Oasis superfan takes brutal dig at Ticketmaster with epic Halloween costume

A woman has decided to dress as her biggest fear this Halloween - the dreaded Oasis queue.

superfan Katie Lee was one of the millions of people hoping to get their hands on the highly sought after Oasis reunion tickets, but like many, was sat for hours staring sadly at the Ticketmaster loading page telling her she was in a queue.

Devastatingly missing out on tickets after waiting for a whopping nine hours in the online queue, the 28-year-old fan from Leeds decided to make light of the situation and channel her fear through art - dressing up as the spooky Ticketmaster screen for Halloween. The creative costume has since gone viral online as many have applauded Katie for her genius and hilarious idea. Her video has ammassed nearly half a million views on her account

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Katie, a museum and gallery producer, said: "I was one of the many fans that tried (and sadly failed) to get tickets to one of the reunion shows back on August 31. I waited nine hours in total, was stuck in the queue to the queue, kept getting to the front only to be kicked out again, and when I got to the booking page I kept being met with 'no tickets available'," and added: "It was a truly horrifying experience... hence why it felt fitting for Halloween!"

Katie, who now lives in Liverpool, won an award for the 'silliest' costume at a Halloween party, and despite missing out on the sexiest costume award, she was thrilled her idea impressed others. After going on a night out in Liverpool, Katie said people were stopping her on the street to take photos. "I made lots of new friends during my night out too - people were taking photos of us all night, although I dread to think what those photos are like," she joked.

The costume was made from pieces of cardboard that had been donated by a friend, and as Katie uses recycled items for art projects, it was an easy design for her to do. "I cut the cardboard into a phone shape, sketched out the Ticketmaster queue page, coloured it in with pens, then stuck some ribbon to it to make it wearable. So it cost nothing at all, and only took a couple of hours."

The idea was a given, as Katie is a huge fan of the band. Teaching herself to play the guitar as a teenager, the first song she learnt was Lyla by Oasis. She said: "Whether I succeeded at playing it is still a question mark. I've been a huge Beatles fan since I was quite young, and since Oasis were influenced heavily by them it was a only natural that I'd be a huge fan of them too! I remember watching their music video for All Around the World and being obsessed, and bought every single album."

Since sharing her costume online, she's been floored by the response. Katie explained: "It's been so strange having friends and colleagues messaging me saying they've seen it pop up on meme pages, through and through their friends reposting it! I've had the odd angry comment about how it's not a scary costume, but anyone that was in that queue page on 31 August knows it most definitely was a scary experience."

Katie's ultimate wish is to get her hands on some of the highly coveted tickets, and she said: "Liam, Noel, Ticketmaster... if you see this, I'll trade you my costume for two tickets. You can't turn down an offer like that surely... a girl can dream!"

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