Oasis

[-james-]

Ten nights at Wembley apparently. We fancy it?

[Lewis]

I bet the tickets are laughably expensive.

[Alex]

I've made repeated, Billy Big Bollocks claims in my life that I would pay effectively whatever Oasis asked me for a reunion. So I imagine that is about to be put to the test. :moop:

[Giggles]

Always said this would be one I couldn't miss but I just cannot be arsed with the hassle of concerts any more.

[Spikey M]

Should be in Manchester. Dickheads.

[Raoul Duke]

I'll go, whatever it takes.

[Clunge]

Rumour is a Heaton Park residency too.

[Shindig]

Should be in Manchester. Dickheads.

Only if they rebuild Maine Road.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Which one of them has run out of money?

[Kikó]

Probably all of them. Definitely maybe going to this.

[Lofty]

My mate who was a serial gig attender at the time said the crowd for Oasis was comfortably the worst he'd ever experienced. I can only imagine the coked up Deano culture of today would amplify that.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I get the feeling that someone has looked at the Taylor Swift Wembley run, thought of the only conceivable British act that could create a similar buzz and Whatsapped the brothers with a very large number.

I can't stand the whole sound and aesthetic of Oasis personally, even though the songs were good.

[Spikey M]

My mate who was a serial gig attender at the time said the crowd for Oasis was comfortably the worst he'd ever experienced. I can only imagine the coked up Deano culture of today would amplify that.

Towards the end of their touring days they weren't even singing half the songs. Just the first verse, then letting the crowd sing the rest while they stand playing and muttering the odd "wow".

I'll still go, mind. Well, hopefully.

[Manc]

My mate who was a serial gig attender at the time said the crowd for Oasis was comfortably the worst he'd ever experienced. I can only imagine the coked up Deano culture of today would amplify that.

It'll be like watching Courteeners x10.

[Ben]

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[-james-]

That's not enough dates. Going to be looking at 4 figure prices for resale jobs.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They could start them at £500 probably so that the only people who can go are delusional marketing directors in their early fifties who maybe tried ecstasy once in 1994 and as a result believe themselves to be redolent of a lost golden age.

[Spikey M]

Yeah, I'll watch it on YouTube. Those pri es are going to be insane.

[Danny]

Odds they dont make it to the 5th gig before one of them cries off?

[Yevrah]

I can’t claim to have followed either of the brothers much ever and let alone since the 90s, but as far as I understand it they don’t like each other and haven’t for some time so the money on offer must be astronomical.

The contract will be watertight to the point where even the death of one of them wouldn’t constitute a reasonable excuse for a no show.

Still, this is obviously all MASSIVE.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Now here's a question, what do I hate more: Wonderwall, or Mr Brightside? I'd happily pay a £20/yr subscription never to hear either again.

[phonics]

Summer Fruits is my favourite but I can have my arm twisted on a Citrus Punch.

[Spikey M]

Now here's a question, what do I hate more: Wonderwall, or Mr Brightside? I'd happily pay a £20/yr subscription never to hear either again.

Shamima Begum was stripped of her citizenship for holding less egregious beliefs than this.

[Baz]

I presume Liam will be doing a sponsored silence between now and the first gig. His voice is completely gone, isn’t it?

By the end, Noel will have to do most of the singing, and nobody wants to hear that.

[Waffdon]

I can’t claim to have followed either of the brothers much ever and let alone since the 90s, but as far as I understand it they don’t like each other and haven’t for some time so the money on offer must be astronomical.

The contract will be watertight to the point where even the death of one of them wouldn’t constitute a reasonable excuse for a no show.

Still, this is obviously all MASSIVE.

Think it’s more Noel not liking Liam if anything

[niko_cee]

Aren't most folk on here a bit young for Oasis?

[Waffdon]

I’d say their music has carried over well to this point

But yes

[Mike]

Definitely Maybe came out in 94, I was 11 and made it my first album.
I'd love to go to one of these, but they'll be far too expensive. Ah well.

[Giggles]

Aren't most folk on here a bit young for Oasis?

You wouldn't see the time going by, I'd say most here are tearing the arse out of 40 at this stage.

[Bam]

Going to try and get tickets for this, went to there last concert before they split at Wembley. Was amazing.

