OASIS fans who saw ticket costs soar by hundreds of pounds due to dynamic pricing are entitled to sue Ticketmaster, lawyers say.
Music lovers were left shocked after standard tickets more than doubled from £148 to £355 for Oasis’ long-awaited reunion tour, the band’s first since splitting in 2009.
Following the ticket furore, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 450 complaints about Ticketmaster adverts for the Oasis gigs.
A spokesperson for the UK’s regulator of advertising said the complainants argue that the adverts made “misleading claims about availability and pricing”.
Ticketmaster has said it does not set prices and its website says this is down to the “event organiser” who “has priced these tickets according to their market value”.
Lawyers have said that using the system – which sees prices rise when supply is low and …