Thousands of tickets purchased on resale sites will be canceled by Oasis ahead of their next reunion tour. The band's promoters, Live Nation and SJM, told the BBC they would cancel more than 50,000 tickets for the band's UK dates listed on secondary ticketing platforms. All invalidated tickets will be made available again through the official seller, Ticketmaster, at face value. There were 1.4 million tickets on sale when Oasis announced their UK tour in August, but more than 10 million fans from 158 countries lined up to try and get them. Within hours, thousands of tickets at inflated prices appeared on resale sites. When tickets for Oasis' 2025 reunion tour went on sale, fans were told they could only purchase them at face value through Ticketmaster or resale partner, Twickets. The band's promoters explained that this was done to combat inflated prices and bootlegging. Live Nation and SJM told the BBC that 4% of tickets ended up on resale sites: almost 50,000. The process of canceling tickets, which are believed to have violated the established terms and conditions, according to management, “will take place soon”.
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There is a long-standing bond between Oasis, Richard Ashcroft and his old band The Verve, who Gallagher supported during their first stint in 1993. Demonstrating this historic closeness, “Cast No” was also dedicated to Ashcroft Shadow” and four years later, when Oasis were the most successful Britpop phenomenon of the period, the “Urban Hymns” band opened two shows for them at Earls Court in London. In more recent times, Liam and Ashcroft collaborated on the 2022 single “C'mon People (We're Making It Now)” and in 2018, when Liam was headliner at Finsbury Park, Ashcroft joined him as a special guest.
Cast, formed in Liverpool in 1992 by John Power, former member of The La's, and Peter Wilkinson of Shack, also have a long history with Oasis. They were in fact one of the support bands at the legendary Gallagher concerts at Knebworth in 1996, together with The Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers and Dreadzone. Noel Gallagher is said to have described one of their live shows as a “religious experience”.
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