[Shindig]

I'll think about it. In the meantime, I gave their two good albums a listen. It's amazing how big they can sound whilst also having fairly useless lyrics. Anthemic stuff about nonsense. Does anybody get away with that these days?

[Kikó]

You wouldn't see the time going by, I'd say most here are tearing the arse out of 40 at this stage.

Majority are in their mid to late thirties.

[Magic]

I'm one of the younger ones at 35.

Also lol at wanting to go and see this shite.

[Giggles]

Majority are in their mid to late thirties.

That's exactly what that meant.

[Kikó]

Oh really? Reads more like mid 40s but as you were.

[Magic]

That's exactly what that meant.

I read it as 49+ lol.

[niko_cee]

Thing is, if you're in your mid to late 30s, then Oasis wasn't your thing, you'd have been what, six-ish when Definitely Maybe was released? I'm going to be 43 next week and reckon I'm on the cusp of their time, being 13 in 1994. Maybe the margins are too fine though

I for example was too young for the stone roses and only really caught Nirvana in the back draft of them being a global sensation.

Obviously you can be a fan of other eras, but going completely mad for it as a modern youth sounds a bit odd.

[Magic]

Missed it, thankfully. It came back around mid-2000s when Indie became popular.

[Baz]

Doesn’t seem to matter. I was in a pub in Liverpool on Sunday and everyone was belting out Don’t Look Back In Anger, ages 15 to 80, including a Canadian and an Australian.

[niko_cee]

#iconic

[Kikó]

Maybe they're false memories but the seem completely intertwined with my childhood. I was 7 in 94 so doubt I was listening to them but they were huge during high school and then all the indie club nights.

[Baz]

https://oasis.os.fan/presaleballot

[Dark Soldier]

Maybe they're false memories but the seem completely intertwined with my childhood. I was 7 in 94 so doubt I was listening to them but they were huge during high school and then all the indie club nights.

I was 10 for DM and bought it on cassette with some birthday money. Every fuckers house you went to, the parents were blasting it out. Fucking everywhere back then.

Still, not paying £200 to see a couple of old farts belting it out for cash.

[Shindig]

I remember a full ride of kids singing Wonderwall at Lightwater Valley one year. I've got it in my head that was early secondary school so it was probably Be Here Now-ish. I definitely remember seeing the Blur vs Oasis chart battle.

I think I'll only pay up for this if I can cram as a side attraction to an actual holiday. The yank dates will probably too late in the year for me to get time off for it.

[phonics]

I think acting like music now is like music then just doesn't work. There was a cultural monoculture due to no internet, 4 tv channels, 4 radio channels + whatever your local FM was.

Champagne Supernova might have come out when I was 7 but it was also the backing track to a million adverts, tv montages etc.

If a song was a hit it was a hit for years. I was 9 when Bitter Sweet Symphony came out, doesn't mean I don't look back and think of both the song and the video as a defining part of that time and look back on it fondly.

[Spikey M]

Not sure I agree there was a monoculture. There were distinctive "scenes" long before our generation. Punks, mods, rockers, grungers, chavs, whatever. They were just created by people actually leaving their houses and mixing with others. Disgusting.

I think the main issue now, is everything is click-bait. Everyone wants clicks. Views. React's. So there's a constant need for something new and fresh. As a consequence, superstars aren't born so easily. What's fresh and new today, is old and overdone in 6 months time. So playing a "classic" isn't met with nostalgia, it's met with eye rolls, because Supermaning on your ho's is so 2007.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The sense I get from a lot of older people was that music, and their favourite bands, were really fucking important to them, like, a part of who they were. I'm not sure that's the case today. Maybe Swifties will say otherwise.

No new bands or groups around, of course. Every single act in the charts is an individual. Says a lot.

[Shindig]

A quick skim of my library says 2013 was the last time I found a new band. Awww. :(

[Pepe]

I was into heavy metal so of course I found stuff like Oasis to be very, very lame. It kinda was, tbh.

[Pepe]

I think acting like music now is like music then just doesn't work. There was a cultural monoculture due to no internet, 4 tv channels, 4 radio channels + whatever your local FM was.

Champagne Supernova might have come out when I was 7 but it was also the backing track to a million adverts, tv montages etc.

If a song was a hit it was a hit for years. I was 9 when Bitter Sweet Symphony came out, doesn't mean I don't look back and think of both the song and the video as a defining part of that time and look back on it fondly.

