Irish MEPs push for dynamic pricing rules after Oasis complaints

Eight of Ireland’s 14 MEPs have backed calls for changes to the Digital Services Act (DSA), a sweeping set of tech regulations rolled out earlier this year

A fan uses a smartphone to access an online ticket sales website to try and buy tickets for Oasis. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

European Union lawmakers are backing calls for new rules on ‘dynamic pricing’ for goods sold online after Oasis fans complained about massively inflated ticket prices for a string of sell-out shows by the band.

Last month, thousands of fans waited for hours in virtual queues to get tickets for Oasis reunion shows in the UK and Ireland next summer, only to find that prices had jumped dramatically at checkout.