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Oasis will not use Dynamic Ticketmaster pricing for the North American tour

Oasis will not use Dynamic Ticketmaster pricing for the North American tour

Oasis announced The North American leg of their 2025 reunion tour This morning, the band's management also shared a decision that will be good news for fans: they won't have to worry about inflated “dynamic pricing” prices when ticket sales begin on October 4th. Dynamic pricing allows ticket costs to fluctuate based on demand, but often, the end result is prices rising well beyond face value for high-profile shows. This has led many people to bemoan this feature in recent years.

“It is widely accepted that dynamic pricing remains a useful tool to combat ticket promotion and keep prices for a significant proportion of fans below market price and therefore more affordable,” the statement read.

“However, when unprecedented demand for tickets (as the entire tour can sell out multiple times the moment tickets go on sale) is combined with technology that cannot handle this demand, it becomes less effective and can lead to an unacceptable experience for fans.”

Dynamic pricing He was In effect for Oasis offerings in the UK and Ireland, the resulting high prices have angered many hopeful buyers, prompting an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority. For its part, Ticketmaster has always maintained that artists have the option to disable dynamic pricing for any event. The band's management said Oasis had now done so “in the hope of avoiding a repeat of the issues experienced recently by fans in the UK and Ireland”. As they did on those dates, Oasis is holding advance ballots to help give fans a better chance of securing tickets.

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Oasis Live 25 North America will bring the band stateside for the first time since 2008. Tour dates announced today are:

Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice, along with 30 state and district attorneys general, An antitrust lawsuit was filed against Ticketmaster (and its parent company Live Nation), claiming it has a monopoly on the live ticketing industry. “It is time to dismantle Live Nation-Ticketmaster,” said US Attorney Merrick Garland.