Oasis fans face anxious wait for tickets
But one North Yorkshire fraud expert says scammers will also be looking to exploit demand
Last updated 31st Aug 2024
It's fingers at the ready for tens of thousands of Oasis fans hoping to get tickets for their huge reunion shows.
They go on sale this morning at 9am for the UK gigs.
Andy Fox is a former North Yorkshire officer and counter fraud co-ordinator, he is warning fans to be on guard against scammers: "It is so exciting. I mean, it is bound to be massively oversubscribed. This is probably the biggest re union since probably The Beatles, and therefore the scammers will be already rubbing their hands with the potential to make so much money and so much misery."
"There will be so many fake sites, adverts, social media posts that people who so desperately want to get hold of tickets will answer, pay money upfront. And of course the tickets will never ever arrive. They'll be left out of pocket and there will be very, very little that they can do."
"If you do buy for one of these resales, you really are taking a massive risk and don't get me wrong, I understand why people wanted would want to do this. The scammers will know this and they will look to exploit people's desperation to get hold of tickets."
Noel Gallagher and his brother Liam put their acrimonious split behind them, confirming the band's long-awaited reunion on Tuesday, saying: "The great wait is over."
The UK and Ireland shows, which are the only European dates, were announced as follows: Principality Stadium, July 4 and 5; Heaton Park, July 11, 12, 19 and 20; Wembley Stadium, July 25 and 26 and August 2 and 3; Murrayfield Stadium, August 8 and 9; and Croke Park, August 16 and 17.
It has not been announced who will be performing with Liam and Noel as part of Oasis.
Fans have been urging the brothers to regroup since they disbanded, a split prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.
Noel, 57, quit the Manchester rock group on August 28 2009, saying he "simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer", and the brothers have made negative comments about each other for more than a decade.
Though fans have been positive about a reunion, concerns have been raised about high ticket prices and accommodation, and the prospect of Liam and Noel having another falling out.