Oasis have warned followers that hundreds of faux tickets for his or her North America tour are being marketed earlier than the official sale has begun.
A submit on the Band’s official X account learn: “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 submit linked to a letter launched by the Nationwide Impartial Venue Affiliation (NIVA) on Wednesday – the day earlier than pre-sale tickets went on sale – which stated it discovered proof of at the least 9,000 faux tickets being listed for the extremely anticipated US reveals.
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“Not only are these tickets fake, they are estimated to be exceedingly higher than the face value of real tickets,” the NIVA stated.
The affiliation claimed Stubhub had 2,177 faux ticket listings throughout three of the reveals and Vivid Seats listed roughly 3,450 faux tickets.
It stated 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”.
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A shot of the Vivid Seats web site promoting tickets for over £8,000
It additionally supplied screenshots of varied tickets on each ticket resale web sites, the place some tickets had been being marketed for over $11,000 (£8,300).
Normal sale tickets for the tour, which is able to go to cities corresponding to Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and Mexico Metropolis, usually are not formally out there to buy till 4 October.
It comes after the band issued an identical warning within the UK, warning towards folks reselling tickets for his or her reunion tour dates at greater costs.
The NIVA known as on the Senate Commerce Committee to carry a listening to into what it known as “predatory ticket practices” together with the sale of speculative tickets.
It stated: “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 one locations followers should buy resale tickets.