I agree. All of the popular songs I remember fondly seem to be from when I was too young to be into music.


There were distinctive "scenes" long before our generation. Punks, mods, rockers, grungers, chavs, whatever. They were just created by people actually leaving their houses and mixing with others. Disgusting.

You got into those in late teenagehood. Stuff like Oasis is early teenagehood nostalgia.

[Spikey M]

I agree. All of the popular songs I remember fondly seem to be from when I was too young to be into music.



You got into those in late teenagehood. Stuff like Oasis is early teenagehood nostalgia.

I don't think so. Certain scenes take hold at Certain times and people fall into them. You get early and late adopters. Emo being the obvious example, there were many emo's in their late teens, but there were also tween Emo's and tragic adult Emo's.

Those same people then went on to become hipsters, and it all seems to have died with them, because there doesn't seem to be any kind of counter-culture these days. You're either a normie, a woke left fucktard or a right wing conspiracy theory nut job.

Swifties are the closest we have to any kind of sub-culture as far as I can see, but I might just be old and unable to see what's down wiv da kidz.

[Magic]

The sense I get from a lot of older people was that music, and their favourite bands, were really fucking important to them, like, a part of who they were. I'm not sure that's the case today. Maybe Swifties will say otherwise.

No new bands or groups around, of course. Every single act in the charts is an individual. Says a lot.

You're right. It was expensive and difficult to listen to music, never mind source it. They take great pride in owning bootlegs, record collections and memorabilia.

Sad old cunts.

[Shindig]

Swifties are probably the closest thing to the kind of madness that afflicts Michael Jackson fans. And it's still miles apart. We grew up during that, Spice Girls and Britpop.

[wullie]

I used to like Oasis but looking at their discography I seem to have completely gone off them as soon as they released Heathen Chemistry as I don't recognise a single thing they did after.

[Alex]

I presume Liam will be doing a sponsored silence between now and the first gig. His voice is completely gone, isn’t it?

By the end, Noel will have to do most of the singing, and nobody wants to hear that.

His voice is pretty good again now, to be fair. I saw him earlier this year on the Definitely Maybe tour and he was belting it out.

I mean it wasn't peak Oasis-era Liam Gallagher by any means but you're never going to get that again. It was a lot better than it was towards the end of the original Oasis run, put it that way.

[niko_cee]

I used to like Oasis but looking at their discography I seem to have completely gone off them as soon as they released Heathen Chemistry as I don't recognise a single thing they did after.

I had literally never heard of Heathen Chemistry prior to this post.

lol at all the superfans getting their pre-emptive hotel bookings cancelled since the official dates have been announced.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You'd have to be insane to try and actually stay in a hotel near one of these events, surely?

When I went to the Open I stayed literally 100 miles away and commuted, you save huge amounts of money and get to listen to more podcasts in the process. People are lazy I suppose.

[niko_cee]

Has anyone registered for the pre-sale thing?

[Ben]

I did last night. Confirmation email didn't come through for hours but eventually did this morning.

I'm not a superfan or anything but I enjoyed their music in my youth and my wife wants to go, so I think I'll pay pretty much anything because we've been together over 10 years and never actually agreed on a gig we'd be willing to go to together, until this. She flat out refuses to go to trance events (my preference) and no amount of love can talk me into sulking my way through a Lizzo performance, so this is the one.

[Dark Soldier]

I did last night. Confirmation email didn't come through for hours but eventually did this morning.

I'm not a superfan or anything but I enjoyed their music in my youth and my wife wants to go, so I think I'll pay pretty much anything because we've been together over 10 years and never actually agreed on a gig we'd be willing to go to together, until this. She flat out refuses to go to trance events (my preference) and no amount of love can talk me into sulking my way through a Lizzo performance, so this is the one.

Take her to a ragga jungle night bro

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/28/stop-the-celebrations-oasis-are-the-most-damaging-pop-cultural-force-in-recent-british-history#comments

The editor knew what he was doing with this one.

[Giggles]

The fucking state of that cunt.

[Luke Emia]

The fucking state of that cunt.

Nice for him to brand me as a right wing flag shagger as well. I don’t think I could be anything further from the truth.

I might call him a massive faggot in the comments.

[Spikey M]

Yeah, I'm not going to read the opinion of this.

https://i.ibb.co/6FWZWzJ/Screenshot-20240828-213040-Brave.jpg

Grow up m8.

