Fans have slammed Oasis star Liam Gallagher accusing him of forgetting about his humble roots after his recent social media tirade amid a ticketing debacle which left millions of fans disappointed.
It comes as droves of the Britpop band’s supporters went online to air their grievances amid queuing chaos after tickets for their highly anticipated tour went on sale last Saturday.Â
Hoards of fans lost out with sites booting them to the back of the queue after being mistaken for bots, and toutes nabbing up tickets to resell them for thousands, as well as some sites doubling ticket prices form around £148 to £355Â
The band’s rebellious frontman recently broke his social media silence amid the row, but faced further flak for his outbursts, with some accusing him of ‘scream[ing] from his ivory tower at the paupers.’
He posted on X, formerly Twitter, this morning: ‘OASIS are back your welcome and I hear there ATTITUDE STINKS good to know something’s never change.’
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Oasis star Liam Gallagher has been slammed by fans after he recently told them he was feeling ‘smug’ and told them to ‘shut up’ amid their ticketing debacle
Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher (right) have been criticised by fans over the ticketing chaos
The Oasis star posted a series of messages this morning on X, formerly Twitter
When fans responded by criticising the ticketing approach, he replied: ‘SHUTUP [sic]’
And when asked how he was feeling, the 51-year-old responded: ‘SMUG only kidding SMUG AS F*** I told you all we were gonna get back together 1 fine day [sic]’
He was also asked how his mother Peggy felt about him and older brother Noel reuniting 15 years after the band split and following years of public feuding.
Liam commented, ‘She’s gutted she couldn’t get a ticket’, and joked about there now being ‘kneeling tickets only’.Â
His ‘SHUTUP’ response came to a fan who had told him: ‘Didn’t expect them to rip the fans off as much as they have done. It’s genuinely a shame.’
When asked whether he had any spare tickets, Liam hit back: ‘S*** loads but there really expensive 100 thousand pounds Kneeling only.’
Reacting to Liam’s social media tirade, one disgruntled fan wrote: ’30 years of being a fan for comments like that?
‘After last week the dynamic pricing tickets my love for Oasis is deteriorating and a lot of fans feel the same.Â
‘Hope you enjoy playing to a bunch of “influencers” clearly you’ve forgotten where you come from!’Â
A second wrote: ‘Screamed from your ivory tower down to the paupers who made you rich and who tried for hours to get tickets they couldn’t really afford, to be presented with other tickets they couldn’t afford at all.’Â
‘I agree 100 per cent,’ another said: ‘I was so happy when I heard you were getting back together but the ticket situation is awful. It’s pricing working class fans out of the market.’
‘Only rich can afford to see you know. I thought you represented ordinary, working class folk…
One fan chimed in ‘The fact that you respond like this when thousands of fans, who have paid for the life you lead, have monumentally ripped off sums up what a sell out you’ve become.’Â
‘I loved you Liam Gallagher but that love is waning with your greedy attitude towards us,’ a disappointed supporter said.
‘A band, rock star wherever, you’re noting without fans. You need to remember that. If we go, we go forever. We are older now and we’re not going to [be] treated like this.’Â
Liam and Noel Gallagher confirmed on Tuesday last week that Oasis were reuniting
Many were less than pleased with the rebellious rocker’s reaction to critics onlineÂ
Feuding Gallagher brothers Liam (left) and Noel (right) are set to return to Wembley Stadium next summer – picture here in October 2008
An estimated 14million people attempted to buy tickets when they went on sale last Saturday
Many wannabe ticket buyers either failed to secure tickets amid 11-hour queues last Saturday or were faced with ‘dynamic pricing’ doubling fees.Â
Oasis announced on Wednesday evening two extra dates after what they called ‘unprecedented demand’.
And the Britpop group, which split in 2009, blamed their managers for the dynamic pricing fiasco – saying they were ‘not aware’ the system would be used.
Oasis said the approach was chosen during meetings between Ticketmaster, promoters and their management.
A meme widely shared during fans’ attempts to buy tickets last Saturday had a mock-up image of the Ticketmaster website saying: ‘Unfortunately, Oasis have split up while you were in the queue.’
Both brothers have accounts on X, formerly Twitter, although Liam – who has 3.8million followers to Noel’s 1.4million – has tended to be more prolific in responding to people online.Â
Ahead of the confirmation of the comeback last week, he hit back at critics who claimed they were only getting back together because they were broke by posting: ‘Your attitude stinks.’
