Oasis fans’ fury as they’re charged more than £100 to re-buy wrongly cancelled tickets
OASIS fans have been stung for a service fee of more than £100 to rebuy their wrongly cancelled tickets.
Thousands suspected of being touts or bots were told their tickets for Noel and Liam Gallagher’s reunion shows were no longer valid.
They were sent emails by official seller Ticketmaster, saying they had violated the terms and conditions.
Those who felt wrongly singled out were able to send in a form for promoters to review.
Some could buy the tickets again — but say they were hit with the extra charges.
One fan, who lost tickets for a Wembley gig in September, wrote: “This is the biggest load of b*****ks ever.
“Paid over the odds after Ticketmaster scammed everyone the first time, just for my tickets to be cancelled and put back up on Ticketmaster with £100 extra fees. W*****s.”
Another unhappy fan asked: “Also £106 service fee for what exactly?”
Ticketmaster insisted resale tickets were capped at the original price paid, adding: “This provides fans a safe space to sell tickets they can’t use.”
The firm is already under investigation by a watchdog, which said it may have breached consumer protection law by misleading fans over ticket pricing.
The Competition and Markets Authority said it had offered “platinum” tickets for 2.5 times the standard price despite offering no additional perks.
More than one million tickets were bought for Oasis’s UK shows, which begin on July 4 in Cardiff’s Principality stadium.
