Ticketmaster's Irish site has told Oasis fans that all of the tickets currently released for the band's gigs at Dublin's Croke Park next year have sold out.
At 1.23pm, the website posted a message saying: "UPDATE: There are currently no tickets available. Please check back later as more may be released."
Ticketmaster and concert promoters MCD have come in for stinging criticism - after thousands of Oasis fans failed to secure tickets for the gigs.
Many reported being in lengthy digital queues, technical issues, and significantly higher than expected ticket prices.
There have been calls for an investigation into Ticketmaster's in-demand pricing structure.
Tickets were advertised as being priced from €86.50 (subject to service charge) and limited to four per transaction.
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However, users on X, formerly Twitter, reported the price for standing tickets more than doubling from around €176 on pre-sale to over €400 on Ticketmaster after they waited for hours to secure their place.
It comes as a Fine Gael MEP called for the Competition and Consumer Commission (CCPC) to investigate Ticketmaster.
Dublin MEP Regina Doherty said thousands of fans trying to buy Oasis tickets this morning faced 400% "surprise price increases".
She called on the CCPC to look into how Ticketmaster advertise and price tickets as she said the EU's Digital Services Act "has sections included specifically to ensure large platforms that control aspects of the digital economy don't just make up their own rules that are unfair for consumers".
In a statement, Ms Doherty said "Ticketmaster's "in-demand" pricing structure certainly needs investigating in this context".
"Every ticket for these gigs was always going to be "in-demand" so slapping an extra label and €300 on some standing tickets is just extortionate."
An explanation by the website about the "on-demand standing ticket" price says: "The event organiser has priced these tickets according to their market value.
"Tickets do not include VIP packages. Availability and pricing are subject to change."
When asked about this issue by the PA news agency, Ticketmaster said it does not set prices, and shared a link to its website where it says costs can be "fixed or market-based".
Separately, Irish Times Consumer Affairs Correspondent Conor Pope said: "One of the things that really troubled the fans this morning was how the concert was advertised because promotors MCD made it very clear that ticket prices were from €86.50 (not including a service charge)."
He went on to describe how when people started buying tickets this morning, the initial price for a pitch standing ticket at Croke Park for the two concerts next August was around €175 while seated tickets were well in excess of €200.
Then, he said, as the morning progressed a so-called "in-demand" ticket pricing model kicked in and some of the tickets that were €175 were selling for €415.
"I think this is one of the first times where we have seen a scenario whereby you might have a concert next August in Croke Park, you will have two people standing side by side on the pitch, one will have paid less than €100 for a ticket another person will have paid more than €400 and they're the same ticket."
He went on to say that type of surge pricing does happen in other countries but that it is the first time it has happened here in Ireland.
Ticketmaster had warned fans that tickets for Oasis shows were dwindling after the Saturday morning rush. On the company's website, it told those already in the online queue at 11.55am: "Tickets are still available, but inventory is now limited and not all ticket prices are available."
Earlier, Ticketmaster issued a statement following reports that fans were encountering difficulties in buying tickets for the concerts in Croke Park next year.
Ticketmaster said its website had not crashed. It advised people, who had logged on to its website, to hold their place in the line, make sure they were only using one tab, clear cookies, and ensure they were not using any VPN software on their device.
IT experts said there was a "huge possibility" that high numbers of tickets were purchased by computer bots, and Oasis issued warnings after unofficial reselling websites listed tickets for thousands of pounds.
A post to the band's X page said: "Please note, Oasis Live '25 tickets can only be resold at face value via @TicketmasterUK and @Twickets! Tickets appearing on other secondary ticketing sites are either counterfeit or will be cancelled by the promoters."
🚨Please note, Oasis Live '25 tickets can only be resold at face value via @TicketmasterUK and @Twickets!
— Oasis (@oasis) August 31, 2024
Tickets appearing on other secondary ticketing sites are either counterfeit or will be cancelled by the promoters.
UK music industry leaders also warned Oasis fans not to buy resale tickets listed for more than face value.
UK Music chief executive Tom Kiehl said: "It's a great concern to see what's happening with the inflated ticket prices - really unfair on fans.
"I think that the statement from Oasis last night really underlines the fact that the terms and conditions are quite clear, that these should be resold for face value."
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Kiehl added: "Obviously, it's a natural tendency if you can't get tickets, to find alternative sources. But I very much urge music fans today, if they don't get tickets, not to take that route."
Chief executive of the UK’s Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, Jonathan Brown, said that fans needed to "open their eyes and protect themselves".
He added: "It's a dreadful combination, I suppose, you've got that high level of emotion, a high level of excitement about Oasis reforming, and a limited supply of tickets - and that's going to lead to problems, it's going to lead to people trying to scam people."
In Ireland, the practice of reselling tickets above face value is banned.
Tickets went on official sale via Ticketmaster, GigsAndTours, See Tickets, and Tickets Scotland.
The general ticket sale for Oasis's two Dublin gigs launched at 8am.
Tickets for the band's 15 UK shows in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Cardiff went on general sale at 9am.
A long-time fan trying for tickets to see Oasis in Dublin next year echoed the "frustration" and "anger" of others, saying that the Ticketmaster queue "kicked me out completely".
Scott McLean, 28, logged into his account on the ticket-selling website at 7.30am on Saturday ahead of Irish sales opening at 8am.
He was in a queue of 20,000 for around 30 minutes before selecting four tickets to see one of the band's two shows at Croke Park in August 2025.
However, his browser began buffering for half an hour as he tried to make the purchase, prompting him to contact the Ticketmaster customer service account on X, formerly Twitter, for advice.
"I followed their advice, cleared my cookies and cache on my browser - and then it kicked me out completely. It just came up to that error screen after I followed their guidance," the business analyst from Belfast told the PA news agency.
"I had to rejoin the queue and I ended up about 700,000 places worse off after following their guidance."
He said he felt "frustration and anger, not much more than that", adding: "It's just tickets for a concert after all, but I really wanted to go."
Noel and Liam Gallagher announced on Tuesday that they had put their acrimonious split behind them, confirming the band's long-awaited reunion by saying: "The great wait is over."
Fans have been urging the brothers to regroup since they disbanded 15 years ago, a split prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009.
It has not been announced who will be performing with the brothers as part of Oasis.
Source: Press Association
