Oasis Reunion prices have skyrocketed due to Ticketmaster’s rising prices

Oasis, one of the most popular bands of the late 20th century, offered pre-sale tickets starting Friday and quickly stepped into a 21st-century quagmire: online price gouging.

Surge pricing allows companies that sell products online to raise prices as market demand increases. Everything happens automatically and almost instantly.

While surge pricing is now commonplace—from trying to hail an Uber after an event to bowling alleys, restaurants, and even golf courses—all users of these services hate it. Now Oasis fans do too.

They complained over the weekend that ticket prices had gone up on Ticketmaster after the group decided to add three more dates.

“The feeling of queuing for four hours only to be told the ticket price has gone up from £148 to… £355??? Because they are ‘on demand,'” wrote Helen Barnett on X “How is it not illegal?”

According to CBS, tickets for the tour are already being sold on resale websites for up to $7,800. The band issued a warning on Saturday, telling fans that tickets can only be officially resold through Ticketmaster.

“Please note that Oasis Live ’25 tickets can only be resold at face value via @TicketmasterUK and @Twickets!” the statement says. “Tickets appearing on other secondary ticket sites are either counterfeit or will be canceled by the promoters.”

Ticketmaster did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider. The company has not made any public statement regarding ticket prices for the Oasis reunion, but its website explains that Ticketmaster does not set ticket prices.

“The promoters and the artists set the ticket prices. Prices can be either fixed or market based. Market-based tickets are labeled as “Platinum” or “On Demand,” the website says.

The practice has not sparked controversy in the past year. Ticket prices for Taylor Swift’s multibillion-dollar Era Tour have also soared on the platform, reaching up to $5,500 for tickets that normally cost around $254.

Ticket prices on the platform soared during the Eras tour that the Department of Justice took notice, eventually filing an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment.

A report by the American Economic Liberties Project last year found that 68 of the top 100 venues in the world are in the United States, and 53 of those arenas use Ticketmaster for ticket sales. This means that 78% of the world’s highest grossing arenas use Ticketmaster.