“Oasis Reunion: Ticketmaster’s Shocking Move Leaves Fans Reeling and Dreams in Ruins!”
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In a twist that feels more like a bad episode of a reality show than a reunion tour, Oasis fans are drowning in despair as Ticketmaster pulls the rug out from under their much-anticipated concert plans—saying, of all things, that they might be bots! Seriously, who knew that trying to relive the glory days of Britpop could lead you down a rabbit hole of ticket cancellations and suspicious algorithms? After eagerly purchasing their tickets, many fans received shocking emails from Ticketmaster accusing them of using bots to snag seats to what promises to be a legendary reunion tour. With emotions running high and some fans even claiming their “dreams have been crushed,” this saga has stirred up quite the controversy in the world of dynamic pricing. As fans scramble to prove their humanity—cue form-filling and frantic social media pleas—the question remains: can we really trust technology when all we want is a good ol’ rock show? Isn’t it ironic that in an age of advanced technology, the true fans feel like they’ve been relegated to the status of algorithms? Want to know more? LEARN MORE.
Some Oasis fans have been left in despair after Ticketmaster cancelled their tickets for the reunion tour on the grounds that they might be bots.
A number of fans who bought tickets recently received an email from Ticketmaster telling them that they believed bots had been used to buy their tickets.
These fans were told to fill out a form to sort out the issue, and some are worried about getting their tickets back.
The Oasis ticket sale proved to be controversial after dynamic pricing for the reunion tour saw some fans having to pay significantly more money for tickets due to massive demand.
The gigs were almost guaranteed to be a sell-out with huge demand for tickets but some which were marketed at £155 ended up going for up to £355 instead.
The tickets for Oasis sold out quickly, but some people have had their tickets cancelled. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
The government is now looking into the matter of dynamic pricing.
As for those genuine fans who had their tickets cancelled due to Ticketmaster thinking they were bots, some of them have said it feels like their ‘dreams have been crushed’.
Music fan Leighah Conroy told PA that her friend had bought their tickets back in August last year, but on 7 February they’d received an email from Ticketmaster claiming they’d ‘identified that bots were used to make this purchase’.
“To say that we’re bots is totally out of order for Ticketmaster because we tried all day to get the tickets,” she said.
“Our heads have been pretty battered these past 24 hours.
“I felt sick in the stomach. It’s a band you’ll never experience or see again and it’s been on my bucket list for years. It just feels like my dreams have been completely crushed.”
Ticketmaster sent forms out to people so they could say they weren’t bots. (Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Leighah added that her group had also spend money on hotels and travel, and said it was ‘totally outrageous’ that their tickets had been cancelled.
A fan over in Spain who spent around £3,000 so her family of four could travel to London and see Oasis said she felt ‘shocked then angry’ at her tickets being cancelled, adding that she’d spent five hours trying to sort things out with Ticketmaster through emails and social media.
Marta Bonnet, 48, thought the email saying her tickets had been cancelled was fake at first and criticised Ticketmaster’s approach.
She said: “I know there are a lot of platforms trying to use bots to resell the tickets, but there must be another way to take control of this situation, which is not to take (it out on) all the people that are buying the tickets in a legal form.”
A spokesperson from Ticketmaster said: “Anyone who has been contacted and believes a refund was made in error has been sent a form to fill in for the tour’s promoters to review.”
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