Quite obviously yes. Although there is time to limit the damage, it would help if someone came out and said something though.

I knew this was gonna happen from the off because Ignition are out of touch dinosaurs with absolutely no idea how to manage a big act in the social media/internet age

I would think fear / Debbie is majorly involved too. Im sure Liams said few times we brought the deal to noel for oasis and they've said no (paraphrasing).

Debbie and co managed to claw Liam from no where back to being very prominent artist so sure between them all they can get things back on track

You do them a disservice by saying they like their money. Most people do like having money, they can also like money without being silent while they're fans get ripped off.

As mentioned by the OP the thing that will damage the band irreparably for most people is the lack of transparency, TM were quick out of the blocks to try and absolve themselves of blame by placing responsibility for dynamic pricing firmly at the feet of the band and their management team and the longer they remain quiet the more lasting the impact will be on their reputation.

Do they care? That's the important question to answer.
If they don't and they try to ride it out then this will be cast up by people and to some it will tarnish the legacy of the band and the connection they have to them.
If they do and they come out and hold their hands up to say they got it wrong and put some corrective measures in place going forward then I think the majority of people will be a little more forgiving. When you're dealing with a tour generating in the hundreds of millions revenue wise it seems quite the misstep to cause so much bad feeling over a few extra million in ticket sales.

I'd like to see the latter approach personally but suspect it will be the former.

It happens on every major tour, everyone has been complaining about Ticketmaster for like 30 years. The dynamic pricing is particularly an issue in the US, unfortunately it's not new but if people only go to one gig a year they might not give a fuck until they're the ones being stung.

It was an unnecessary own goal from the band. I can understand the anger. You queue for 6/8 hours, finally get through, scramble for the last remaining tickets and are suddenly told they are now double or treble the price without any warning.

I think theyll just about survive in the long run, provided they dont capsize it themselves by responding in a bad way.

It might be a stigma for this tour, which is a shame in truth, but if theyre planning to do anything in 2026 itll likely be back to normal.

Certainly helps that its such a long time away yet. I dont like how it works but I agree theyve gotten it worse from the public than others, mainly due to being known for working class origins.

They now just need to avoid fucking it up themselves. Which im sure is what the recent silence is all about - management all locked down in bunker meetings trying to figure out how to proceed.

Long term who knows, I’m inclined to say no because once the storm has died down a little I think excitement might build a little. However they have really shot themselves in the foot on so many levels

1) The buzz of the reunion has been replaced by anger and annoyance over the ticket fiasco. Every news story is about the ticket rip off, not the music.
2) If they were planning on doing more dates, it causes issues with the fans who paid treble face value for the original dates.
3) Even if it wasn’t intended they now come across as greedy and makes it look like a cynical cash grab rather than the brothers actually reconciling.

I actually feel really sorry some for the fans who secured those dynamic pricing tickets on Saturday. I am fortunate enough to have seen them plenty of times so when it came to the crunch I stood my ground and refused to pay the insane prices despite being in a queue for hours. Sure there’s going to be a few fans who can afford the tickets and happily pay it but I also think there was plenty who just got caught up in the moment. They didn’t want to leave empty handed after so much effort so paid money they didn’t really have and now regret it. The rush would have been just getting through the queue so the actual money would have seemed irrelevant. It’s only when that rush is gone youd realise you’ve spent £1000 on two tickets to a gig

In all probability, the reality of the reunion is very much connected to Noel's divorce, so should we be surprised that both brothers are more than happy to go along with milking fans for as much money as possible?

Noel gets his bank balance back up to something he feels is acceptable whilst Liam gets the band back together (fair enough) and also bags a shed load of extra cash.

Both brothers have always loved their money, Noel in particular, and most of the time us die hard fans will happily cough up. On this occasion however, there has been some push back and not only that, the push back has come from the general public, not just us lot.

There will definitely be some damage to their reputations right now, but nothing that they won't ride out. They'll do their 90 mins per gig next year and the masses will go home happy.

The comments on Liam's latest post are very damning. Both IG and FB. That was a poorly timed post although looks like it's a management / sponsored post so not much he can do.

A statement from them would help things in the short term. But I'm not sure what they could do to fix what's happened with the dynamic pricing.

Long term, they'll be fine. Just got to ride out this period. Ideally, they'd try to fix it however they can. If they don't, it's not going to damage them long term. In my opinion.