How can Oasis sell all those stadiums out at £150 a go?

Mrs Woodall just showed me a Twitter post that said “Can anyone beat this”……Ticketmaster site….2 tickets for the Murrayfield gig….behind the stage……£840 a pop.
Apparently artist are given the choice whether to opt in or out of the price gouging…….sorry Dynamic Pricing, so the Gallagher’s know all about it.
 
I was absolutely oasis mad in the 90s. I was in my prime as late teens and early 20s when they were at there peak.

It's hard to explain to someone who wasn't around just how big they were. You simply couldn't get a ticket back then. None of this online guff. You were held in a queue on a fecking house phone 😂

I did get to see them 3 times live. Although on the later tours. I'd have loved to have seen them during the Definitely maybe early gigs in small venues. I did actually get a Kebworth ticket through a mate. Yet couldn't attend as joined the Navy in June 96. Gutted I messed out on that.

That said I didn't even try this time. No real interest. They were not very good long before they split up. I guess reliving the hits would be good. Just stick to the first few albums.
 
The BBC said the official price was £300 a ticket and still there was massive online queues.

Using economic theory of market prices - the true equilibrium price is where demand is equal to supply.

My guess is around £700 a ticket, which was in hard economic terms stopped many fans applying. £300 did not stop many is the evidence. The unofficial market reflects the equilibrium price.

I do remember 1995/96 Britpop Craze and Oasis were at the heart they hit a button particularly with young people that they were living in a special time. To a large extent it was manufactured. Now 1977 was different :cool:
 
JustTheGent said:
Are they fake sales or is it legit?

Was going to put this in with the Captain Tom and Wagatha Christie thing - but perhaps not. It's still a bit puzzling though. Few would disagree that 'Britpop' and the 1990s were pretty bad, but it seems Oasis have caught a massive wave of nostalgia. Perhaps a new generation of fans as well.
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90s was a great decade for music, and for me a great decade to grow up in
 
Nero said:
I'd imagine Noel, in particular, will make a disparaging comment about pricing. Something like if a person can afford it don't buy, or similar.
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Ha yeah let’s just make up imaginary quotes and attribute them to people. Way more fun than just listening to what he says when he’s interviewed. 😁🥹
 
atypical_boro said:
Ha yeah let’s just make up imaginary quotes and attribute them to people. Way more fun than just listening to what he says when he’s interviewed. 😁🥹
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A bloke behind me at the Stoke match did this, decided what Carrick was going to say in his post match interview, then got a bit angry about it, even though it was all in his head 🤣

(Not saying nero is angry, it just reminded me of it)
 
The Gallaghers could always do more concerts if they want to reduce the prices the market is currently deciding on.
 
red_harrington said:
Liam and Noel screwing their fans for all they can get with 'dynamic pricing'

It really is that simple
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Liam said they’d been offered £100m for a reunion tour.. Noel said he would 100% get the band back together for £100m..

That’s what they’ve done. £50m each.

Dynamic pricing pays for it.
 
In all honesty I'm hopeful the £350 tickets were in a minority and that most will get to see oasis at a reasonable price. I didn't get a ticket but said to our group I won't pay £350. I'll wait and see what comes up on resale or future gigs and might go if enough friends can get tickets too.

Just think it's a shame they didn't do it the right way, for standard prices.
 
atypical_boro said:
“The 90s were pretty bad” - what just generally or musically?
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1990s culture in general, but especially the Britpop era is pretty cringeworthy when you look back. It was basically a marketing concept based on hype and a supposed kickback against US culture and influence. It was all manufactured in reality, by music executives and the media, the quality of the music that came out of it wasn't that good.

Oasis were a band that were for young people that weren't really into music as such. A lot of their fans were school kids and teenagers. I guess their music attracts kids from new generations and that mixes with the nostalgia of the older audience. Personally, I haven't got anything against them as such. Noel Gallagher was pretty crafty with doing various things - a lot of his songs involve a blatant rip off from other material. A lot of their gigs were notoriously poor as well.
 
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