[wullie]

Keith Flint's looked better.

[Shindig]

Queef Flint
Oi George

That's all I've got.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Rather than his views on things (lefties gonna left), I really hate the NME prose that all pop writers seem to use where insight should be.


But the art needs to at least be good. Oasis, memorably described by the late great Neil Kulkarni as the “English Rock Defence League”, offer nothing but a sludgy, trudgy, brontosaurus-bottomed waddle, perfect for that adult nappy gait so beloved of their singer and fans.

You've said literally nothing in that sentence but you've clearly spent three hours writing it.

[igor_balis]

The thing that makes me bemused by the excitement for this reunion is that they already massively outstayed their welcome. With, say, the smiths, they did four great albums, existed for 5 years, then stopped. It makes perfect sense that the mythology of them would build subsequently, and people would get dead excited about them getting back together.

I'm not a fan of oasis really, but if they'd done definitely maybe and what's the story morning glory then split up I'd totally get it. But they did five more shit albums, then spent the last 15 years or so being old losers making shit music and being annoying on chat shows. They're fucking tragic.

Maybe if you were a soccer am banter footy get the badge in cretin in his early 20s, where the mystique isn't shattered by memories of the Hindu times and Lyla id sort of get it, but if you're older than about 28 then wtf is wrong with you

[igor_balis]

I've got mates who don't even seem to like the CLASSIC STUFF that much who are talking about buying tickets, what the fuck kind of collective brain rot is going on?

[-james-]

They felt like the default favourite band when I went to uni in 2009. It's not hard to understand the fomo/desire to be a part of this. I have almost no feelings towards Oasis beyond thinking about 5 of their songs are pretty good and I was briefly tempted when I heard the news. You're paying to be a part of the moment, there will be nothing there that you couldn't have got at a Noel/Liam solo gig.

[igor_balis]

It's not hard to understand the fomo/desire to be a part of this. I have almost no feelings towards Oasis beyond thinking about 5 of their songs are pretty good and I was briefly tempted when I heard the news. You're paying to be a part of the moment
Yeah this is precisely the bit I am finding hard to understand, what the bloody hell are you going on about

[igor_balis]

No offense James mate, but I think that speaks more to your own ennui or desperate desire to be engaged with humanity than any kind of irresistible pull oasis have like jesus man what the fuck oh I don't really like oasis but I was tempted to pay £300 to see them play their songs live cus I'm lonely or something fucking get a grip

[Lofty]

If the cunts were playing in my garden I'd shut the curtains.

[Dark Soldier]

Some of the best in-character, batshit mental posts from igor there. Fair play.

[Waffdon]

Igor going round to Phonics’ gaff on a Wednesday night. Down bad

[hfswjyr]

Turns out humans spend money on frivolous things sometimes. Shocker.

[Dark Soldier]

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[Manc]

Can we change Igor's avatar to Simon Price. Many thanks.

[Spikey M]

Second.

[Ben]

Standing tickets ~£150 each.

[niko_cee]

Are the standing tickets, ie on the pitch at Wembley, the best tickets other than VIP stuff?

I'd seen 'from £85' mooted, which I guess would be in the gods, although you'd probably pay that to watch England shit it up against some no-hopers, so it didn't seem that unreasonable.

[Ben]

Wembley seating is £74.25-£206.25 so yes, depends entirely where you are prepared to sit. I'd be going for standing there.

[Spikey M]

My wife's parents bought tickets to see ABBA Voyage and they were over £100 a pop.

£100 to watch holograms. Oasis are missing a trick.

[wullie]

I couldn't pay that much to go to Wembley without at least seeing us lose another penalty shootout.

[Lewis]

The thing that makes me bemused by the excitement for this reunion is that they already massively outstayed their welcome. With, say, the smiths, they did four great albums, existed for 5 years, then stopped. It makes perfect sense that the mythology of them would build subsequently, and people would get dead excited about them getting back together.

I'm not a fan of oasis really, but if they'd done definitely maybe and what's the story morning glory then split up I'd totally get it. But they did five more shit albums, then spent the last 15 years or so being old losers making shit music and being annoying on chat shows. They're fucking tragic.

