Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
Tickets for the band’s first tour in 15 years went on sale yesterday and had completely sold out by Saturday night.But thousands of fans were left frustrated by technical problems which affected the Ticketmaster website and so-called “in demand pricing” which saw the cost of tickets soar to three times their original value.She said: “I don’t think we need to nationalise Ticketmaster.
“Thankfully, after hours of waiting like many, many other people in a queue, I was able to get a couple of Oasis tickets, but at a bit more than I was hoping to pay for them.” Ticketmaster has said that the system of in-demand pricing, also known as “dynamic pricing”, is “driven by supply and demand”.
“The goal is to give fans fair and safe access to the best tickets while enabling artists and other people involved in staging live events to price tickets closer to their true market value,” the ticketing website said.HuffPost UK Daily Brief Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our
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