Great champagne bonfire! Ticketmaster (and the Gallagher brothers) will be burned in effigy during the city's traditional November 5 celebrations during the Oasis concert protest

By José Ramos

Published: 11:58 a.m. EDT, October 30, 2024 | Updated: 12:19 p.m. EDT, October 30, 2024

Ticket sales platform Ticketmaster has been revealed as the face of a Kent town's Bonfire Night following backlash to dynamic pricing which surprised fans who wanted tickets for the upcoming Oasis tour.

Liam and Noel Gallagher are also depicted as puppets on the 11-metre Edenbridge Bonfire Society effigy due to their performances highlighting the issue, the committee said, and also wished them a “very successful tour”. .

Mocking the corporate giant is a departure from last year's effigy of London Mayor Sadiq Khan for his “unpopular decision” to extend the capital's tax on polluting vehicles, as well as Other politicians previously targeted include Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. .

Ticket sales platform Ticketmaster revealed as Kent town's Bonfire Night effigy

Liam and Noel Gallagher are also depicted as puppets on the 11-metre Edenbridge Bonfire Society effigy due to their performances highlighting the issue.

Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have found themselves embroiled in the dynamic pricing controversy which surprised fans who wanted tickets for the upcoming tour.

Other possible contenders for this year's effigy due to be burned at the city's bonfire celebrations on Saturday include Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, as well as US rapper P Diddy (Sean 'Diddy' Combs), who faces charges including sex trafficking, and Mohamed Al Fayed, the former Harrods boss accused of abuse.

Andrea Deans, one of the creators of the giant effigy, said: “We wanted to remind people that it doesn't always have to be politicians that we create for our annual event.

“The Ticketmaster ticket fiasco affected many different age groups, such is the appeal of Oasis, and I know many fans were very unhappy… when they found out the ticket prices.”

She added that “no one likes to be exploited.”

Fans shared their frustration at queuing for hours to get tickets for the sold-out reunion tour before discovering that the price of some tickets had more than doubled, from around 148 to around 355 on the site in August.

An explanation from the Ticketmaster website regarding the pricing of “highly in-demand standing tickets” read: “The event organizer has priced these tickets based on their market value.

“Tickets do not include VIP packages. Availability and pricing are subject to change.

Previous figures who have become effigies in previous years include former Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was also an effigy at the bonfire evening in 2018.

Members of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society unveiled Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at Breezehurst Farm industrial park, Edenbridge, Kent, ahead of the town's bonfire night display last year.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump was also presented in effigy by the EdenbridgBonfire Society.

Ticketmaster previously told PA it does not set prices and shared a link to its website where it said costs could be “fixed or market-based”.

Ticket prices are believed to be set by promoters, not artists.

Effigy creator Reece Hook said: “Although our effigy includes Liam and Noel Gallagher, they are not our target, it is corporate giant Ticketmaster who we have chosen this year.

“We are all huge fans of Oasis and wish them a very successful tour.”

The Edenbridge Bonfire Society has celebrated Bonfire Night for almost 100 years, but began the tradition of burning giant effigies in the mid-1990s.

Sir Winston Churchill is one of many famous people to have opened the Kent town's Bonfire Night celebrations.

This year, more than 500 people are expected to attend the torchlight parade down Edenbridge High Street.

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