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Why Oasis tickets are ‘definitely maybe’ too expensive – podcast

After queuing online for hours to buy gig tickets, some fans saw the prices surge. What happened? Rob Davies reports

For die-hard fans like the Guardian’s North of England editor, Josh Halliday, the news that Oasis was reforming for a series of gigs had them racing to their laptops to buy tickets. But with a handful of dates announced and a fever pitch of excitement for the concerts, when the tickets were finally released many people found themselves waiting for hours in online queues. Josh queued for more than five hours - but when he got the chance to buy tickets he was one of the many fans who found the only ones available had been marked as “in demand” and priced at more than £300 - far more than the £135 he had been expecting to pay.

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