Oasis reunion: How to get a ticket to Oasis Live ‘25 concerts in Melbourne and Sydney

Australian Oasis fans are days away from being able to snare a ticket to the band’s hugely anticipated 2025 reunion tour, but concerns about the capacity of Ticketmaster to handle the massive demand have overshadowed the lead-up.

The infamous Britpop band sent Australian fans into a frenzy on Tuesday when they announced two shows in Melbourne and Sydney on October 31 and November 7 next year — the first in Australia in almost 20 years.

Three days later, the band added two more nights to their Australian leg of the world tour “due to phenomenal demand”.

Oasis is set to light up Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on October 31 and November 1, before blasting their hits at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on November 7 and 8.

That demand for tickets is no surprise — Oasis was one of the biggest bands of the 1990s, famed as much for their music as the very public animosity between brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher that ultimately brought the band to a bitter end.

Australia is the latest stop on the Oasis Live ‘25 world tour. All 28 shows across the UK and Ireland, USA and Canada and Mexico sold out within hours. The nine North American shows sold out within an hour of going on sale.

But the ticket sales have not been without controversy, as millions of fans battle surging prices, hours-long online queues, bots and scalpers in the scramble to secure their place in what is already slated to be the biggest comeback tour of this century.

How will ticket sales work?

Tickets go on general sale to the public via Ticketmaster on Tuesday, October 15 at 10am AEDT in Melbourne and 12pm AEDT in Sydney.

There is a limit of four tickets per person, and fans with a disability and access needs can apply for accessible tickets by calling Ticketmaster’s customer service team or submitting a request through its website.

Oasis fans were given a chance to register in a presale ballot for a chance to buy tickets to the Sydney and Melbourne shows on Monday, October 14. That ballot has since closed, and successful entrants will receive a unique access code from Oasismynet on Friday, October 11 with details for the presales.

“If you have not received an email by then [Friday]. you have not been selected to receive a code. Only those selected will be able to access the sale,” the site told entrants.

“Please note that receiving a code does not guarantee tickets, which are first come first served.”

To enter the random ballot via Oasismynet, fans had to correctly answer which of the Oasis songs won triple j’s Hottest 100 in 1995 (Wonderwall). They also had to share how many times they had seen the band, but were told that information had no influence on their chances.

How much will Australian tickets cost — and what about dynamic pricing?

Getting a ticket to Oasis’ reunion has not come without controversy.

In August, Oasis’ management had to address fans’ outrage after the price of tickets to the band’s UK and Ireland shows surged due to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model.

Fans complained of waiting for hours in online queues to buy tickets, only to see ticket prices had skyrocketed — a standing ticket priced at £148 surged to £355 in the rush. The European Commission announced an investigation into dynamic pricing in EU countries after the debacle.

Oasis’ management said while dynamic pricing was a ”useful tool to combat ticket touting and keep prices... lower than the market rate”, in this case it created “an unacceptable experience for fans”.

Oasis said dynamic pricing would not apply for the North American shows and tour promoters confirmed that dynamic pricing would not apply to the Australian leg of the tour, either.

Ticket prices for the Melbourne shows range from $183.28 to $407.57, while Sydney tickets range between $187.39 and $411.67 (plus handling fees). The Sydney ticket includes public transport to and from the event.

If I miss out, can I trust resellers?

The Oasis tour is shaping up to be the concert of the century. Millions will want in, but only a select hundred thousand people will actually get to belt out Champagne Supernova live at each venue.

The fact is, you are more likely to miss a ticket than you are to get one. But that doesn’t mean your chances are over.

Oasis’ site recommends fans chasing second-hand tickets only use official resale sites Twickets and Ticketmaster. Any tickets bought from unauthorised resale sites may not be accepted at the venue, the site warns.

In NSW, anti-scalping laws cap the mark-up price on resale tickets at 10 per cent. Individuals can face maximum fines of $22,000 ($110,000 for corporations) if found breaching those laws. Fair Trading can also slap scalpers with a $550 fine, including for one-off breaches.

In Victoria, similar anti-scalping protections only apply to events declared a major event by the state government. This declaration can only happen with the agreement of the promoter.

Victoria’s Major Events Act (2009) rules that tickets for major events can only be advertised or resold at no more than 10 per cent of the original cost. Penalties for breaching the Act start at $908 up to $545,220, depending on the scale of the breach.