Tickets for the reuniting Gallagher brothers go on general sale on Saturday 31 August at 9am, while tickets for the Dublin gigs are on sale an hour before.
The only place to secure a ticket for the shows in Wembley, Cardiff, Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin will be via the Ticketmaster website.
However, with an estimated 880,000 tickets set to go on sale, scammers will hope to seize an opportunity to con fans who are desperate to see the Manchester icons perform together for the first time in over 15 years.
Ticketmaster, responsible for selling the tickets, has its own words of warning to fans:
- Do not purchase tickets before a tour has gone on sale. These will not be legitimate tickets (this does not include things like official presales).
- Always double-check your URL. When buying tickets with us, make sure you’re visiting Ticketmaster.co.uk, or are using the official Ticketmaster mobile app. Beware of clicking through to sites from Google search results that may ‘look’ like Ticketmaster.
- Be wary of printed tickets. Scammers can distribute copies of the same ticket to multiple buyers. Most of our tickets are mobile, with the majority also powered by unique barcodes that refresh every 15 seconds to help prevent theft or copies, keeping your tickets safe and secure.
It is the latest occasion to be targeted by scammers, following the men’s European Football Championship in the summer and Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour.
Since tickets went on sale for the Shake It Off singer last July, fans lost a hefty £1m on ticket scams, with around 3,000 ‘Swifties’ losing an average of £332 each in the process, according to a study by Lloyds Bank.
‘Fraudsters are ready to slide away with cash’
And it won’t just be fans of the rock ‘n’ roll stars excited for next year’s tour, according to Liz Ziegler, fraud prevention director of Lloyds Bank, who says “fraudsters will [also] be eagerly anticipating another run of sell-out shows next summer”.
Ziegler said: “Missing out on these landmark gigs would be devastating for Oasis fans, who have waited so long for this reunion. But you can be sure that criminals are getting ready to ‘slide away’ with their hard-earned cash.
“Most of these scams begin on social media, where impostors create fake profiles to sell non-existent tickets. The simple rule for fans is always to stick to official ticketing platforms and avoid deals [that] look too good to be true.”
The banking provider gave three tips of its own so you do not find yourself looking back in anger on Sunday 1 September.
Three tips when buying tickets online:
- Avoid social media – Fraudsters use social media to advertise tickets that don’t exist. If you’re looking for a ticket, always search for it yourself from a trusted source.
- Trust your instincts – Unrealistically low prices are one way fraudsters lure victims. But if demand for tickets is high, they can charge more to trick desperate buyers.
- Make it official – Only buy direct from official ticketing or re-selling platforms. Remember that if you pay by bank transfer, you risk losing your money.
