AIBU to believe that the cost of living crisis is a load of nonsense

[MaryWils24]

So I wake up this morning to find that 14 million people are trying for Oasis tickets. A mediocre rock band and a “reunion” tour just to create a retirement fund for two already multi-millionaires.

The question is - where are so many people getting the money from to buy tickets? On one hand people moan about the “cost of living” but can easily find £500 to fund this nonsense.

Madness.

People should stop moaning about the cost of living if they can waste money on things like this. They are either getting too much income from their job/benefits (if they can afford this) to complain about “cost of living” or they should stop moaning about increasing food/fuel prices!

Rant over!

Where did the £500 figure come from? I paid £149. You really struggle with critical thinking don't you? They aren't the same people. We have a right to question record profits while prices rise. People need things to look forward to. Which is why the birth rate rises in war situations.

I doubt the people who are having to rely on food banks are buying Oasis tickets. YABU and very goady.

Don't feed the troll, lads.

I could afford the tickets (though I don’t want them obvs!), but it is from what I have read on Facebook this morning baffles me. People who complain about the cost of living all the time suddenly have found the money for this. Doesn’t make sense to me…

So funny! Tickets start at £73. What about all those people spending way more than that on a holiday each year? Does that mean the CoL crisis is a fallacy?!

I can afford Oasis tickets. At the same time, I find it morally repugnant that the energy companies are being allowed to operate at enormous profit at the expense of their customer base, given that it is a monopoly. You can choose whether to buy tickets to see a band. You can't choose whether to pay a massively bloated standing charge for an essential utility

You have to wonder about some people’s financial stupidity.

Irony, thy name is @MaryWils24

I read 20% of people at the Paris shows were from overseas.

We definitely heard a significant amount of American accents at the Liverpool show.

Where are the millions of people spending £500?

Tickets are £75-125. Some are £500 but that’s not the norm.

In a country of 70 million people is it really unbelievable that a couple of hundred thousand of them can afford £75?

Some do this instead of a short break, DS spends a lot each year to go to Glastonbury, somehow he always gets a ticket, but treats it like a holiday

To be honest, I’d rather my money go to Tesco or the Energy Companies than Oasis.

Mr Monkey and I are of an age to have seen the Oasis hype the first time around (early fifties and mid forties respectively ) and could easily afford the tickets - very small mortgage, decent senior level jobs, one young adult child (Mr Monkey's son and my DSS).

We won't however as we are not massively keen on large stadium gigs, I am not keen on Oasis full stop and Mr Monkey saw them right at the start in very small venues and has no desire to see them thirty years later.

I know a lot of people trying to get tickets this morning. 75% are putting it on a credit card, 25% have very well off families so will probably fund it that way.

They are mostly thinking that it’s a once in a lifetime thing, it’s next year, so hotels and childcare etc can be figured out later. A few would rather do this than do any type of holiday next year.

I’m not too fussed - not a big Oasis fan; Oasis’ gigs have an atmosphere that’s not for me; and we’ve got no childcare for our 2 year old even if I did want to go, so I’m sitting this one out. I’ve also heard Liam sing recently 😅

Well it is true. If millions of people can buy tickets for Oasis then they can easily pay a bit more for their food and fuel without moaning.

Fuel prices should be lower though as the RAC have said….

@CraftyNavySeal Well there is the base ticket price, then the cost of getting there, merchandise, food at the stadium, maybe a hotel. It all adds up.

To be honest, I’d rather my money go to Tesco or the Energy Companies than Oasis

Who is forcing you to buy tickets?

Is this a stealth boast just to let us know you actually got tickets?

@YouveGotAFastCar Yes, that’s it. They just put it on a Credit Card. So can’t afford it in the first place.

@Werweisswohin

you'd hope that's the case, but it's far from guaranteed! Some people are just either hard of thinking of insulated from reality.

Plenty of people will do it cheap - not buy merchandise, not buy food there. I’m not sure either of those are standard anyway really.

And they’ve got nearly a year to sort out or save up for travel costs.

@Nuggetnuggety My mum. :(

She made me get up at 7.30am this morning to join this stupid Ticketmaster queue!!!

I'm guessing most of the die hard Oasis fans will be a similar age to myself ( mid fifties), kids probably older or left home, mortgage maybe paid off and financially comfortable ? I loved them back in the day, considered trying to get tickets but listened to a few of their songs last night and decided they were actually very mediocre compared to many other bands of that same era and decided not to bother !

Not everyone is trying to get an Oasis ticket and most tickets are not £500. Some people are more affected by the cost of living crisis than others.

I think this gotta be one of the most stupid posts I have read in here in a long while.

This!