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Hundreds of Oasis fans make complaints about reunion tour ticket prices

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Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, pledged to look into the use of surge pricing in the forthcoming Government review of the secondary gig sales market.

She released a statement on Sunday calling the inflated selling of Oasis tickets “incredibly depressing”.

“After the incredible news of Oasis’s return, it’s depressing to see vastly inflated prices excluding ordinary fans from having a chance of enjoying their favourite band live,” she said.

“This Government is committed to putting fans back at the heart of music,” she added, pledging to include dynamic pricing in the review

She added: “Working with artists, industry and fans we can create a fairer system that ends the scourge of touts, rip-off resales and ensures tickets at fair prices.”

Meanwhile, Lucy Powell, the Leader of the House of Commons, was among fans hit by dynamic pricing. She said she eventually forked out more than double the original quoted cost of a ticket for an Oasis show.

Ms Powell said she bought two tickets for £350 each which were originally quoted at £148.50, for Heaton Park in July, not including a booking fee of £2.75.

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