US EditionOasis Ticket Sale May Have ‘Misled’ Fans, Says U.K. Consumer Watchdog
- The UK's Competition and Markets Authority stated on Tuesday that Ticketmaster may have misled music fans regarding ticket pricing for Oasis's 2025 reunion tour, for which over 900,000 tickets were sold.
- The investigation was prompted by widespread complaints after the sale of Oasis gig tickets last year, focusing on potential breaches of consumer protection law through practices such as 'dynamic pricing' and unclear labeling of 'platinum' tickets.
- Ticketmaster allegedly labeled certain seats as 'platinum' and sold them for nearly two-and-a-half times the price of standard tickets without explaining the additional benefits, and failed to adequately inform fans about different ticket categories and prices at the start of the queue, potentially pressuring them to buy quickly.
- Interim Senior Director of Consumer Protection at the CMA, Hayley Fletcher, stated, "We’re concerned that Oasis fans didn’t get the information they needed or may have been misled into buying tickets they thought were better than they were," while Downing Street emphasized that "everyone deserves a fair shot at getting tickets."
- The CMA has urged Ticketmaster to change how it labels tickets and provides pricing information, expecting them to address these concerns to ensure fans can make well-informed decisions in the future, although the CMA currently lacks the power to directly levy fines for breaches of consumer laws.
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Oasis fans were fleeced by Ticketmaster but it’s not Liam and Noel’s fault
Wads the story IT’S not Liam and Noel’s fault — but Oasis fans were fleeced by Ticketmaster last year. Not maybe, definitely. What possible justification did the ticketing giant have for selling standard seats at 2.5 times the normal price by rebranding them “Platinum”? It’s not Liam and Noel Gallagher’s fault but fans were fleeced by Ticketmaster last year If you have a Platinum ticket, you have every right to look back in anger. Likewise it wa…
Oasis fans may have been misled, watchdog says as it calls for Ticketmaster changes
Ticketmaster labelled some seated tickets as "platinum" and sold them for nearly 2.5 times the price of equivalent standard tickets, and there were two categories of standing tickets at different prices, leaving many fans paying a higher price than they expected.
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