see them 1st time in 1996 and 16 more shows after that up until 2009. I saw every show on their US Tour in 2006, Happy days!
I met Liam and Noel on numerous occasions and they are great with ordinary people, paparazzis however...
2025 will be GREAT, Stones, Oasis and possibly Springsteen! My poor wallet.....

Foremost, pal, I don't read papers and I could find you plenty of the most miserable people in Louisiana (and Texas and Mississippi and Alabama and Florida if you're truly interested) and I'm shattered and flattered that you expected me to chime in with how horrendous this pathetic @#$%& of a "band" is! That's awesome.

You are a true fortune teller.

I'm sorry if I disappointed you with taking so long.

That's really good, your little crydoodle, but, well, believe me, there are way more miserable people regarding real things in life than the shooshoo garbage cuntage of Oasis getting back together. You make it sound like it's some cultural accomplishment - it's not - whatever @#$%& it was took on Lennon's look and made an ass of himself 25 years ago is still the same pathetic piece of shit ass @#$%& that he is. It's - I'll give them some credit in regard to getting "back together" - about 1% relevant, 99% cuntage.

Oasis has zero on "the most dangerous bands ever existed". That's not even a joke - Oasis? Dangerous? Because they couldn't be what they wanted to be so they ran their @#$%& mouths?

Yep.

That's painfully not funny. Worst @#$%& ever to be a band, yes. They should change their name to The @#$%&.

I see your personal angst about the brothers rose up because I said they're Beatles wannabes - that's never changed. Maybe they've dropped that but they'll always wear it - wannabes.

Angry little gits. LITTLE GITS. Tiny twat @#$%&.

I will give them this much credit - those haggard twats could do worse - but not much.

Enjoy paying through your nose to see @#$%& in 2025 while they despise you.

Horrible little twatty gits.

They have y'all dialed in.

It's hilarious.

Now, nothing against you as a Stones fan and iorr over the years. This is strictly about those @#$%& named Oasis.

I've listened to them. They are HORRENDOUS.

I don't get it. I won't get it. There's zero to get.

Like Hootie, quite a few million people have horrendous taste.

I have The Beatles. No need for serious pathetic imposters with D rated (and less) wannabe Beatles songs.

The New York Dolls first album is my all-time favorite non-Stones album. Has been since it came out in ‘73 when I was 16.
Really unfair to lump them in with those other phony acts.

Alan White, Gem Archer, Bonehead, back in the band.
[www.rockfm.fm]



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Alan White, Gem Archer, Bonehead, back in the band.
[www.rockfm.fm]

Interesting. So Bonehead will be bashing the barre chords, with Gem and Noel in a dual-lead partnership! Scrap that! Noel will be - mainly - rhythm; taking the ‘odd’ solo, like Don’t Look Back in Anger. Don’t get me wrong: Gem is great, but Noel became lazy after he joined. Noel was becoming quite the excellent lead-guitarist up until Standing On the Shoulder with Giants.

I got tickets - relatively easily within 5 minutes. I must say I have been very shocked about all the reports of it being difficult. I guess I must be one of the lucky ones.

It's funny reading all the comments. I think if you aren't British, you simply will never understand the impact they had over here in the 90s. It was quite frankly phenomenal. It's fine not to understand it, but to deny it simply comes across as ignorant.
Just like I could never understand how big The Beatles were in the USA in the 60s, I guess. I can read about it and accept it, but I will never understand it. Not possible.
Oasis were HUGE and had an impact (whether it was negative or positive) on pretty much everyone. Even my grandparents had an opinion on them haha!

Not meaning to sound patronising or confrontational at all by the way. If you don't get them, maybe give a listen to a few of the lesser known tracks (as with The Stones, the popular ones are faaaaaar from their best). Perhaps Slide Away, Acquiesce, Let's All Make Believe, Round Are Way, Gas Panic and Talk Tonight would be a good place to start. That's if you wouldn't mind liking them.


Anyway, Liam, Noel, Bonehead, Gem and Alan is pretty much the line-up most fans would be happy with as it kinda covers all eras. Looking forward to next Summer - soaking up the nostalgia in the SUNSHIIIIIIIIINE.

