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On 30 August, select tickets were released during a pre-sale, with seats selling for between £73 and £205, standing tickets for around £150, and premium packages costing up to £506.<ref name=":0" /> These tickets went on sale via a ballot with questions testing fan knowledge.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Ellen |first=Barbara |date=2024-08-31 |title=Oasis are back. So why all the hatred? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/31/oasis-britpop-band-reunion |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> Within minutes of these tickets being released, presale websites were selling them for several thousand pounds, with tickets for their 26 July show going for £6,000, prompting responses from the band and the resale company [[Viagogo]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Oasis presale tickets relisted for £6,000 minutes after ballot |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj62dg8zgp9o |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
General sale tickets for the Ireland gigs were released at 08:00 [[British Summer Time|BST]] on 31 August 2024, while sales for gigs in [[Great Britain]] opened an hour later. Sales were handled by [[Ticketmaster]], Gigs and Tours, and [[See Tickets]], while resales were handed by Ticketmaster and [[Twickets]]. Some users reported having over one million people ahead of them in the queue and others reporting being put in a "queue for the queue".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-31 |title=Oasis fans scramble for tickets as band warns against reselling |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8wer58x6o |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Some users additionally reported error messages and being mistaken for bots
=== Ticketmaster defended themselves after receiving criticism for selling "In Demand" and "Official Platinum" tickets for figures exceeding £337, determined via [[dynamic pricing]] algorithms.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hallows |first=Ruth |date=2024-08-31 |title=Oasis ticket sale live: Fans kicked off Ticketmaster website after being mistaken for bots |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/31/oasis-ticket-sale-live-websites-crash/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Algorithms later saw seat prices rise to £488.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-fans-react-to-ticketmasters-dynamic-pricing-3789361 Oasis fans react to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing]. ''NME''. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.</ref> The sites' user experience was so poor that "#shambles" started trending on [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-31 |title=How the race for Oasis reunion tickets became 2024’s Thunderdome |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/oasis-reunion-tickets-ticketmaster-liam-noel-gallagher-b2604928.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> At 19:00, the band tweeted that all tickets had sold out.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Muir |first=Ellie |date=2024-08-29 |title=Oasis reunion tour tickets live: UK and Ireland concerts sold out as fans show frustration over error messages |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/oasis-tickets-sale-ticketmaster-seetickets-prices-b2604834.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> == Tour dates ==
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