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Thousands of fake Oasis tickets advertised before North America tour sale begins
Oasis have warned fans that thousands of fake tickets for their North America tour are being advertised before the official sale has begun.
A post on the Band’s official X account read: “Please be aware. Thousands of fake Oasis tickets have already been discovered on StubHub and Vivid Seats before the North America tour has even gone on sale!”
The post linked to a letter released by the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) on Wednesday – the day before pre-sale tickets went on sale – which said it found evidence of at least 9,000 fake tickets being listed for the highly anticipated US shows.
“Not only are these tickets fake, they are estimated to be exceedingly higher than the face value of real tickets,” the NIVA said.
The association claimed StubHub had 2,177 fake ticket listings across three of the shows and Vivid Seats listed approximately 3,450 fake tickets.
It said a “significant number” of listings on Vivid Seats had “no warning or messages that the tickets were not in the possession of the seller, including the most expensive tickets across all three nights”.
A shot of the Vivid Seats website selling tickets for over £8,000
It also provided screenshots of various tickets on both ticket resale websites, where some tickets were being advertised for over $11,000 (£8,300).
When accessed in the UK, Sky News found tickets for the same show in Pasadena, California, selling on Vivid Seats for £8,710 – although this was after some legitimate tickets were made available during the pre-sale ballot.
General sale tickets for the tour, which will go to cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and Mexico City, are not officially available to purchase until 4 October.
It comes after the band issued a similar warning in the UK, warning against people reselling tickets for their reunion tour dates at higher prices.
The NIVA called on the Senate Commerce Committee to hold a hearing into what it called “predatory ticket practices” including the sale of speculative tickets.
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It said: “We urge Congress to probe the ticket brokers and resale platforms empowering those brokers to sell fake tickets and use deceptive practices that victimise fans every day, including around the sale of Oasis tickets in the US.”
The band reiterated that Twickets US and Ticketmaster are the only places fans can buy resale tickets.
Sky News has contacted StubHub and Vivid Seats for comment.