Oasis reunion tour ticket fiasco

Published: Aug 31, 2024 Duration: 00:03:16 Category: News & Politics

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THE RAPPER WAS 53 YEARS OLD. THE BAND OF BROTHERS KNOWN AS OASIS. REMEMBER THEM ONCE SANG. ALL THE LIGHTS THAT LEAD US THERE ARE BLINDING IN THEIR HIT WONDERWALL. WELL, TODAY THOSE LOYAL FANS WERE BLINDED BY ERROR MESSAGES AND GLITCHES WHILE TRYING TO SECURE TICKETS FOR THE BAND'S REUNION TOUR. FOX FIVE'S JESSICA FORMOSO IS HERE NOW WITH MORE. ANOTHER TICKETMASTER FIASCO. JESSICA. >> RICHARD. THAT'S RIGHT. ANOTHER FIASCO. WELL, WE SAW THIS WITH TAYLOR SWIFT AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. BUT TONIGHT TICKETMASTER DEFENDING ITSELF, SAYING THEIR SITE DID NOT CRASH. THERE WAS FRUSTRATION. >> I'M FUMING. I'M A BIT UPSET AND DISAPPOINTMENT. >> WE WENT ON. WE GOT THROUGH THE QUEUE, BUT AS SOON AS WE GOT ON IT, LIKE LOGGED US OFF AFTER 15 YEARS. >> OASIS GETTING BACK ON STAGE. THE BRITISH BROTHERS NOEL AND LIAM GALLAGHER SCHEDULED TO PLAY 17 GIGS NEXT SUMMER. AND AFTER ALL, FANS WAITING TO SNATCH ONE OF THE MORE THAN 1 MILLION TICKETS THAT WENT ON SALE SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE REUNION TOUR. BUT SOME WAITED HOURS ATTEMPTING TO BUY A TICKET FROM SITES LIKE TICKETMASTER, GIGS AND TOURS, ONLY TO RECEIVE AN ERROR MESSAGE, WHILE MANY OTHERS WAITED IN LENGTHY ONLINE QUEUES, THEY EITHER GOT KICKED OFF FROM THE BOOKING SITE OR TOLD TICKETS WERE SOLD OUT. >> WELL, WE COULDN'T GET TICKETS. MY WIFE TRIED FOR TWO HOURS ONLINE AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SOME OF THE WEBSITES WERE LOCKING US OUT. >> I READ A NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE WHO FOUND THEMSELVES GETTING CLOSE TO THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR BROWSER CLOSED AND THERE'S SOME TYPE OF PROBLEM GOING ON. YES. LISTEN, I DON'T THINK THAT THESE TICKETING COMPANIES CAN HANDLE THE DEMAND. >> THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME FANS WERE LEFT WITH NO TICKETS. IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN TICKETMASTER VERIFIED FAN PRESALE SITE FOR TAYLOR SWIFT'S CONCERT AT METLIFE STADIUM AND OTHER VENUES CRASHED. >> IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO TICKETING ON THAT KIND OF SCALE WHERE IT'S MULTIPLE STADIUM SHOWS, BY AN IN DEMAND ARTIST. >> BUT TICKETMASTER SAYING TONIGHT, THIS TIME THEIR SITE FOR THE OASIS REUNION TOUR DID NOT CRASH. TELLING FOX FIVE THE TICKETMASTER SITE DID NOT CRASH AS ANTICIPATED. MILLIONS OF FANS ACCESSED OUR SITE AND WERE PLACED IN A QUEUE, WHICH MOVED ALONG AS THEY BOUGHT TICKETS. WE ALWAYS ADVISE FANS TO HOLD THEIR PLACE IN LINE, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ONLY USING ONE TAB, CLEAR COOKIES AND ENSURE THEY AREN'T USING ANY VPN SOFTWARE ON THEIR DEVICE. AND ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WOKE UP AT FIVE THIS MORNING TO PURCHASE TICKETS. HE TELLS US HE WAS IN A QUEUE WITH 254,362 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF HIM. SEVEN HOURS LATER, THERE WERE MORE THAN 25,000. BY 1 P.M, HE TELLS US, TICKETS WERE SOLD OUT. NOW, SOME BELIEVE MORE TICKETS COULD GO ON SALE VERY SOON. RICHARD AND WE JUST HEARD FROM OUR FLOOR DIRECTOR. HE WAS UP AT 3 A.M. AND NO TICKETS. >> I MEAN, AND HE WAS EXPLAINING THE APPEAL BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND I GUESS THAT THEY WERE THEY HAD BROKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF

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