Twickets, one of the only official resale sites for Oasis tickets, has taken a sudden U-turn to support fans after receiving backlash over fees.
The platform had faced criticism over the price of fees to list tickets on its website, with one viral tweet showing a fee of £138.74 to sell on a pair of tickets.
As approved by Oasis themselves, Twickets and Ticketmaster are the only places you can sell on your unwanted tickets (and at no more than face value), in a bid to stamp out ticket touts.
So the thought of paying such high fees was causing a bit of upset among fans, who had already braved the great on-sale drama over the weekend.
The thing is, Twickets has ALWAYS charged a percentage of the ticket’s face value to use its service, which is how it operates as a company – that percentage barely changes from 10-15%.
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The reason the number looks so staggeringly high for Oasis is because of the dynamic pricing introduced, which drove the original ticket price all the way up to £355.20.
And that meant a Twickets fee of £138 – until now.
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The resale platform, which only allows sellers to charge what they paid and prevents people reselling for a profit, has now vowed to lower its booking fee to 10% of face value, but with a fee cap of £25 for the Oasis shows.
It means that no one should be paying more than £100 simply to sell on their unwanted tickets.
Richard Davies, Twickets founder, said: “Due to the exceptional demand for the Oasis tour in 2025, Twickets have taken the decision to lower our booking fee to 10 per cent and a one per cent transactional fee (to cover bank charges) for all buyers of their tickets on our platform.
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“In addition we have introduced a fee cap of £25 per ticket for these shows. Sellers of tickets already sell free of any Twickets charge.
“This ensures that Twickets remains hugely competitive against the secondary market, including sites such as Viagogo, Gigsberg and StubHub.
“Not only do these platforms inflate ticket prices way beyond their original face value but they also charge excessive booking fees, usually in the region of 30-40 per cent. Twickets by comparison charges an average fee of around 12.5 per cent.”
Twickets have decided they will lower their booking fees for any tickets sold for the Oasis reunion tour.
Richard Davies, Founder of Twickets, said in an official statement: "Due to the exceptional demand for the Oasis tour in 2025, Twickets have taken the decision to lower our… pic.twitter.com/9ANifgLXVk
The news has been praised by fans already, with one person writing: “As a frequent user of @Twickets I’m glad this revised position has been taken. Been to many gigs that otherwise wouldn’t have been possible, at face value, they should be applauded. I’m confident by Summer many will benefit from their product – and yes they can charge for it.”
Another wrote: “Bravo @Twickets now it’s your turn to do the right thing @Ticketmaster @TicketmasterUK. Scrap dynamic pricing on all tickets. Allow working class fans to be able to afford to buy tickets. After all @oasis are supposed to understand and support the working class!”
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And someone else shared: “Great decision, well done @Twickets as always, keeping the resale market at or close to face value!”
Sir Ian McKellen pays emotional tribute to long-time friend and fellow northern actor Sir Patrick Stewart
Emily Sergeant
Sir Ian McKellen has paid an emotional tribute to his long-time friend and fellow northern actor, Sir Patrick Stewart, following his death.
Sir Patrick Stewart – who was born and bred in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, and is best-known for his theatre work alongside an illustrious 60-year screen career, taking on prominent roles in franchises such as Star Trek and X-Men – sadly passed away at the age of 86, with his death being announced publicly yesterday evening (29 October).
And now, his long-time friend and fellow northern actor, Sir Ian McKellen, has paid tribute.
Sir Patrick and Sir Ian shared the stage together countless times over their decades-long careers, but also famously starred alongside each other in the X-Men franchise, and subsequent Marvel movies, as Charles Xavier/Professor X and Magneto.
The tribute, shared across Sir Ian’s social media platforms, reads: “Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.
“We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions.
“My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in ‘Star Trek’. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”
“Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did, for not just his devoted Trekkies, but film and theatre audiences who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes (‘X-Men’ of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway.
“America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin.
“But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.”
Sir Patrick Stewart’s farewell performance will be in Avengers: Doomsday, which is being released in UK cinemas on 18 December 2026
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Manchester announces ‘poignant’ plans to mark Remembrance Sunday with free city centre service
Emily Sergeant
Manchester is set to honour the ‘service and sacrifice’ of members of the armed forces community during this year’s annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations.
With Remembrance Day only a couple weeks away now, just as it does each year, Manchester City Council has now revealed how the city will mark this important occasion, and has confirmed all the details of the annual Remembrance Sunday Parade.
Proceedings will start on John Dalton Street at 10:30am, and run right through until midday – with the service itself being held at 11am.
Veterans, military personnel and cadets, all led by Greater Manchester Police‘s Band, will march from John Dalton Street to the Cenotaph St. Peter’s Square.
This will be followed by a short return march to Mount Street across St Peter’s Square.
The service will begin at the Cenotaph at 10:58am, and a two-minute silence will be observed at 11am in tribute to those who have lost their lives in conflict. The start and conclusion of the silence will be marked by the firing of a maroon.
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Following the service, veterans, military personnel and cadets will take part in a short return march across St Peter’s Square to Mount Street.
As the Council marks another year of its partnership with the Royal British Legion, further the Remembrance Sunday events will take place across the city following the service – including arts and crafts sessions, memorial services, and performances.
“Remembrance Sunday is one of the most important occasions in Manchester’s civic calendar,” declared Councillor Shaukat Ali, who it the Lord Mayor of Manchester.
“It is a time for us to come together as a city to remember and honour the courage, sacrifice and service of those from our diverse communities who have given so much in times of conflict. I want to encourage residents, families and visitors to join us at the Cenotaph as we pay our respects and ensure that the contribution of past and present generations is never forgotten.”
Daisy Jackson -
3rd September 2024 
