“All parties involved did their utmost to deliver the best possible fan experience, but due to the unprecedented demand this became impossible to achieve.”
At the weekend, many fans missed out on tickets as they battled website issues including many being told they were bots.
Others who got through were shocked to find the price of standard tickets had more than doubled from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster, due to “dynamic pricing” for the tour, which sees prices surge if demand is high.
The high prices many fans ended up paying pose a huge risk to the Gallagher brothers’ reputation, as Oasis were seen as working class heroes in their 1990s heyday.
Earlier this week, the European Commission announced it would be investigating dynamic pricing following the controversy.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) also received 450 complaints about Ticketmaster adverts for the Oasis gigs.
A spokesman for the UK’s regulator of advertising said the complainants argue the adverts made “misleading claims about availability and pricing”.
The new dates mean the band will now play seven concerts at Wembley, as well as dates in Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin.
The concerts will be the band’s first since breaking up in 2009.
