The Oasis ticket resale row: angry fans and government intervention

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00:00Oasis is caught up in drama once again, and this time it's nothing to do with the Gallagher

00:05Brothers. Tickets for the band's reunion tour went on sale over the weekend and fans

00:09are looking back in anger at the extortionate resale costs. It got so bad that the government

00:14has had to get involved.

00:15So here's everything you need to know. Within minutes of Oasis tickets being released, touts

00:20were selling them on for double their original price. Some were going for as much as £6,000.

00:25You heard that right, £6,000. Oasis came out saying that tickets can only be resold

00:30at face value, through Ticketmaster or Twickets, and that any others being sold elsewhere would

00:35not be valid. However, that didn't seem to put resellers off. Viagogo defended reselling

00:40Oasis tickets for inflated prices on its platform as a legal practice. The site's boss said

00:45the high prices were not a normal reflection of what tickets can and will go for.

00:50Seeing as no one can agree, the government's waded into the debate. Education Secretary

00:54Bridget Philipson has vowed they will investigate dynamic pricing following the ticketing fiasco.

00:59After the weekend sale, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy revealed that surge pricing will

01:03be included in a government review of the practice of reselling gig tickets. She said

01:08the government is committed to putting fans back at the heart of music and that it wants

01:12to create a fairer system. Oasis fans have expressed anger at the band remaining conveniently

01:18silent on the issue and are demanding answers.