Liam Gallagher appeared to confirm that Oasis will take their reunion tour to America in cryptic update on Monday.
The musician, 51, and his brother Noel, 57, who have already sold out their UK leg, are currently facing calls to refund fans hit by ‘dynamic pricing’ after the price of standard tickets doubled from £148 to £355.
Despite the backlash they could now be set to play their biggest-ever US concerts, with Liam hinting at recent rumours on X.
When one fan asked: ‘Liam I know you’re not the biggest fan of us but is Oasis coming to AMERICA?’
He replied: ‘I love America and I know deep down you love ME.’
Liam Gallagher appeared to confirm that Oasis will take their reunion tour to America in cryptic update on Monday
The musician, 51, and his brother Noel, 57, who have already sold out their UK leg, are currently facing calls to refund fans hit by ‘dynamic pricing’ after the price of tickets doubled
Reports claimed on Saturday that Liam and Noel had ‘financial incentive’ to expand the tour.
A source told The Mirror: ‘Their promoters at Live Nation are incredibly keen for this to happen, and Liam and Noel have verbally agreed plans. The question of if they will manage to go the duration of the tour without falling out has been raised, but there is now a massive financial incentive for them to keep the show on the road.’
The report claimed the band will play the 70,000 seat SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles as well as other huge venues across the United States.
Billboards in New York’s Times Square appeared to tease US dates.
Electronic messages featured the Amazon Music logo and a picture of the Gallagher brothers with the message: ‘If we need to put up a billboard to get these guys to come to the States, here it is.’
Elsewhere, Oasis and Ticketmaster have faced calls to ‘do the right thing’ and refund fans hit by dynamic pricing by consumer group Which?
The band and ticketing giant have faced the fury of those eager to watch Oasis’s hotly-anticipated tour after the price of standard tickets doubled from £148 to £355.
Ticketmaster said prices were driven up by surging demand and the policy had been agreed with the band’s management, Oasis itself said they were unaware of dynamic pricing would be implemented when tickets initially went on sale.
Despite the backlash they could now be set to play their biggest-ever US concerts , with Liam hinting at recent rumours on X
Reports claimed on Saturday that Liam and Noel had ‘financial incentive’ to expand the tour to the US (pictured in 2005)
Since then the Government and the UK’s competition watchdog have pledged to look into the implementation of the policy.
Now Which?, one of Britain’s most well known consumer groups, has called for those who paid more than expected to seal their place at the gigs to have some of their money returned.
Following the controversy, Which? asked Oasis fans to send in screenshots of the ticket-buying and checkout process to see if they were warned that ticket prices could surge due to high levels of demand.
Which? said it received dozens of screenshots from fans who had tried to buy tickets – both before and after prices increased – none of which showed a warning message that Ticketmaster would increase prices during the sale.
Instead, Which? said it saw evidence that fans were shown one price for tickets, only to have that price taken away at the last second and replaced with a far higher, and unexpected, ticket price.
Which? cited one screenshot showing that due to ‘in demand’ pricing the cost of standing tickets at a Heaton Park show – originally advertised for £148.50 – surged to £337.50 each.
Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs), traders must not mislead consumers with how prices are presented or leave out key pricing information that they might need to make an informed decision about their purchase.
Which? said many fans were not informed about the increases until after they had already tried to add cheaper tickets to their baskets.
While the use of ‘dynamic pricing’ was mentioned in the terms and conditions on the website, fans were not warned that this practice would be used for Oasis tickets, the watchdog said.
Elsewhere, Oasis and Ticketmaster have faced calls to ‘do the right thing’ and refund fans hit by dynamic pricing by consumer group Which?
Lisa Webb, Which? Consumer Law Expert, said: ‘It seems extremely unfair that Oasis fans got up early and battled through the queues only to find that tickets prices had more than doubled from the originally advertised price.
‘Which? believes that Ticketmaster’s ‘in demand’ pricing practices for Oasis tickets could have breached consumer law as it appears fans weren’t properly warned about the use of “in demand” pricing until far too late in the purchase journey – leading to a nasty shock at the checkout.
‘Oasis and Ticketmaster should do the right thing and refund fans who may have been misled into paying over the odds for tickets that would have been half the price just hours earlier.’
A spokesperson for Ticketmaster said: ‘Fans can resell their Oasis tickets at the full price they paid through Ticketmaster or Twickets.’
Oasis have been approached for comment.
