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UNCOVERED: 5 - Caught on Camera

From Taylor Swift to Fred Again.. gig ticketing has become a nightmare: how can we save it?

Amid industrial-scale levels of touting and dynamic pricing, securing high-demand concert tickets feels harder than ever. The question is, what needs to change?

Evening Standard

Foo Fighters fans FURIOUS as Manchester tickets appear on resale sites for up to four times asking price

The band will play Old Trafford in June 2024 - but not everyone has been able to get tickets

Manchester Evening News

OPINION - Viagogo’s Cris Miller on why people pay so much for events like Wimbledon: How to be a CEO podcast

A ticket’s value is “what someone’s willing to pay”

Evening Standard

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Foo Fighters tickets on resale site for hugely increased prices as Cardiff gig sells out

Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters will be at the Principality Stadium summer 2024 but the popular gig tickets are already on resale sites like Viagogo

Wales Online

How To Buy Taylor Swift Resale Tickets Without Entering Your Scam Era

Resale starts tomorrow, 10AM AEST!

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Taylor Swift Sydney and Melbourne presale tickets sold out after record 4m users join Ticketek queue

Australian fans faced hours-long virtual queues and tried a range of strategies as second tranche of Eras tour presale tickets went on sale

The Guardian - AU

Taylor Swift tour given ‘major event’ status in Victoria in bid to foil ticket scalpers

Decision comes as passes for singer’s 2024 Eras tour in Australia are being resold for more than $3,000

The Guardian - AU

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Are you ready for it? What you need to do to score Taylor Swift tickets

It's the hottest ticket in the country right now and demand is higher than ever.

The Canberra Times

Calls for national anti-scalping laws after resale ticket prices for Taylor Swift’s Australian tour soar

Within hours of presales opening for the singer’s Australian tour, tickets were being sold online for more than $3,000

The Guardian - AU

Touts to remain ‘rampant’ on resale sites after UK government avoids crackdown

Campaign group backed by artists including Ed Sheeran criticises decision not to prevent bulk buying and speculative selling

The Guardian - UK

Beyonce renting Europe’s largest indoor arena to rehearse 'groundbreaking' world tour

The singer is due to hit the road on her Renaissance World Tour next month - and details of her preparations hint that the show will be unlike anything seen before

Daily Mirror

How to get Cardiff Westlife tickets and how much are they?

Irish pop group Westlife is coming to Cardiff in summer 2023 and here is everything you need to know about getting tickets

Wales Online

'I was scammed out of £160 after fraudsters tricked me into buying fake Dua Lipa tickets'

Will is a massive music fan and when he saw Dua Lipa was touring, he knew he needed to be there and risked losing hundreds of pounds to see the singer live in concert

Daily Mirror

Calls for crackdown on illegal online touts who use bots to buy tickets before fans

Ticketing security experts say that more needs to be done to protect gig-goers, following a surge in criminals using software to bulk-buy tickets to see stars such as Beyonce and Madonna

Daily Mirror

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Lewis Capaldi Edinburgh tickets already 'triple' days after release

Lewis Capaldi's show at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh went on sale last week, and sold out almost immediately - and now ticket touts are reselling them for huge profit.

Daily Record

Ricky Gervais fans who used Viagogo to buy tickets could be turned away from Glasgow gig

Comic's Armageddon tour hits Glasgow at the end of the month - but fans fear they will be turned away after York venue makes stand against touted tickets.

Daily Record

COP28 has a fox in the henhouse as oil baron prepares to lead summit

Record View questions whether oil barons should be leading climate change talks at upcoming summit.

Wales Online

Ricky Gervais 'heartbroken' as fans unable to get into live show despite spending hundreds of pounds

Gig-goers were reportedly refused entry to his performance

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Daily Mirror

Jason Manford issues warning to Peter Kay fans as tickets resell for staggering £1,770

Certain ticket resale websites are legally free to pump up prices as high as they like, and after fans asked him about the Peter Kay tour, Jason Manford says it's time things changed

Daily Record

Peter Kay Hydro tickets on resale sites for ten times face value minutes after going on sale

Peter Kay told fans prices would start at £35 'due to the cost of living' - but some sites are now asking for more than £450 to see the comedian.

Daily Mirror

Peter Kay tour tickets hit £1,800 as comic's fans slam resale 'parasites'

Stand-up comic Peter Kay put tickets to his live shows on sale from as a little as £35 each, but after being snapped up by resellers, they're being advertised online for hundreds of pounds each

Daily Mirror

Peter Kay £150 tickets are being flogged for £1,770 on Viagogo - leaving fans furious

Tickets for comedian Peter Kay's comeback tour in 2023 went on sale on Saturday morning and saw fans rushing to get tickets online to see the much-loved comedian perform once more

Wales Online

People offer sold-out Peter Kay tickets for Cardiff gigs on Viagogo for up to £1,180

Within minutes of the tickets being bought, they were being sold for ten times their face value

Liverpool Echo

Peter Kay tickets already being resold for ridiculous prices as fans struggle to get seats for shows

The comedian's two shows at the M&S Bank Arena sold out in under 30 minutes

Chronicle Live

Peter Kay fans hit out with touts reselling Newcastle Arena tickets on Viagogo for £707

Scalpers have snapped up tickets for Peter Kay's first tour since 2010 in a bid to rip off fans who couldn't secure them in the general sale

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