Oasis tickets relisted for £6,000 minutes after pre-sale

Oasis have issued a warning against reselling tickets to their comeback tour, after some were listed for thousands of pounds within minutes of a pre-sale on Friday.

A limited number of fans were able to buy the first batch of tickets from 19:00 BST.

Shortly after, tickets were being listed online for more than £6,000 - over 40 times the listed value of a standing ticket.

Oasis urged people not to resell tickets at inflated prices on websites not linked to their promoter, and said they would be "cancelled".

About 1.4 million tickets are expected to be available for the 17 outdoor concerts in the UK and Ireland next July and August.

Friday's pre-sale - which fans had to enter a ballot to access - was expected to last until 22:00 BST.

Soon after it began, ticket listings appeared on resale websites like StubHub and Viagogo.

Tickets for the opening gig of the tour at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 4 July were listed on StubHub for between £916 and £4,519 within an hour of the pre-sale starting.

Standing tickets for Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on 12 August have also been listed for over £4,000.

Oasis's promoters have previously said tickets should only be resold through its official partners - Twickets and Ticketmaster - and only at face value.

Terms and conditions on the band's website continued: "Selling tickets through unauthorised resale platforms will breach these T&Cs and those tickets may be cancelled."

The band's promoters have previously warned tickets purchased at inflated prices from unauthorised platforms "may be cancelled".

A full statement shared by the band on Friday read: "We have noticed people attempting to sell tickets on the secondary market since the start of the pre-sale. Please note, tickets can ONLY be resold, at face value, via @Ticketmaster and @Twickets.

"Tickets sold in breach of the terms and conditions will be cancelled by the promoters."

Viagogo and StubHub have been contacted for comment.

On Thursday, Oasis's promoters said there had been "unprecedented demand" for the ballot to enter the pre-sale, and added three extra dates to the 14 that were initially announced.

Hundreds of people took to X to celebrate securing tickets to one of the shows.

"I’m actually going to see my favourite band of all time! Didn’t think I’d ever see this," wrote one user.

Another said: "I have 2 very excited daughters. Almost got deafened by the screaming when the purchase was verified."

One said he had secured tickets to the opening night of the tour and joked: “They should still be together then”.

After the pre-sale, the rest of the tickets for the UK shows will go on general sale at 09:00 on Saturday; while for Dublin, the general sale tickets will be available an hour earlier.

The band will play in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin, and more dates could be added.

Standard standing tickets will cost about £150, while standard seated tickets range from £73 to about £205. Prices for official premium packages go up to £506.

As anticipation for the gigs builds, sales and streams of the band's back catalogue have surged, with three albums going back into the UK top five chart on Friday.

Greatest hits collection Time Flies is at number three, 1995's What's The Story Morning Glory is at four, and debut Definitely Maybe - released on 29 August 1994 - is in fifth place.

A 30th anniversary edition of Definitely Maybe was released on Friday.

Oasis were formed in Manchester in 1991 - their original line-up comprised of Liam and Noel, guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and drummer Tony McCarroll.

The band officially split in 2009 after an altercation backstage at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.

Their music's popularity has never been in doubt, though, and the Official Chart Company has compiled a list of the band's top five most-streamed songs, which are:

1. Wonderwall

Released: 1995

Official Chart peak: 2

UK streams: 397,100,000

2. Don't Look Back In Anger

Released: 1996

Official Chart peak: 1

UK streams: 295,500,000

3. Champagne Supernova

Released: 1995

Official Chart peak: n/a

UK streams: 167,200,000

4. Live Forever

Released: 1994

Official Chart peak: 10

UK streams: 162,000,000

5. Half The World Away

Released: 1994

Official chart peak: 56

UK streams: 119,100,000