"He would be very proud of me."

Standing tickets for the shows were expected to cost about £150, while standard seated tickets range from £73 to about £205. Prices for official premium packages go up to £506.About 1.4 million tickets are expected to be available for the 17 outdoor concerts.

Oasis urged people not to resell tickets at higher prices on websites not linked to their promoter, and said those tickets would be "cancelled".It added that they could only be resold at face value on the websites Ticketmaster and Twickets."Tickets sold in breach of the terms and conditions will be cancelled by the promoters," the band said.

Meanwhile, Viagogo issued a statement in which it said "resale is legal in the UK".Cris Miller, Viagogo global managing director, said "demand will be at its peak when tickets hit the on-sale but it's not a normal reflection of what tickets can and will go for."

A consultation into ticket resale prices and “rip off” touts will be launched in the Autumn, the government has said.

There was joy for some fans who managed to get tickets."It’s just awful and the smell is disgusting," she added.

Others were keen to highlight that Port Talbot’s story is not just one of steel.Iona Walker-Hunt, 17, hopes that the next time the media come to the town "it’s for a film festival – not steel".

"A lot of people think Port Talbot is just the steelworkers, but it’s not. There’s so much more,” said Ms Walker-Hunt, whose dad Nigel is an ex-steelworker who started his own business after being made redundant in 2015."Obviously it’s sad for everyone losing their job, but I also think it’s an opportunity to start something new and start a better name for the town," she said.