Oasis fans desperately scrambling for reunion tour tickets took to social media this morning to share exasperated memes as they languish in endless queues - or despair over crashing ticket websites.
Some 14 million users are expected to try for a chance at 1.4 million tickets on Saturday, giving slim hopes of securing a date, and with sites already fraught with issues.
Fans have reported seeing messages of 'website not found' on TicketMaster, with others say they have seen an 'Error 503' which usually indicates a webpage is unable to handle any more connections.
Ticketmaster told MailOnline the site is working and the queue still 'moving along', advising fans to hold their place in line to avoid missing out.
The tickets for the Irish gigs went live at 8am BTS with the passes for the UK shows going live at 9am - with bookmakers putting the odds of landing one of the 1.4million tickets at just 14/1.
Passing the time, some went online to vent their frustration - or take a cheap shot at devotees counting down their place in online queues.
Going on to Ticketmaster on Saturday morning for Oasis tickets. pic.twitter.com/qr74HFZxfK
— The Ricky Gervais Clips (@gervaisclips) August 27, 2024
Memes focused mostly on the outrage surrounding the long wait on various ticket selling websites as fans edged little by little through lengthy queues.
Some also joked that a huge queue was 'the most British thing' - as one shared a photo of Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield during 'queuegate', when the pair faced allegations they had 'jumped the queue' to see the late Queen lying in state.
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Several popular tickets sites have reported outages from 8am this morning, when the first tickets for Croke Park went on sale.
And 'Error 503', 'Shambles' and 'Crashed' all began trending on Twitter/X in the United Kingdom this morning.
Ticketmaster outages reported in the last 24 hours spiked as the first fans logged on.
Reports shot past 4,000 just after the hour, having sat at around zero through Friday into Saturday.
The site started adding users to a queue to get into the website, citing the 'many fans currently using our site'.
Responding to complaints on Twitter/X, Ticketmaster advised fans on how to limit the likelihood of a crash.
Rory from London joked on Twitter/X: 'This Oasis situation is dumb. It should be a queue at Wembley Stadium. Overnight. True test of dedication. Like what we had to do for the FA Cup final in 1997.
'All this internet wizardry is unjust, it favours the drips. Got people sending me pics of computer screens like they work at NASA, what chance have I got?'
Another user hit back: 'Just say you didnt get tickets, it's easier.'
The tickets for the Irish gigs went live at 8am BTS with the passes for the UK shows going live at 9am - with bookmakers putting the odds of landing one of the 1.4million tickets at just 14/1.
Due to the problems, TicketMaster has implemented a queue system to enter the site.
Heartbroken fans have been messaging MailOnline following the repeated tech failures which they have labelled a 'shambles'.
Lindsey Cook said she was 'gutted' as she was first place in the queue before they received an error message.
Melanie got up at 2.30am in the US to buy tickets but was left bitterly disappointed, adding: 'When I got to one in the queue for Edinburgh, it told me I was being moved into the page to shop for tickets, but then it just dumped me back to the start, asking if I wanted to join the waiting room.
'When I tried rejoining the waiting room, it kept giving me errors—bad gateway. This is ridiculous, as Ticketmaster's entire value proposition is selling tickets for high-volume events.'
A spokesperson for Ticketmaster told MailOnline: 'The queue is moving along as fans buy tickets.
'As anticipated, malware millions of fans are accessing our site so have been placed in a queue.
'Fans are advised to hold their place in line, make sure they're only using one tab, clear cookies, and ensure they aren't using any VPN software on their device.'
Manchester born Abby Hardman said she and her sister are on holiday and Ticketmaster kept blocking them and calling them bots, adding: 'There should be a way this is avoided as it's not a fair game otherwise!'
Chloe Spence said she was been left 'extremely angered' after she was kicked off Ticketmaster while number 200,000 in the queue.
Susan Miles said: 'Been trying to log in to my TicketMaster account since 8.10am. Not happening.'
Marlie Duff said: 'I woke up early to be ready and when a waiting room dropped I pressed join and it crashed and I got kicked out and then I joined a queue to get into the website and when it finally loaded it crashed and I got kicked out of that too.'
Veronica said: 'I logged on at 5.30am as my son really wants to go and see them. Count down was on and at 8.52 error came up and now I can't even log into the site.'
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Matthew McKeown said: 'Absolute shambles of a ticket sale! Sat waiting to join the queue for half an hour, only for the page to load and then crash, before then telling me that the website thinks I'm a bot?
'You than have to log in on another device, to be placed right back at the start, queue for the website to then queue for the tickets.'
Olivia Sebastianelli said: 'I was on super early this morning. Managed to join the queue and while it was calculating the people ahead of me, the website crashed and I couldn't get back onto the site.
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'After what feels like forever trying to get it to load i am back in the queue , only now i have 128,004 people ahead of me.
'So despite being early and getting on the site and in a queue early, Ticketmaster lost me my place in the queue and its now looking unlikely i will get tickets.'
Liam Francis said: 'Was in the queue for over an hour and then I finally was told I was being transferred to the TicketMaster site but instead I was transferred to a page saying I was a bot and now I can't even access the queue.
'It just keeps taking me to the same page.'
People, who said they'd been sitting at their computer all night, were getting 'something went wrong' messages.
One woman said: 'Is anybody else getting this on TicketMaster while trying for Oasis tickets?' She tagged TicketMaster Ireland in the hopes of getting an answer.
Oasis fans were holding their breath as they wait for ticket sales to open today - as 14 million vie for passes in what is expected to be a Ticketmaster bloodbath.
The band's devotees have been frantic since the Slide Away stars announced their reunion tour on Tuesday - following 15 years of war between Noel and Liam Gallagher.
The 14-show run will go from July 4 to August 17, kicking off at Cardiff's Principality Stadium before the brothers pack out Heaton Park in Manchester, Wembley in London, Murrayfield in Edinburgh and Croke Park in Dublin.