A Daily Record investigation has uncovered a vast number of Oasis tickets being hoovered up by touts who are selling them on at a vast profit. The scramble for tickets has exposed a system so deeply broken that attending a concert is becoming the exclusive domain of the ultra-wealthy.
Touts exploit fans after Oasis tour announcement
Scots music fans were overjoyed when Oasis announced a world tour, including five shows at Celtic Park. They were delighted there would be no “dynamic pricing”, which led to rocketing ticket costs for the 2025 shows. But the investigation found tickets are already being sold by touts online.
At the heart of this chaos are the online touts and secondary resale platforms – digital middlemen who harvest tickets in bulk and flip them within minutes at extortionate mark-ups.
Government pledges yet to become law
Labour stood on a manifesto promise to crack down on ticket touting, cap resale prices and tackle predatory pricing practices. But months of reviews, consultations and warm words have yielded precious little. Every week the government delays translating pledges into hard legislation is another week working people are priced out of live music while parasitic touts pocket millions.
The time for polite consultations is over. Ministers must fast track statutory price caps on reselling and ban speculative listings.
Music industry urged to act
But the music industry cannot simply point fingers at Westminster while washing its hands of the mess. Venues, promoters and superstar artists have enabled this system for years, profiting from surge pricing while claiming to be powerless against the touts.
Bands like Oasis built their legacy on the support of ordinary fans. Now it’s important those with clout insist on changes in the industry. Artists must demand non-transferable ID-linked accounts for fans and refuse to honour touted tickets.
It is time for everyone – the bands, fans and the government – to smash the touts’ racket once and for all.
