What's the story? Ticket glory: What Oasis fans need to know
Britpop superstars Oasis have confirmed two shows for the Australian leg of their hugely anticipated world tour in 2025, at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on October 31, and at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on November 7.
Oasis mania has gone global. In the UK and Ireland last month, ticket sales led to hours-long online queues of fans desperate to see the first performance by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, 15 years after breaking up in one of pop’s most infamous feuds. Fans complained about the use of dynamic pricing - in which ticket prices are allowed to vary according to demand - and opportunistic resellers. One ticket relisted for £6,000 ($11,700) within minutes of going on sale, the BBC reported.
Tickets for Oasis’ 2025 Australia shows will go on sale on Tuesday, October 15, at 10am in Melbourne and midday in Sydney.
Nowhere has the huge demand for tickets been more obvious than in North America, where all nine shows in Canada, the US and Mexico - nearly 500,000 tickets in total - sold out within an hour of going on sale.
While many Australian fans will be hoping the week between concerts is wriggle room for more dates to be added, there’s no doubt demand will be sky high. Here’s what you need to know if you want to get a ticket.
Tickets go on sale to the public via Ticketmaster on Tuesday, October 15, at 10am in Melbourne and midday in Sydney. There is a maximum of four tickets per person, and fans with a disability can apply for accessible tickets by calling Ticketmaster’s customer service team or submitting a request through its website.
An opportunity to register for a fan pre-sale ballot for both shows, which starts on Monday at midday for Melbourne and 2pm for Sydney, has now closed.
Fans were asked how many times they had seen Oasis perform in the past (but told this would not affect their chances in the ballot) and which of the band’s songs won Triple J’s Hottest 100 in 1995 (Wonderwall). Only those who answered correctly would be entered into a random ballot, the site said, and could expect to be notified of their entry on Friday. Ticketmaster said selected fans would receive a unique access code to the pre-sale.
How much will tickets cost?Ticket prices in Melbourne will range from $183.28 to $407.57, with a handling fee from $9.90 per order. Sydney ticket prices start at $187.39, increasing to $411.67, with a handling fee from $8.95 per order. The Sydney ticket price also includes public transport to and from the event. Fans in the UK and Ireland only found out prices two days before they went on sale in August, with seated tickets at London’s Wembley Stadium starting at around $144 and standing tickets at $301.
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Will there be dynamic pricing?No. The use of the model in the UK and Ireland saw some standing tickets double in price, sparking calls for an investigation into Ticketmaster.
A tour representative told this masthead there would be no dynamic pricing for Australian dates, in line with a social media statement the band’s management made last week about their North American shows. The post defended the practice as a “useful tool to combat ticket touting”, but acknowledged an “unacceptable experience” for some fans amid unprecedented demand.
Anti-scalping laws differ in Victoria and NSW. In NSW, the mark-up on tickets on the secondary market is capped at 10 per cent, with maximum penalties of $110,000 for a corporation or $22,000 for an individual. Fair Trading can also issue a $550 fine, including for one-off breaches.
In Victoria, the state government would need to declare the concert a major event for it to fall under similar laws. This can only happen with the agreement of the promoter, as it did for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Melbourne when they went on sale last year.
Under Victoria’s Major Events Act (2009), tickets for a designated major event in the state can only be advertised or resold at no more than 10 per cent above face value. Penalties for breaches of the act can range from $908 up to $545,220 depending on the nature of the offences.
A government spokesperson said on Wednesday that Victoria was considering declaring Oasis’ Australian 2025 tour a major event.
Fans who didn’t make the pre-sale ballot will be desperate not to look back in anger on a missed opportunity to see Liam and Noel’s Australian return. It’s still unknown how many fans were successfully selected for the advance sales, and what share of tickets for each show will be available before the general release on Tuesday. And, crucially, the question of whether more shows will be added remains unanswered.
Ticketmaster has been approached for comment.
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