Maybe if you were a soccer am banter footy get the badge in cretin in his early 20s, where the mystique isn't shattered by memories of the Hindu times and Lyla id sort of get it, but if you're older than about 28 then wtf is wrong with you

I think there is something in this, but also what James says as far as the EVENT, which is why I would make a certain amount of effort if the chance to go was available. Spending hundreds and hundreds no thanks mate.

[Baz]

My wife wants to go. Thankfully not with me.

[Spikey M]

Rounded on by all, compared to Simon Price and now he finds himself in agreement with Lewis on something.

Where does Igor go from here?

[Shindig]

His talk about The Smiths not outstaying their welcome manifested this:

Morrissey well up for it, Marr not. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp352111wyxo)

Although Morrissey would probably sell his soul for some Arab money.

[Spikey M]

I'm surprised they're not just having a boxing match instead, to be fair. Gallagher vs Gallagher and Morrissey vs Marr as a joint main event.

[niko_cee]

Marr would need a tag team partner, maybe Ian Brodie?

[Shindig]

Make that a trio with Ian Brown.

[Lewis]

His talk about The Smiths not outstaying their welcome manifested this:

Morrissey well up for it, Marr not. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp352111wyxo)

Although Morrissey would probably sell his soul for some Arab money.

Johnny Marr, the only socialist in world history with a High Court judgment against him proving he isn't one.

[Pepe]

Isn't a price in the hundreds cheap? I thought the top artists (Taylor Swift) were charging in the four digits nowadays.

[Bam]

Isn't a price in the hundreds cheap? I thought the top artists (Taylor Swift) were charging in the four digits nowadays.

Top artist you say?? :henn0rz:

[Lofty]

My pensioner in laws paid something scandalous like £300 a ticket for 'good seats' to see Chris Stapleton, some yank country singer. Then in the next breath cursed Starmer for cutting the winter fuel allowance :D

[Spikey M]

Isn't a price in the hundreds cheap? I thought the top artists (Taylor Swift) were charging in the four digits nowadays.

Inflation / wage growth isn't equal as you noticed during your recent employment efforts.

[Giggles]

My pensioner in laws paid something scandalous like £300 a ticket for 'good seats' to see Chris Stapleton, some yank country singer. Then in the next breath cursed Starmer for cutting the winter fuel allowance :D

I'd pay that.

[Giggles]

Top artist you say?? :henn0rz:

I wouldn't think you'd put up tickets for many artists these days that would be more in demand.

[Spikey M]

Top artist you say?? :henn0rz:

I couldn't give a shit about her, but I'm sure they said on the News that her recent / current tour is the top grossing tour in history. That's pretty top.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, she's clearly one of the most successful artists of all time, if not the most.

[Magic]

Isn't a price in the hundreds cheap? I thought the top artists (Taylor Swift) were charging in the four digits nowadays.

Yes, there was some cunt (it wasn't Dua Lipa but some other fake name bitch) who was charging £338 for a dingy seat in Wembley.

[Bam]

I couldn't give a shit about her, but I'm sure they said on the News that her recent / current tour is the top grossing tour in history. That's pretty top.


It might be top but that absolutely doesn't make her a top artists, if were going by these standards then people like the Spice Girls/Bon Jovi/Take That must also be top artists.

[Pepe]

Top by sales, not necessarily quality. I thought that would be obvious.

It's crazy that people are paying multiple thousands of dollars to go to an F1 race, Copa America final or a concert.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Top by sales, not necessarily quality. I thought that would be obvious.

It's crazy that people are paying multiple thousands of dollars to go to an F1 race, Copa America final or a concert.

It is obvious to anyone with a brain...

[Bam]

It is obvious to anyone with a brain...

Obviously anyone with a brain wouldn't run off to the Ukraine in the hope of shagging a cam girl, only to get mugged off. :wanker:

[Dark Soldier]

Absolute done him there Bam just how do you keep doing it

[Shindig]

I would pay Oasis prices to see Bam and Mahow square up.

[Bam]

I'm game. :dance:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj62dg8zgp9o

Oasis have issued a warning against reselling tickets to their comeback tour, after some were listed for thousands of pounds within minutes of a pre-sale.

A limited number of fans were able to buy the first batch of tickets during a three-hour window on Friday evening.

Shortly after, tickets were being listed online for more than £6,000 - over 40 times the face value of a standing ticket.

