Error messages and lengthy online queues frustrate fans scrambling to secure Oasis reunion tickets

Oasis fans seeking tickets to the band’s reunion tour have endured hourslong waits as online platforms strain under demand from hundreds of thousands of fans. Some people attempting to get onto the handful of authorized sales sites on Saturday received error messages while many others were informed they were in a lengthy queue. The Britpop-era behemoth led by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher is scheduled to play 17 gigs in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin starting in July. They are the band's first shows for 15 years. More than 1 million tickets are up for sale, at prices starting at about 74 pounds or just under $100.