'Bring back the gold old days when you could line up and get tickets'

Hundreds of local music fans were left disappointed and angry at the weekend after their attempts to purchase tickets for the Oasis reunion tour ended in failure.

Tickets for the most hyped comeback in years sold out within hours of going for sale online at 8am on Saturday morning.

Fans all over the country reported IT issues with thousands losing their place in the queue, which at one stage had as many as 800,000 in it, after they wrongly detected as being bots.

Concert promoters MCD also come under severe criticism from fans and politicians for employing a dynamic pricing model, which saw the amount of money being asked for some tickets going up by as much as 400 per cent with supply far exceeding demand.

When this writer posted a screen shot of his place in the queue (146,953) on the Westmeath Examiner Facebook page at around 8.30am on Saturday morning, dozens of readers posted comments in which they expressed their frustration.

"Got kicked off after 45 minutes after being accused of being a bot! That’s 45 minutes after initially logging in 30 minutes earlier," Sinead posted.

Sarah described the process of trying to book tickets online for in demand bands, such as Oasis and Coldplay, as "madness".

"I’d love to see stats on who is getting tickets as I can’t seem to get any for the last few concerts. I’ve gone for in pre sale and normal sale. "

Brandon expressed the view that the "Ticketmaster site has to be the worst website/app on the planet".

"Bring back the gold old days when you could line up and get tickets."

Ciara made it to the front of the queue by 8.40am, but was offered tickets costing more than €500 each, which she declined.

Jane advised anyone lucky enough to get tickets to "get insurance too".

"There's a good chance they'll fall out before they get to Croke Park."

Given the Gallagher brothers' volatile relationship, she might have a point.