The management team for Oasis has shared praise for Victoria’s anti-scalping laws following the group’s highly anticipated shows in Melbourne, describing the measures as a “huge win for real fans.”

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Last October, the Victorian state Labor government revealed its plans to shut down scalping ahead of Oasis’s Live ’25 tour.

The Melbourne dates of the Oasis Live ’25 tour were labelled as major events, and the tickets to the events were protected under Victoria’s “tough anti-scalping laws.” As noted at the time, tickets to any event declared a major event cannot be advertised or resold for more than 10 per cent above their original value.

In addition to tickets not being sold for 10% above their original value, ticket package sellers had to be authorised by the event organiser, and individual ticket sellers had to include ticket and seating details. If ticket packages and individual sellers didn’t meet those requirements, they’d be met with hefty fines between $908 and $545,000.

Victoria’s Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Steve Dimopoulos, said at the time: “The Oasis reunion tour will be one of the biggest concerts to come to our shores in 2025 – and we’ve declared their Melbourne concerts as major events to make sure fans can see the Gallagher brothers live at a fair price.

“Melbourne is Australia’s live music capital, and we have a very clear stance on ticket scalping – do not resell tickets to concerts at inflated prices because you will be fined.”

Following the declaration of Oasis’s concerts as special events, the Herald Sun reported that 180,000 tickets for the sold-out shows at Marvel Stadium went directly to fans.

Oasis’ management said, “It’s great to see Victoria’s Major Events Declaration doing exactly what it’s meant to — Viagogo can’t list our Melbourne shows — and that’s a huge win for real fans.

“When the government and the live industry work together, we can stop large-scale scalping in its tracks. We’d love to see other states follow Victoria’s lead so fans everywhere get a fair go.”

Oasis played their third and final show at Marvel Stadium last night and will wrap their Australian tour dates at Sydney’s Accor Stadium this Friday (7 November) and Saturday (8 November).

The band’s first Melbourne show was praised by The Music’s Christopher Lewis, who wrote: “This wasn’t late-era Oasis desperately trying to grasp the remaining sand in their hands and watching it slowly slip through their fingers. This was an imperious band revisiting their legacy.”

The energy of the show's audience was also noteworthy, with the Seismology Research Centre in the suburb of Richmond picking up the crowd's up-and-down movement. 7 News Melbourne noted that in that time, “the earth was bouncing around like a low-frequency bass speaker.”