Oasis tickets ‘dynamic pricing’ row sparks Government probe…as minister admits she prefers Blur [Video]

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson on Monday vowed the Government will investigate “dynamic pricing” after a row over the sale of Oasis tickets – but admitted she preferred the band’s arch-rivals Blur.

The market model also known as surge pricing, which inflates prices at peak demand, saw Oasis fans hurried into paying much more than they were expecting when standard tickets more than doubled from £148 to £355 on Ticketmaster.

Ms Phillipson told LBC: “I wasn’t in the queue. I confess I was always more of a Blur person myself.

“But I do understand how frustrating it’s been for fans,” she stressed. “And as Lisa Nandy has set out, we intend to look at this issue of dynamic pricing as part of a wider review to make sure that fans are getting a fair deal.”

Ms Nandy, the Culture Secretary, on Sunday called the inflated selling of Oasistickets “incredibly depressing” as she revealed that surge pricing would be included in …