Yet his last contribution on the social media site came last Thursday, sharing details of three gigs next year at Heaton Park in Manchester on July 16, Wembley Stadium in London on July 30 and Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on August 12.
The Sun has now quoted a source close to the band as saying: ‘Liam is getting the brunt of the backlash and is being called out by fans.
This meme was widely shared during fans’ frustrating attempts to buy tickets last Saturday
Liam and Noel Gallagher, pictured here at the V Festival in Chelmsford in Essex in August 2005, have not played together after Oasis broke up in 2009
The official Oasis account on X, formerly Twitter, announced on Saturday evening that all the reunion concerts had sold out – but two new ones have since been announced
‘Noel and Liam have discussed what’s happened and have asked their teams to see if they can change the Ticketmaster policy. They want to look after their fans and get as many to their concerts as they can, for the price they marketed the tickets at.’
Liam suffered particular criticism last week when an old tweet of his mocking Noel for solo gig prices resurfaced and was widely shared online.
The younger brother had slammed Noel in for charging $350 (£266) for a gig in the US, writing in September 2017: ‘350 dollars to go and see rkid in USA what a c*** when will it all stop as you were LG x.’
The post was shared with comments such as ‘This hasn’t aged well’ and ‘Well this is evergreen’.
And a new backlash targeting Liam from fans online has included one poster writing: ‘Gone very quiet @liamgallagher since the dynamic pricing stuff.’
Another directly asked him: ‘Was it Ticketmaster or the band who agreed to dynamic pricing? Hope it wasn’t you guys.’
Oasis said on Wednesday of Saturday’s chaotic ticket sale: ‘As for the well reported complaints many buyers had over the operation of dynamic ticketing: it needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management, and at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used.
‘While prior meetings between promoters, Ticketmaster and the band’s management resulted in a positive ticket sale strategy, which would be a fair experience for fans, including dynamic ticketing to help keep general ticket prices down as well as reduce touting, the execution of the plan failed to meet expectations.
Ticketmaster will face an investigation into whether it has engaged in ‘unfair commercial practices’, the CMA said
A graph showing the reported outages on TicketMaster show a massive spike on Saturday morning
Ticketmaster was the main provider selling the hotly-anticipated tickets but users are reported constant crashes as thousands of fans were unable to access the queue on SaturdayÂ
Fans across the country have been reported issues with the website last weekendÂ
‘All parties involved did their utmost to deliver the best possible fan experience, but due to the unprecedented demand this became impossible to achieve.’
Their comments came as the band announced two extra dates for their sought-after reunion tour on September 27 and 28 next year.
Tickets for upcoming dates will be sold via a staggered, invitation-only ballot and be open to fans who missed out over the weekend.
Dynamic pricing works by increasing the prices of tickets in line with a demand – similar to an Uber journey or seats on a plane.Â
However, the system, which is designed to deter touts, has been criticised by fans who were shocked by the cost of tickets.
Some waited for up to eight hours to get to the front of the queue on Saturday only to be presented with standing tickets costing more than £350 – far above the expected £150.
Others were kicked off Ticketmaster before they were even able to make a purchase and were accused of ‘being a bot’.
And an Oasis fan who paid more than £350 for a single ticket today told how she was left ‘fuming’ after extra dates were announced, saying: ‘I regret doing it.’
NHS worker Diane Green, 60, from Middlesbrough, was close to buying a ticket costing £158, but said she was kicked out of the queue and waited a total of four hours to pay £357.95 for one ticket.
Liam suffered criticism last week when an old tweet of his mocking Noel for solo gig prices resurfaced – he is seen here at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town in March this year
A tweet posted by Liam Gallagher in September 2017, criticising his brother Noel for ticket prices, has resurfaced and been widely shared online after Oasis’s reunion announcement
Fans were quick to criticise Liam after the recent controversy caused by Ticketmaster’s pricing policy
Oasis fans accused Liam of ‘hypocrisy’ for the post as he has now sold tickets that matched the price of Noel’s 2017 American gig
Fans who struggled through hours-long queues for tickets for the 2025 tour were shocked at the cost of general standing tickets
She wanted to buy a total of four tickets to take herself, her son and two friends to see the band on July 19 2025 at Heaton Park in Manchester, but told the PA news agency: ‘There’s just no way I could have got more.
