Fast forward to 2005, when Oasis actually reunited after their first breakup. Suddenly, tickets went on sale online, and everyone thought it would be easier. Spoiler: it was not.
I remember the 2009 tour dates—the one I missed. The on-sale time was 9 AM sharp on a Tuesday. I set three alarms, had three browsers open, and still got a “session expired” error at 9:01.
The problem? Scalpers. They started using bots to buy hundreds of tickets in seconds. Regular fans like you and me were left refreshing eBay, paying four times the face value. It felt like a scam, but it was just “business.”
The Liam vs. Noel drama made it worse
Notice how the second they announced a breakup in 2009, ticket prices on resale sites skyrocketed? That’s not coincidence. The drama fueled a frenzy.
Suddenly, every gig felt like “the last show ever.” Fans scrambled to buy tickets for gigs they didn’t even love, just in case. You were paying for a memory, not a concert.
And the band knew it. They’d announce a “limited number” of tickets, but they never said how many. It was a manufactured scarcity—and we ate it up like fools.
Lot 530 - OASIS - TICKETS AND STAGE PASSES.
