Article 6YCD5 UK watchdog threatens Ticketmaster with legal action over way Oasis tickets were sold

UK watchdog threatens Ticketmaster with legal action over way Oasis tickets were sold

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Mark Sweney
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Only days before reunion tour begins, CMA raises concerns that fans may have been misled by company

The UK competition watchdog has written to Ticketmaster threatening legal action over the way it sold more than 900,000 tickets for Oasis's reunion tour, days before what is expected to be the most popular, and profitable, run of gigs in British history kicks off.

In March, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published concerns that Ticketmaster may have misled fans, some of whom paid more than 350 for tickets with a face value of 150, in the way it priced tickets for the band's comeback gigs when they went on sale last August.

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