'Extra date required' - Oasis fans blast Ticketmaster woes in bid for Croke Park ticket
Oasis fans in Ireland and the UK logged onto Ticketmaster website on Saturday morning in the hope of nabbing tickets to Croke Park next year
Oasis fans have been venting their frustration this morning as thousands struggle with IT issues and huge Ticketmaster queues in an attempt to nab tickets to Croke Park next year.
The iconic 1990s group announced their comeback earlier this week with two dates in Croke Park next August on the cards. Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, had been feuding for 15 years but have put their differences aside to play the comeback shows in Dublin, Manchester and London.
Thousands of people logged on to Ticketmaster this morning hoping to grab tickets but some ended up in virtual queues with hundreds of thousands of people ahead of them. It is thought international fans, as well as Irish and UK fans, have been flooding the site since early this morning.
One fan posted a photograph of two laptop screens after joining the queue for both dates, August 16 and August 17, and had a combined 800,000 people ahead of him, making it virtually impossible for him to secure tickets.
The tickets, which start at €86.50, are like to be the hottest ticket around in 2025 as Oasis have confirmed their run of comeback shows will be the only gigs they play. They will not be playing Glastonbury or Electric Picnic to reach more fans.
One person desperate to see the band tagged the band in a post on X on Saturday, saying, "Extra Croke Park date required."
Another woman posted a picture of her screen with almost 300,000 people ahead of her in a queue for one of the Croke Park gigs.
"I was in the queue the second they went on sale. The seating capacity is 82,300. My daughter and son-in-law will be so disappointed. 3:13AM her, so I am off to bed. Wishing you all the best. Take care."
Someone else who had over 500,000 people ahead of them in the queue wrote: "Assuming Croke Park let half a million people stand on the pitch, I think I'm in with a chance of going to Oasis."
Blasting Ticketmaster, one fan took to X and told the company: "Extremely frustrating, in a queue knocked out and now can't get back in. History repeating itself yet again. Cannot handle the pressure and no wonder people are getting annoyed!"
To people having issues, Ticketmaster responded, "Please make sure you are only using one tab, clear your cookies, refresh, and ensure you aren't using any VPN software on your device." Fans were quick to reply that the advice doesn't work.
Another frustrated fan was excited as it appeared they would get tickets only to be hit with technical issues: "I joined at 1,400 in the queue, got in 20 mins ago and it’s just spinning on ‘confirming availability’ ever since?"
Fans are now also frustrated with tickets already cropping up on resale sites for hundreds and thousands of Euro.