Fans trying to secure tickets for Oasis’ 2025 tour were surprised with different prices than those initially announced on Ticketmaster.
Irish ministers want to ban so-called dynamic pricing. The decision comes after criticism was levelled at Ticketmaster last week when tickets for concerts by Oasis had their prices increased according to demand — costing twice the amount initially announced.
In Ireland, the Ticket Sales Act came into force in 2021, banning the resale of tickets above face value. Senator Timmy Dooley and the ministers Niamh Smyth and Jim O’Callaghan plan to introduce an amendment to the law (via BBC).
“The 2021 Act protected fans from the experience of losing tickets and seeing those same tickets for sale on a secondary website for far more than they can afford or would like to pay,” he argued. O’Callaghan. “It must now be expanded so that we can protect fans from the experience of seeing ‘in-demand’ tickets jump significantly above the asking price that was initially announced.”
Measures in the United Kingdom
Several fans of Oasis were disappointed when trying to secure a ticket for the 2025 tour. The band announced their return to the stage last Friday, 27th, with the reunion of the brothers Liam and NoelGallagher.
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Since 2022, Ticketmaster has been applying pricing dynamics to tickets sold on the platform. Therefore, although sales began on Saturday, the 31st, at a price of 200 pounds, many fans were surprised with prices that were double the initially announced price.
Government ministers have announced that they will include pricing dynamics in a consultation with ticket resale websites that will begin in September this year. The Secretary of Culture, Lisa Nandysaid he wants to put an end to “fraudulent resales” and ensure that tickets are sold at “fair prices.”
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Nandy She added that it was “depressing to see a lot of inflated prices excluding ordinary fans” from concerts. She revealed that ministers would also look at “issues around transparency and the use of dynamic pricing, including the technology surrounding queuing systems, which encourages it”.
Lucy Powellleader of the UK House of Commons, was shocked by the high prices, finding tickets costing twice the amount initially advertised. However, in an interview with BBC Radio 5she mused: “It’s how the market operates.”
On Monday 2nd, the Advertising Standards Authority revealed that it had received around 450 complaints about ticket sales for the concerts of Oasis“We are evaluating this carefully and therefore cannot comment at this time,” a spokesperson for the organization said. “To emphasize, we are not currently investigating these advertisements.”
The bill will need to be voted on by politicians before it can be signed into law by Irish President Michael Higgins.
Source: Rollingstone
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