Oasis fans miss reunion gig after fake Cardiff ticket sales

Joe Langstaffe & Antonia MatthewsBBC NewsReutersOne fan mentioned the largest disappointment was lacking out on seeing Oasis performDozens of Oasis followers who believed they’d purchased a personal field for Saturday’s live performance in Cardiff say they’ve paid tons of of kilos for tickets they by no means acquired.A number of victims instructed BBC Wales they had been left “gutted” and “indignant” after paying Pembrokeshire-based enterprise proprietor David Grey for tickets which seemingly by no means existed.They allege Mr Grey might have left as many as 100 folks with out tickets.BBC Wales has made a number of makes an attempt to contact Mr Grey, however he has been unavailable for remark. Dyfed-Powys Police mentioned it was investigating stories of a ticket rip-off, however didn’t make direct reference to Mr Grey.Neil Stephens from Crumlin, Caerphilly, paid £500 for tickets for himself and his spouse, who he mentioned was “inconsolable”.”My spouse, Hannah, is actually the world’s greatest Oasis fan,” he mentioned.”I had a name from my buddy who mentioned he knew anyone with a field and requested if we’d have an interest.”He mentioned it was a gentleman known as David Grey. He is a shopper of the Principality Stadium and has held many company occasions there.”I’ve acquired buddies who’d been to the Foo Fighters and the rugby, all as a visitor of Mr David Grey.Mark Bonnici paid £1,200 for 4 tickets to a person he had identified for years”There have been no alarm bells. There was no purpose to disbelieve it, there actually wasn’t.”Mr Stephens mentioned after Mr Grey confirmed their tickets final summer season, it was solely a few week earlier than the live performance that issues started to emerge.The day earlier than the gig, Mr Stephens and his buddy determined to drive to The Hypothesis Inn close to Pembroke, a pub owned and run by Mr Grey’s household, to confront him.”I launched myself and he instructed me the difficulty was together with his cell phone, which he mentioned was the cellphone which contained all the tickets,” mentioned Mr Stephens.”He really took a name throughout our time within the pub from a man flying in from Gibraltar for the gig.”He mentioned that he would meet us outdoors gate three at 4:30pm and he would kind it out.”Neil Stephens says he came upon his tickets weren’t real on his approach to the gig in Cardiff’It simply makes me really feel sick’Mark Bonnici from Machen, Caerphilly, additionally mentioned he had no purpose to not belief Mr Grey, whom he mentioned he had identified for years.He paid £1,200 for 4 tickets and mentioned the expertise had left him feeling “sick”.Mr Grey had beforehand provided him hospitality tickets for the rugby, which he went to with out points.When he requested him if he was involved in Oasis tickets, Mr Bonnici mentioned sure and transferred the cash.”He mentioned his cellphone was enjoying up and he could not switch the tickets,” Mr Bonnici mentioned.Like Mr Stephens, he was instructed to satisfy Mr Grey outdoors gate three of the stadium. “There was no signal of him and his cellphone has been switched off ever since,” he mentioned.Mr Stephens determined to name the hospitality account supervisor for the Principality Stadium on the Saturday morning, whereas on his approach into Cardiff to attempt to discover out whether or not his tickets had been real.”He broke the somewhat unlucky information that the reserving did not exist in his identify,” he mentioned.The WRU has been requested whether or not or not Mr Grey has ever held a field on the Principality Stadium.”I used to be aggravated, my spouse was inconsolable. She was so wanting ahead to this,” mentioned Mr Stephens.”Because the day unfolded, it grew to become very clear by way of a collection of Fb posts that not solely did he promote 33 seats for the one field, he offered it again and again and over.”The final depend as of this (Monday) morning was 87 tickets. Plenty of very indignant folks”.Mr Bonnici additionally mentioned it solely grew to become clear many others had been affected after his daughter posted on social media and contacted hospitality on the Principality Stadium.Giant teams of different folks had been ready for his or her tickets in the identical location, he mentioned.”I am most likely extra disillusioned than something,” he mentioned. “That is somebody I do know, I’ve identified for years.”Mr Stephens claimed that after the unprecedented demand for Oasis tickets led to vital worth rises final summer season, Mr Grey elevated the costs he was charging to between £900 and £1,000 per ticket.He mentioned he believed that general, followers had misplaced out to the tune of “tens and tens of 1000’s of kilos”.”I believe the largest concern is, for all of those followers, they did not get to see Oasis”, he mentioned.”And since it is offered out, they will not get to see Oasis.”It is extra that than the cash for me”.Mr Stephens and his spouse stay decided to get to an Oasis live performance this yr and have booked tickets to see the Gallagher brothers on the US leg of their tour in Los Angeles.”Hopefully these ones are real,” he mentioned.