The excitement surrounding the expensive tickets for the Oasis tour continues. Now Kiss colleague Gene Simmons has joined the discussion.
The so-called “dynamic pricing” has caused ticket prices for the Oasis comeback tour next year to skyrocket and sparked fierce criticism. Fellow musician Gene Simmons (75) from the hard rock band Kiss, however, apparently has no problem with this. That’s just how capitalism works. In an interview, he said that Oasis fans have the “right to piss off” if they don’t like the ticket prices.
Gene Simmons: Fans have the power
While Ticketmaster has been under scrutiny since setting the price for the coveted tickets, Simmons believes it is simply a case of free-market economics in action. He told Forbes that no one is forced to buy anything. Fans have “the ultimate power, supply and demand.” He explained in the interview: “Someone sits in a room and tries to figure out how far the rubber band can stretch. And if they don’t sell tickets, guess what happens? The price goes down. Capitalism! If you don’t want to pay that amount, don’t go.” All of this is “academic.”
Britpop band Oasis announced their long-awaited “OASIS LIVE ’25” reunion tour on August 27, almost 15 years after the rift between brothers Liam (51) and Noel Gallagher (57) in 2009. “The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The long wait is over. Come and see it. It won’t be televised,” Oasis wrote in the press release at the time. Tickets for the reunion dates were sold out within a few hours on August 31. Due to the high demand, the tickets sometimes almost tripled in price almost in real time – so much so that politicians got involved and an investigation was launched by the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
The Gallagher brothers commented on the dynamic pricing controversy on September 4. “It must be made clear that Oasis leaves decisions about ticket sales and pricing entirely to their promoters and management and at no time did they know that dynamic pricing would be used.” The musicians further criticized in their statement: “Although previous meetings between promoters, Ticketmaster and the band’s management resulted in a positive ticket sales strategy that would provide fans with a fair experience, including dynamic ticket sales strategies to keep general ticket prices low and reduce illegal sales, the implementation of the plan did not meet expectations.”
Two additional concerts with special ticketing
Oasis then announced on X (formerly Twitter) that, due to high demand, two more shows would take place at Wembley Stadium in London on September 27th and 28th. The tickets for these shows will be sold in a staggered, invitation-only selection process. Initially, only the “many British fans” who missed out on the first round of sales via Ticketmaster could apply to take part in the raffle.
The band was founded in 1991, but constant disputes between the Gallagher brothers led to the dissolution of Oasis in 2009. Since then, fans have always hoped for a reunion.
Source: Stern
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