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The unholy mullet-moustache diptych is a sign that the emigrant experience works both ways
Oasis
Ticketmaster, Eir and Ryanair top list of firms that triggered the most consumer complaints to watchdog
Almost 45,000 people contacted Competition and Consumer Protection Commission overall last year about goods and services
Playwright Simon Stephens: ‘Our sense of self is defined by the stories we tell ourselves. My family told themselves we were Irish’
The Tony and Olivier winner feels a huge affinity with Rex Ryan’s ‘fearless’ Dublin company Glass Mask, which is premiering his play Men’s Business
Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking review – Consistency in a world gone mad, drab and sad
The former angry young men satisfyingly take flight as grumpy older gentlemen aghast at the world
Eli Hewson of Inhaler: ‘There’s so much nepotism in every facet of life’
The Dublin band are well aware of their gilded backgrounds. But, they say, as they prepare to release their glossy third album, ‘We’re, like, kind of dorks’
Banning dynamic pricing ‘could have far-reaching implications’ across hotels and aviation, department warns
Department of Enterprise insists the view does not pre-empt outcome of an investigation into dynamic pricing being conducted by the consumer watchdog
From Billie Eilish to Electric Picnic: 85 unmissable concerts and festivals in Ireland in 2025
From Charli XCX to Olivia Rodrigo via Oasis and The Wolfe Tones, here’s how the calendar’s shaping up from January to November
Wonderwallets: the cost of everything in 2024, from Oasis tickets to Leinster House bike shelter
Planet Business: The year in numbers, from Boris Johnson’s book advance to fines for dirty toilets at Dublin Airport
Better Man review: Robbie Williams as a monkey is a surprising look at the ego-driven’s star’s life
Genuinely challenging critique is an impressive juggling act between celebration and self-deprecation
No mad scramble but thousands line up for Robbie Williams tickets
There was no sign of the controversial dynamic pricing model used for Oasis tickets
‘Everybody here is a comedian’: Robbie Williams is ‘buzzing’ to perform at Croke Park as dynamic pricing ruled out
The singer will take to the stage in Dublin on August 23rd
Oasis promoters to begin cancelling tickets that have ‘broken’ rules
Oasis Live ‘25 tour, which includes Croke Park gigs, will see band perform together for the first time since breaking up
Richard Ashcroft confirmed as special guest for Oasis’s 2025 Ireland shows
Former lead singer of The Verve said he was ‘ready to bring it’ to Manchester band’s concerts
Oasis support acts for Ireland and Britain revealed – report
The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft and indie rock band Cast are expected to join the Manchester band on tour
Oasis abandons dynamic pricing for remainder of world tour
Band’s management said they wanted to 'avoid a repeat of the issues' experienced by fans in August
Music books: From the melancholy of Abba to the dance-floor riot of Ash
Tony Clayton-Lea on publications about Abba, Greenwich Village, Fleetwood Mac, 1990s indie, John Grant, Dolly Parton and Britpop
Alone, The Cure’s first new song in 16 years, is a huge aching sigh of darkness that brings great comfort
The track, which comes ahead of the release of new album Songs Of A Lost World, is refreshingly, gloomily Cure-ish
Oasis: There are reasons why they are last great working-class band to conquer the world
After Britpop, creative industries became cliquey, closed off and harder to break, especially if your dad didn’t go to school with lads working at Sony or Universal
Daughter Number Two and partner finally found an apartment to rent. People keep asking what their secret is
Seán Moncrieff: After an eight-month search to find a place pretty close to Dublin city centre Number Two and partner are thrilled beyond words
The Music Quiz: What’s the best Oasis song of all time, according to Rolling Stone?
Plus: questions about The Supremes before they were supreme, Kate Bush covers Elton John, Wendy Erskine on Rod Stewart, and the only two-time British Mercury prize winner
Oasis fans spent an average of €347 on tickets, new data shows
Average ticket spend on August 31st was 300% higher than year so far
I salute Oasis as the comrades they have lately become
The Gallagher brothers embraced the logic of capitalism so wholeheartedly that they have made its flaws luridly, even dangerously visible
Ticketmaster to be investigated by watchdog over Oasis concerts sale
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says it was prompted to act after receiving more than 100 complaints
Oasis deny knowledge of dynamic ticket pricing for sold-out UK and Ireland shows
Band says ticketing system was decided on by management, Ticketmaster and promoter
Don’t blame Oasis or Taylor Swift. Maybe fans’ expectations are just too high
Oasis have never received the Taylor Swift treatment over this bungled ticket sale. No charges of money-grabbing or fan-exploitation for the brothers
Oasis, Ticketmaster and the great rock’n’roll swindle
The ticket company’s dynamic pricing works on the principle that it can charge as much as we’re willing to pay. So choose which bands to see carefully
Dynamic pricing to be examined by European Commission amid Oasis ticket cost surge
Oasis fans shocked by standard tickets for reunion tour, including two nights in Dublin, more than doubling in price when on general sale
Dry your eyes Oasis fans, there’s no such thing as a gig emergency
Ultimately it comes down to the free market, to supply and demand and what people are willing to pay - because they’re superfans or want to be seen. But people exhausted by the relentless hustle have had enough
Noel Gallagher says Oasis had ‘heavy’ Irish influence with ‘rebellious nature’ on debut album
British band fronted by brother Liam and Noel have sold out two nights at Croke Park next year as part of the group’s reunion tour
Oasis tickets controversy: ‘People say it was better in the old days. It really wasn’t’
Amid calls for Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ to be investigated, the company’s former MD says it is not a monopoly and will remain popular
Oasis tickets: Consumer watchdog review under way due to ‘legitimate concerns’ around pricing
A Competition and Consumer Protection Commission spokeswoman said that it will now ‘consider all options to ensure consumer protection law is followed’
Oasis tickets controversy: Is ‘dynamic pricing’ any better than touting?
Fans dismayed by ‘in-demand’ increases way above starting rate of €86.50
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