A authorities minister has rejected a Labour MP’s name for Ticketmaster to be nationalised within the wake of the chaos skilled by hundreds of Oasis followers hoping to see the band’s gigs subsequent yr.
Tickets for the band’s first tour in 15 years went on sale yesterday and had utterly offered out by Saturday evening.
However hundreds of followers had been left annoyed by technical issues which affected the Ticketmaster web site and so-called “in demand pricing” which noticed the price of tickets soar to 3 occasions their unique worth.
The chaos led Zarah Sultana, the Labour MP for Coventry South, to publish on X: “Nationalise Ticketmaster.”
On Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky Information this morning, Commons chief Lucy Powell was requested whether or not she had obtained Oasis tickets herself and whether or not she agreed with Sultana.
She mentioned: “I don’t suppose we have to nationalise Ticketmaster.
“Fortunately, after hours of ready like many, many different individuals in a queue, I used to be in a position to get a few Oasis tickets, however at a bit greater than I hoped to pay for them.”
Ticketmaster has mentioned that the system of in-demand pricing, often known as “dynamic pricing”, is “pushed by provide and demand”.
“The purpose is to present followers honest and protected entry to the most effective tickets whereas enabling artists and different individuals concerned in staging stay occasions to cost tickets nearer to their true market worth,” the ticketing web site mentioned.