Oasis is preparing to cancel reunion tickets sold on resale platforms

According to the BBC, Oasis are sticking to their promise to clamp down on the resale of tickets to their reunion shows. According to the BBC, the band is preparing to void around 50,000 tickets sold on the secondary market.

Reunion tour promoters Live Nation and SJM said they would begin canceling the disputed tickets and making those seats available again at face value through Ticketmaster (information on new on-sale dates will be announced soon). When tickets for the UK and Ireland reunion shows went on sale in August, fans were told they could only purchase them through Ticketmaster or the only official resale partner, Twickets.

These rules appeared to hinder flows to secondary markets. A spokesman for the organizer said that only “four percent of tickets” ended up on resale platforms (compared to the 20 percent often seen on other major tours). But if you consider that 1.4 million tickets were sold for the reunion shows, that's four percent, or about 50,000 tickets. (Fans who believe their tickets were wrongly canceled will have the opportunity to have their case investigated.)

“These terms and conditions have been successfully introduced to crack down on secondary ticket distribution companies who resell tickets at large profit,” the spokesperson said, adding: “All parties involved in the tour continue to urge fans not to sell tickets on unauthorized sites, as some others have done “Some of these may be fraudulent in nature and others may be subject to cancellation.”

Organizers also said that while they continue to monitor secondary websites for unauthorized ticket sales, they will share information “with appropriate law enforcement authorities as appropriate.”

Despite the rules and warnings about reselling tickets, hundreds of Oasis reunion tickets appeared on resale platforms like Viagogo, some of which cost almost $4,000. Following news of the impending cancellations, a Viagogo spokesperson told the BBC that the platform would “continue to sell (Oasis tickets) as the regulator requires.” (Viagogo has previously noted that fans are covered by a guarantee are “protected” that they will either “receive their tickets in time for the event or receive their money back.”)