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It's funny reading all the comments. I think if you aren't British, you simply will never understand the impact they had over here in the 90s. It was quite frankly phenomenal. It's fine not to understand it, but to deny it simply comes across as ignorant.
Just like I could never understand how big The Beatles were in the USA in the 60s, I guess. I can read about it and accept it, but I will never understand it. Not possible.

You are aware the Beatles were also British, right? :-)

Doesn't matter what we think of the band. This is nostalgia for people born in the 70s and 80s.
It's their time to relive the soundtrack of their youth - when indie music and brit pop was huge.
Who are we to tell them not to?



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Doesn't matter what we think of the band. This is nostalgia for people born in the 70s and 80s.
It's their time to relive the soundtrack of their youth - when indie music and brit pop was huge.
Who are we to tell them not to?

Quite so ...

..and whether we like Oasis much or not ... they were a big part of putting guitar bands who weren't Hair Metal back on the musical map.

That's definitely worth a few brownie points in my book .

Yeah, I just meant because I wasn't born then, so didn't experience it. Much like anyone who wasn't in the UK in the 90s

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Alan White, Gem Archer, Bonehead, back in the band.
[www.rockfm.fm]

Sources cited in that rock.fm article (in English)

Alan White posted a photo on Instagram - [www.instagram.com]

"Exclusive: Oasis legend Gem Archer set to join Liam and Noel Gallagher on reunion tour" - [www.mirror.co.uk]

"Confirmation" of Bonehead rejoining was reported by The Sun - [www.thesun.co.uk]

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Hope not.

They're awful. Bland and boring "music". Horrific Beatles wannabes.

If they do and people pay to go see them, ha ha... suckers: a meaningless loss of money - and two self indulgent angry brothers get paid again for being the pricks they are.

Their arrogance is astounding. Such brittle egos.

Well you've never met them pal, they are great with folks like us. You shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers ya know?
Having said that, as soon as I saw the thread I knew there would be a negative comment from you. You surely must be the most miserable person in Louisiana?

Oasis are along with The Stones and The Who (and maybe Guns n Roses)the most dangerous bands ever existed.

I was lucky to see them 1st time in 1996 and 16 more shows after that up until 2009. I saw every show on their US Tour in 2006, Happy days!
I met Liam and Noel on numerous occasions and they are great with ordinary people, paparazzis however...
2025 will be GREAT, Stones, Oasis and possibly Springsteen! My poor wallet.....

Foremost, pal, I don't read papers and I could find you plenty of the most miserable people in Louisiana (and Texas and Mississippi and Alabama and Florida if you're truly interested) and I'm shattered and flattered that you expected me to chime in with how horrendous this pathetic @#$%& of a "band" is! That's awesome.

You are a true fortune teller.

I'm sorry if I disappointed you with taking so long.

That's really good, your little crydoodle, but, well, believe me, there are way more miserable people regarding real things in life than the shooshoo garbage cuntage of Oasis getting back together. You make it sound like it's some cultural accomplishment - it's not - whatever @#$%& it was took on Lennon's look and made an ass of himself 25 years ago is still the same pathetic piece of shit ass @#$%& that he is. It's - I'll give them some credit in regard to getting "back together" - about 1% relevant, 99% cuntage.

Oasis has zero on "the most dangerous bands ever existed". That's not even a joke - Oasis? Dangerous? Because they couldn't be what they wanted to be so they ran their @#$%& mouths?

Yep.

That's painfully not funny. Worst @#$%& ever to be a band, yes. They should change their name to The @#$%&.

I see your personal angst about the brothers rose up because I said they're Beatles wannabes - that's never changed. Maybe they've dropped that but they'll always wear it - wannabes.

Angry little gits. LITTLE GITS. Tiny twat @#$%&.

I will give them this much credit - those haggard twats could do worse - but not much.

Enjoy paying through your nose to see @#$%& in 2025 while they despise you.

Horrible little twatty gits.

They have y'all dialed in.

It's hilarious.

