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Oasis warn that gig tickets resold at inflated prices will be cancelled

Official tickets are priced at between £73 and £151, but some resellers are charging in the thousands for them

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024

Who is the original Oasis drummer? Band quizzes fans ahead of reunion

Oasis quizzed fans as a debate sparked online about who most deserved tickets.

Fortune · Aug 28, 2024

Taylor Swift tickets 79 percent cheaper to London shows after foiled terror plot

Some Swifties have said they are too anxious to attend the London concerts.

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2024

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Taylor Swift fans rush to sell Wembley Stadium tickets – just days after foiled Vienna gig terror plot

‘My anxiety won’t even let me think of stepping foot in London and even worse the stadium,’ wrote one fan

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024

Taylor Swift Wembley tickets offered online for more than £9,000

Fans looking on re-sale site Viagogo can buy seats with a restricted view for £9,282 with the cheapest tickets going for £499

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2024

Taylor Swift fans face being ripped off as tour tickets listed on resale website for £4,256

Listings were posted amid unprecedented demand to see the American singer’s record-breaking stadium concert

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024

Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms

Exclusive: Footage shows private event, attended by representatives of firms including StubHub and Viagogo, where £73,000 was raised for political lobbying

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024

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‘No one needs their name near this’: the secret plot by touts to undermine Labour’s reforms

Attendees at Coalition for Ticket Fairness dinner stump up thousands for fighting fund – because they know their time might be up

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024

Viagogo apologises after tickets for England football game sold illegally

Reselling football tickets is illegal.

Evening Standard · May 19, 2024

Viagogo ‘mistakenly’ listed resale of England football match tickets

Website blames human error for the advert, now removed, for about 100 seats when practice is illegal in UK

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2024

Ticket touts who ‘fleeced’ Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga fans jailed

Firm run by the ‘Ticket Queen’ sold tickets worth more than £6.5m on sites including Viagogo and StubHub

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2024

Viagogo boss Cris Miller: Carrying on ticketing, despite the controversy

The resale website boss is cagey about talk of it profiting from dodgy touts, but does seem rattled by Labour’s plan to cap resale prices

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2024

‘Greedy and dishonest’ touts sold tickets worth £6.5m, court hears

Ed Sheeran and Little Mix fans among those targeted by firm that resold on Viagogo and StubHub

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

Banned adverts: Brands that took it too far, after FKA twigs' Calvins ad

Some brands don't quite hit the mark with their adverts, resulting in the content being banned

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023

Royal Albert Hall 12-seat private box offered for sale … at £3m

For the price, and £13,795 a year towards the venue’s upkeep, the owners will be able to attend events for the next 843 years

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

Ed Sheeran objects to Royal Albert Hall’s plans to sell more seats to investors

Musician ‘vehemently opposed’ to seat-holders selling unwanted tickets at inflated prices

Fortune · Sep 29, 2023

Viagogo boss defends Taylor Swift and Beyoncé tickets reselling for thousands

Tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour have been spotted for more than $35,000 on resale sites.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023

Ban ticket resellers from making profit in UK, say musicians’ managers

Industry figures want ministers to follow Ireland and France’s lead and stop touts from making huge mark-ups

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

Swiftly resolved? The problems in concert ticketing – and how to fix them

After an outright debacle in the US, European fans of Taylor Swift have still found getting tickets to be a nightmare. Industry experts explain how to improve the experience

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2023

Taylor Swift fans furious after UK Eras tour tickets put on secondary ticketing sites for thousands of pounds

Despite assurances that precautions would be taken to prevent tickets from being resold for extortionate amounts elsewhere, this was not the experience for many fans

Liverpool Echo · Jul 11, 2023

Ticketmaster warning to Taylor Swift fans trying for tickets

There are strict rules in place over how many tickets you can buy

Liverpool Echo · Jul 11, 2023

Taylor Swift fans advised to 'wait for demand to settle' for Eras tour UK 2024 tickets

Taylor Swift Eras tour tickets are being resold online for "eye-catchingly high levels"

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

Taylor Swift fans furious as UK Eras tour tickets put on resale for thousands

‘How is that actually fair?’ asked one fan

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023

Taylor Swift fans angry as Eras tour tickets put on Viagogo for vast sums

Fans of US singer express frustration at presale tickets being advertised on resale sites for thousands of pounds

Wales Online · Jul 10, 2023

Taylor Swift tickets already being sold for as much as £6,000 on Stubhub

Some fans are reselling Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets at "extortionate prices"

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