:harold:

[igor_balis]

To clarify, I totally get wanting to go to this if you're a big or even quite big fan of the band, but I still don't understand why people basically indifferent to them are getting sucked in by the Major Cultural Event thing.

I'm prob just being cynical and/or autistic about it. Also maybe it's my memory playing up - I thought that people were mostly like yeah probs for the best when they broke up but perhaps not.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I thought people were massively indifferent when they broke up, because they'd been shite for years, whereas now they're in a nostalgia pocket and people want to hear Wonderwall again because it reminds them of when they had a smooth body, a libido and time on their hands.

[Kikó]

Stop being miserable. I'm in the queue.

[Luke Emia]

To clarify, I totally get wanting to go to this if you're a big or even quite big fan of the band, but I still don't understand why people basically indifferent to them are getting sucked in by the Major Cultural Event thing.

I'm prob just being cynical and/or autistic about it. Also maybe it's my memory playing up - I thought that people were mostly like yeah probs for the best when they broke up but perhaps not.

My missus was saying to me about her best mate yesterday. Never been interested in them. Her husband 'likes a few of their songs' so she's trying to get tickets. I can guarantee if she ends up getting them she will hate it.

[Browning]

Ticketmaster crashing completely 10 minutes before they go on sale....

[Shindig]

Queueing slowly down the hall, faster than a cannonball.

There was no chance of me getting tickets, to be honest. :D

[Kikó]

Still 17.5k ahead of me for Murrayfield.

[Browning]

Yea, no joy for me at all. Was on the site for about an hour watching the countdown, and then at 10 to I get an error come up and ever since I've been in a queue to get back onto the site.... and I'm only about 25% of the way through that queue...

Absolute shit show.

[Baz]

Yea, no joy for me at all. Was on the site for about an hour watching the countdown, and then at 10 to I get an error come up and ever since I've been in a queue to get back onto the site.... and I'm only about 25% of the way through that queue...

Absolute shit show.

Surely the majority are in the same boat though.

[Shindig]

I'd rather pack in now than get to the end of two queues and THEN see the price I'm not willing to pay.

[Browning]

You'd hope, but I doubt it. The Mrs was on trying as well and her's crashed about 5 minutes before mine did so she's probably ahead of me.... and who knows how many others are as well.

It was never likely. I can't sit here for another 3 hours trying either way.

[Ben]

I got through the queue and now it’s just spinning on “Confirming Availability” when I’ve selected my tickets.

Twitter confirms this shitshow is widespread.

[Giggles]

Up on StubHub already for the guts of a grand.

[Luke Emia]

You'd hope, but I doubt it. The Mrs was on trying as well and her's crashed about 5 minutes before mine did so she's probably ahead of me.... and who knows how many others are as well.

It was never likely. I can't sit here for another 3 hours trying either way.

Yep the only tickets I could get were the ones which are nearly £500. My mate has got me a ticket if I want one so I'm going but a few of our other mates wanted one but haven't got one.

[Spikey M]

No joy here. Gave up after it crashed for the second time.

This shit happens every time there's one of these events. They really need to find a better way of doing it.

[Kikó]

Yep the only tickets I could get were the ones which are nearly £500. My mate has got me a ticket if I want one so I'm going but a few of our other mates wanted one but haven't got one.

Same here. Not spending 5 ton for oasis.

[Luke Emia]

Same here. Not spending 5 ton for oasis.

I ended up getting two that were £205 each. Which I was ok with. Seeing as standing was £150.

[Alex]

I was lucky enough to get in on the pre-sale yesterday and snagged some standing tickets for Wembley. Only just though. All the regular standing tickets had gone but lucked out there being some left as part of a sort of premium package including (completely un-required) coach travel there and back from Birmingham. Fucking £220 a pop though.

[Giggles]

Twitter is in meltdown over the "in demand standing" variable prices.

[Alex]

It is bang out of order. How can the band themselves take this big public stance on "we won't allow reselling at over face value!" but it's fine for their official ticket selling channels to just whack the price up by over double at some arbitrary point during the sales process? What does "in demand pricing" even mean in this context? They were all in demand from the get-go, there was about ten million people queuing to get them.

[Kikó]

Capitalism 😎

[Dark Soldier]

Look if you're mental enough to already be paying a few hundred to see a couple of washed up former cokeheads, then you can pay a few hundred more on top. Its what is deserved.

[Baz]

Former?