Oasis fans says they are “sad” and “devastated” after missing out on a private ballot for extra Wembley dates.
The band announced this afternoon that all emails had been sent out with details and codes to be used in securing the final tickets.
It follows “unprecedented” demand to see the Britpop band reunite almost 15 years after their acrimonious 2009 split.
A record-breaking number of people applied for gig tickets last month resulting in Ticketmaster crashing.
In a statement today, Oasis said: “Fans selected in the private ballot have now been contacted with on-sale information and their code for the ticket sale.
“Codes were sent via the email address associated with their Ticketmaster account and ballot registration.
“Demand for these shows is unprecedented. A code does not guarantee tickets. Tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis.”
It wasn’t the news ticketless fans had hoped to hear, with many taking to social media to vent their frustration.
“'I am so so sad - in the ballot but no code and 9 hours in ticket master queues,” wrote one person on X, formerly Twitter.
“Absolutely devastated” agreed a second.
“Never been to a concert in my life and yours is the only one I ever wanted to go to,” lamented a third.
It comes after many fans were shocked by standard tickets for the reunion tour more than doubling from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster, prompting the Government and the UK’s competition watchdog to pledge they will look into the use of dynamic pricing.
In a statement on Wednesday the band said they hoped the new private ballot ticket sale strategy would make “the process far smoother for fans by reducing the stress and time it takes” to obtain tickets.
Saturday’s sale for the extra two Wembley days will be broken into three slots across the day, running from 8.30am to 10am, 12pm to 1.30pm and 3.30pm to 5pm.
Sadly, that doesn’t appear to have been the experience for many.
Others who were successful, including 17-year-old Nathan Palmer, expressed their excitement at securing a ballot code but worried at how tough the competition will be on Saturday to secure a ticket.
He previously queued for four Oasis tickets but “by the time we got through the queue, Ticketmaster had already raised the prices from £140 to £360 each and we all thought that was way too much to be paying so we didn’t get any”, he said.
“We all signed up to this new presale ballot and only one of us got the code but on the email it says that the ticket prices will be definitely set between £75-£200 which is more reasonable so we have a bit more hope that we will get tickets this time.”
Saturday’s sale for the extra two Wembley days will be broken into three slots across the day, running from 8.30am to 10am, 12pm to 1.30pm and 3.30pm to 5pm.