Now, nothing against you as a Stones fan and iorr over the years. This is strictly about those @#$%& named Oasis.

I've listened to them. They are HORRENDOUS.

I don't get it. I won't get it. There's zero to get.

Like Hootie, quite a few million people have horrendous taste.

I have The Beatles. No need for serious pathetic imposters with D rated (and less) wannabe Beatles songs.

It’s ok x

About nothing: Many people do not have good taste in music. They never give it a second thought. They follow trends and listen to what other people listen to. They concentrate on having a good time instead.
Hence phenomena like Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran. Some artists make it big although they are not the greatest musicians. Other factors are involved in popular music.
It must be said though that you need a string of hits to make it big in the first place.

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About nothing: Many people do not have good taste in music. They never give it a second thought. They follow trends and listen to what other people listen to. They concentrate on having a good time instead.
Hence phenomena like Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran. Some artists make it big although they are not the greatest musicians. Other factors are involved in popular music.
It must be said though that you need a string of hits to make it big in the first place.

And Oasis have plenty: on the U.K. Top-40 Singles Chart, they've registered 23 top-ten entries; 8 of those hit #1.

'Rock acts', today, will struggle to even chart with single-releases. A different time entirely.

Definitely Mayhem: How Oasis Mania Conquered the U.K. All Over Again

By Mark Sutherland
Sep 3, 2024

[variety.com]

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Good read. Reunion apparently finalized 6 weeks ahead of the announcement.

This could be THE thread of the summer, 2025!

O-AS-IS, O-AS-IS!

I like the first 2 albums, especially the first one. Luckily I saw them during this era. After that, it's more like the occasional song. I'd probably go if they played an arena with sort of reasonable pricing. I don't think they're going to fill stadiums in the US with the pricing they had in the UK unless they had stellar opening acts.

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I like the first 2 albums, especially the first one. Luckily I saw them during this era. After that, it's more like the occasional song. I'd probably go if they played an arena with sort of reasonable pricing. I don't think they're going to fill stadiums in the US with the pricing they had in the UK unless they had stellar opening acts.

It’s long being the debate: Definitely Maybe, or Morning Glory. Critically, it seems to be the former that’s the most favourable; but sales-wise and sheer impact, it’s really difficult to not acknowledge that their second album isn’t, at least, equal. For me, I prefer their follow-up. It’s a touch more brighter, and less plodding. It has Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back in Anger, and Some Might Say; least not forget Champagne Supernova. I was a twelve-year-old when this album was released. The Roll With It vs Country House ‘battle’ is a very early, conscious musical memory.

How well would tickets sell now if they never broke up and toured the US and Europe consistently? Do they really have the following to maintain big yearly tours, or is the excitement mainly due to the fact they had broken up for a long period of time?

(I’m 45 and clearly remember their peak in the 90s)



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I doubt they'll make it thru the rehearsals.

Geezer love will keep 'em tagever ......



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Geezer love will keep 'em tagever ......

We'll see, Rockman. I'm not sure they're smart enough.

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How well would tickets sell now if they never broke up and toured the US and Europe consistently? Do they really have the following to maintain big yearly tours, or is the excitement mainly due to the fact they had broken up for a long period of time?

(I’m 45 and clearly remember their peak in the 90s)

They were always a stadium act in England.

Otherwise amphitheatre tour every other year with Third Eye Blind or whatever.

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I doubt they'll make it thru the rehearsals.

The money will get them thru. No problem.

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How well would tickets sell now if they never broke up and toured the US and Europe consistently? Do they really have the following to maintain big yearly tours, or is the excitement mainly due to the fact they had broken up for a long period of time?

(I’m 45 and clearly remember their peak in the 90s)

They were always a stadium act in England.

Otherwise amphitheatre tour every other year with Third Eye Blind or whatever.

Oh, they’d absolutely still be selling-out stadiums throughout the U.K. Even as ‘solo artists’, they fill arenas and headline festivals.

Oasis adds two extra Wembley dates after all the brouhaha.

27 and 28 September, with first dibs on tickets going to those who were messed around by Ticketbastard in the initial sale.

[www.theguardian.com]

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