Tánaiste hits out at ‘price gouging’ over ticket prices for Oasis gigs in Croke Park

The Tánaiste also signalled that the Competition and Consumer Authority may be asked to investigate precisely what had happened.

Mr Martin's comments came after fury from tens of thousands of disappointed rocks tried for hours to secure tickets online on Saturday - only to be told there were either no tickets available, or that tickets were now costing multiple times what had initially been indicated.

The two Oasis concerts for Croke Park next year saw over 160,000 tickets sold out in a matter of hours. All 17 Oasis concerts across Dublin, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and London sold out on Saturday - with fans furious over the inflated ticket prices being asked.

While the two Croke Park gigs had been advertised as having some pitch tickets from under €90, thousands of fans were caught in online queues for several hours – only to then be asked to pay close to €900 for two standing pitch tickets.

Some experts pointed out that, compared to the 1996 Oasis concert in Ireland, ticket price inflation was almost ten times what it should have been.

The Tánaiste said the ticket inflation had taken everyone aback - and urged all those involved to do something to rectify matters were disappointed Irish music fans.

"It is quite shocking," he said. "We have the Competition and Consumer Aut...
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