On Thursday, a limited amount of 'invitation-only' tickets were available for Oasis’s North American stadium concerts in Chicago; East Rutherford, N.J.; Los Angeles; Mexico City; and Toronto.The Associated Press
Will Oasis fans be able to score tickets to the reunited rockers’ two scheduled Toronto concerts next summer when they go on general sale at noon, Friday? Definitely, maybe.
On Thursday, a limited amount of “invitation-only” tickets were available for the Britpop band’s North American stadium concerts in Chicago; East Rutherford, N.J.; Los Angeles; Mexico City; and Toronto, where the tour leg kicks off with a pair of shows at Rogers Stadium, promoter Live Nation Canada’s just-announced 50,000-capacity outdoor stadium at the city’s Downsview lands.
Tickets for the long-awaited reunion concerts in Britain sold out in hours last month. Ducats for the Toronto concerts and the other North American shows will likely sell out quickly as well.
After the Thursday pre-sale opened for fans who had successfully registered in advance, Ticketmaster posted on its X account that the queues were “moving.” Two hours later, tickets for the Toronto shows were still available, “but inventory is limited.”
The lowest prices reported on social media were $318, for general admission on the floor. After fans in Europe complained about the band’s use of Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model for concerts in Britain, Oasis announced it would abandon the surge-pricing system in North America in favour of fixed ticket prices.
The dynamic pricing scheme is used to combat scalpers who resell tickets at prices above face value. Instead, Oasis and promoter Live Nation will use Ticketmaster’s Face Value Ticket Exchange, which allows fans to sell their tickets to other fans at face value.
Before tickets even went on sale Thursday, both the band and Ticketmaster warned against “thousands of fake Oasis tickets” for sale by resellers such as Stubhub and Vivid Seats.
The Manchester-born Oasis is led by fractious brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, who rose to prominence with the debut album Definitely Maybe in 1994, quickly followed a year later by (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? Signature songs include Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger.
The band’s last studio album was 2008′s Dig Out Your Soul. Oasis split in 2009. The lone Canadian stop on the highly demanded reunion tour marks the group’s first visit to Toronto since appearing at V-Festival in July, 2008, when songwriter-guitarist Noel was bowled over by a fan who rushed onto the stage.
Oasis has always enjoyed more popularity overseas than in North America, a point the band referenced in a social-media post announcing the dates here: “America. Oasis is coming. You have one last chance to prove that you loved us all along.”