MELBOURNE, Australia — Oasis won’t look back in anger at their first visit to Australia in two decades.
The Britpop era superstars on Tuesday, Nov. 4 wrapped up the Melbourne leg of their swing down under, a three-concert stand at Marvel Stadium which produced three sellouts, playing to 180,000 fans, reps say.
The rock ‘n’ roll stars have made themselves at home, and made their feeling clear on dodgy ticket resales, which didn’t materialize due to the state of Victoria’s tough anti-touting laws.
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Under those rules, tickets can’t be resold for more than 10 per cent above the face value, or face fines from A$908 to A$109,044 for individuals or A$545,220 to A$545,000 for corporations.
The Oasis tour was listed as a “major event,” and with it was protected under the Major Events Act 2009.
As a result, those fans were guarded from paying obscene fees through StubHub or Viagogo, which remains one of live entertainment industry’s mortal enemies.
Oasis has applauded the intervention. “It’s great to see Victoria’s Major Events Declaration doing exactly what it’s meant to — Viagogo can’t list our Melbourne shows — and that’s a huge win for real fans,” reads a statement from the band.
“When government and the live industry work together, we can stop large-scale scalping in its tracks. We’d love to see other states follow Victoria’s lead so fans everywhere get a fair go.”
The Sydney chapter of the Oasis Live ’25 tour begins Friday, Nov. 7 with the first of two back-to-back shows at Accor Stadium, tickets for which are also protected from secondary-market price gouging by New South Wales’ anti-scalping laws. In NSW, it’s an offence to resell a ticket for more than the original retail price, plus transaction costs up to a maximum 10 percent of the original price.
Those laws have “been really successful for the Melbourne show,” a rep for the band’s management tells Billboard.com. “And continues to be a really important thing for the band and team throughout the Live ’25 campaign.”
Scalpers were reportedly forced to try to sell tickets at a loss overseas because they couldn’t sell them in Australia.
A limited number of tickets are available for the final Sydney shows, according to Live Nation Australia, which is producing the domestic swing, and fans can still sell tickets at face value on approved platforms, including Tixel, Twickets and Ticketmaster.
Oasis then heads to Argentina, Chile and Brazil, where the global tour wraps up Nov. 23 in São Paulo.
Read Billboard.com’s recap of Oasis’s opening night concert in Melbourne.
