Rupa Huq, Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, said: “I believe this topic is ripe for an inquiry of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee when it reconstitutes.
“The pressurised environment surrounding these tickets going on sale adds to the ease of rip-offs being executable.”
Ms Huq, a longstanding fan of Oasis who previously interviewed Noel Gallagher for the Big Issue magazine in 1999, added: “The last time I saw Oasis live was in Summer of the year 2000 when they performed an open-air free gig in Paris at the end of the road I was staying at for a work conference.
“The fact I’ve seen them play free before makes the spectre of people waiting the best part of a day to take part in a competitive bidding process, to part with a small fortune – a whacking multiple of what was announced price-wise – seem all the worse in short changing loyal fans.”
A spokesman for Ticketmaster said it does not set the price of tickets itself and declined to comment further. It is believed the ticket prices for Oasis gigs were set by promoters.
Ticketmaster, which is the biggest ticketing platform in the UK, introduced dynamic pricing in 2022. Artists are not obligated to use the system, which the US company calls “in demand” or “platinum” pricing. It has argued that the system helps to deter touts.
However, it has proved controversial in the past. Ticketmaster was forced to defend the practice in 2022 after ticket prices for Bruce Springsteen concerts rose as high as $5,000 (£3,800).
Oasis fans have been further irked by the fact that their choice of ticketing platforms was limited. The band posted on its official X (formerly Twitter) account telling fans they should only buy resale tickets on Ticketmaster or one other site.
“Does this include Ticketmaster printing whatever face value they like? Pure greed,” one responded to the band’s tweet. Another wrote: “Why are you overcharging when face value is £148 and you’re charging £355.”