Oasis fans scammed in ticket fraud had up to £1,000 stolen-Danni Scott-Entertainment – Metro

Oasis fans were scammed out of thousands(Picture: Paul Bergen/Redferns)

The great Oasis ticket war will go down in history as one of the most insane tour sales, with plenty of fans left disappointed.

Unfortunately, this also resulted in huge numbers of music lovers falling for scammers and scalpers as they desperately sought tickets.

As Oasis announced their next batch of dates in South America, Lloyds Bank has revealed UK fans lost up to £1,000 to ticket fraud.

Controversial dynamic pricing aside, tickets were being touted on non-official platforms within minutes of the sale happening and cost a lot more than face value.

While Noel and Liam Gallagher have been cancelling thousands of fake tickets, fans have lost hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds to scammers.

Ticket touting has long been an issue but Oasis’ reunion sent the entire industry into meltdown with politicians even addressing the outrage.

Fans had up to £1,000 stolen by ticket fraudsters (Picture: Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

Lloyds confirmed that around 70% of their fraud complaints since the reunion was announced on August 27 have been linked to the tour.

On average fans had £346 stolen with more than 90% of cases starting through social media and fake adverts in a ‘landslide’ of scams.

Facebook and its Marketplace function were singled out as the origin of the ‘vast majority’, with 35 to 44-year-olds most likely to fall victim; making up a third of cases.

A spokesperson for Lloyds said: ‘A simple search of Facebook reveals numerous unofficial groups have been set up, many boasting tens of thousands of members, dedicated to buying and selling tickets for the Oasis tour.

‘This is despite Meta’s own commerce policy stating that the sale of concert tickets is “not allowed” on the platform.’

In the days after tours are announced, social media becomes a flood of people offering to sell tickets despite numerous warnings about this kind of purchase.

Oasis had collaborated with ticket reseller Twickets to be their official second-hand site, in an effort to block scammers.

However, third-party sites continue to flog tickets for inflated prices with new data shared by O2 last month revealing that 62% of fans don’t even realise they were buying from someone else.

A shocking 64% of participants revealed they were unaware that the price they were paying was set by the individual reselling the ticket – usually higher than face value.

Gareth Griffiths, director of partnerships and sponsorship at Virgin Media O2 said at the time: ‘Our research makes it very clear – professional ticket touts, who are making millions of pounds out of fans, are taking advantage of consumer confusion online.

Oasis will be heading to South America in late 2025 (Picture: Marco Prosch/Getty Images)

‘It’s time for better protection and information for concertgoers everywhere. Whilst there are some resale platforms that exist to help fans and cap secondary profits, there are others who seek only to make as much money as possible out of genuine fans. We need a fairer market which prohibits predatory touting behaviour and protects fans and artists.’

While the ticket debate rages on in the UK, Oasis have revealed their South American dates just weeks after confirming their US tour leg.

They have added five new dates in Argentina, Chile, and Brazil in November 2025, promising ‘the brothers are coming’.

Writing on X, the Cast No Shadow singers told Argentinian fans: ‘People of the great nation of Argentina. Oasis are coming home to The River Plate. Be there.’

Addressing Brazilian fans, they wrote: ‘People of Brazil. Carnival has come early. Fix up. Look sharp. Oasis will see you soon.’

‘People of Chile get ready, the brothers are coming,’ they wrote in a final tweet.

General sale starts on Wednesday, November 13, with pre-sale access available to those who sign up – although it does not guarantee tickets.

Oasis is scheduled to kick off the tour in Cardiff before heading around the UK and then over to Ireland, Canada, Mexico, and the US.

They’ll make a quick September stop back in London for two nights then jet off to Australia ahead of the five nights in South America.

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