‘I would never have done it – if I had known they were putting more dates on, I would have just thought ‘no, I’ll chance it again’, but it was really frustrating.
‘I paid double. I could have got two tickets when I paid and now only one person can go. In our household, it’s like, who goes?’
Ms Green bought the ticket on Saturday believing it was her only chance to see the band live, but was ‘fuming’ after Oasis announced they were adding more tour dates.
‘I could not believe when I heard they were bringing out more dates. It was sort of like having you over a barrel because everyone is desperate to go,’ she added.
‘Absolutely fuming. It’s disgraceful. For me to purchase a ticket for £358, it’s a lot of money.’
She said the experience of purchasing on Ticketmaster has put her off trying for tickets a second time, adding: ‘There’s no way I would pay £358 again.’Â
Oasis fan Diane Green, who paid more than £350 for a single ticket, today told how she was left ‘fuming’ after extra dates were announced, saying: ‘I regret doing it’
Oasis are seen here in February 2006 at a news conference in Hong Kong – pictured, left to right: Gem Archer, Noel Gallagher, Andy Bell and Liam Gallagher
The Competition and Markets Authority yesterday launched an investigation into Ticketmaster, including how so-called ‘dynamic pricing’ may have been used.
Ticketmaster maintains it does not set concert prices and its website states this is down to the ‘event organiser’ who ‘has priced these tickets according to their market value’.
A spokesman for the ticket sales company said: ‘We are committed to co-operating with the CMA and look forward to sharing more facts about the ticket sale with them.’
But despite the backlash, their music remains wildly popular as the band topped  UK album charts for the first time in over a decade today.
Last week their debut album Definitely Maybe was in fifth place, however over the last few days has seen the iconic Britpop project skyrocket to first place.Â
The feat – which marks their first number one in 14 years – came with a 408 per cent week-on-week uplift in the last seven days, the Official Charts Company has said.Â
The project, which debut at the top of the UK charts when it was released in September 1994, pushes American songstress Sabrina Carpenter’s album Short N’ Sweet album into second place.Â
Oasis landed number one spot, bolstered by the release of a 30th anniversary deluxe edition, despite fans angered by ticket queueing chaos last week.
Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher are pictured performing live onstage in 2001Â
Noel and Liam Gallagher on the ‘Che Tempo Che FA’ TV Programme in Italy in November 2008
Oasis have recently dominated the charts, bagging the number three spot with their greatest hits compilation Time Flies 1994-2009, whilst their 1995 classic (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? remains at number four.
Over in the UK singles chart, their hit Live Forever has hit a new peak, sitting at number eight, while Don’t Look Back in Anger has returned to the top for the first time in nearly three decades.Â
One of their most renowned songs, Wonderwall, has also risen six places to number 11.
Following the news, the band took to X (formerly Twitter) to thank fans for their support, writing: ‘A massive thank you to everyone who’s supported Oasis this week.’
Official Charts chief executive Martin Talbot said: ‘As if the huge demand for their tour dates wasn’t evidence enough, the enduring power of Oasis is underlined by the success of Definitely Maybe this week.
‘Congratulations to Liam and Noel – topping the Official Charts together for the first time in 14 years.’
Oasis have come out number one on the UK album charts for the first time in over a decade amid fury from fans over inflated prices for tickets to their reunion tour
Definitely Maybe which debut at the top of the UK charts when it was released in September 1994, pushes American songstress Sabrina Carpenter’s album
Last week their debut album Definitely Maybe was in fifth place, however over the last few days has seen the iconic Britpop project skyrocket to first place
The feat – which marks their first number one in 14 years – came with a 408 per cent week-on-week uplift in the last seven days
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham added: ‘Congratulations to Oasis on Definitely Maybe’s return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.
‘Greater Manchester is in a different moment now with a thriving economy, and Oasis returning and playing shows in their home city will only boost this.
‘Manchester often has a tendency to talk about its past glories, of which Oasis were very much a part, but I think this is a fantastic opportunity for a new generation of Greater Mancunians to celebrate some of its most famous sons.
‘I was delighted to hear the news of Liam and Noel getting back together to reform as I never actually got the chance to see them live.
‘There has been a palpable buzz in Manchester since the news of Oasis reforming broke and it very much feels like the city is having another big moment.’
