BTS fans have been left devastated after touts snapped up tickets for their upcoming London date before attempting to sell them for over £3000 online.
The K-Pop band released tickets on Friday morning at 8:30am, but minutes later they were being advertised on ticket resale site StubHub, with prices ranging from £215 to £3,037 per ticket for the Wembley Stadium date on June 1.
Standing and seated tickets originally cost £50-175, with special soundcheck packages setting fans back just over £200.
Fans who failed to secure tickets vented their fury online with many begging the group to take action against the “extortionate” prices.
One fan tweeted: “I’ve had page open all week to get these @viagogo already selling them for over 500 quid, it's not good enough.. it’s disgustion. #bts.”
Another wrote: “I’ve seen them going for over £1000 now. Devastated does not even come close.”
A third posted: “PLEASE STOP THE TOUT COMPANIES FLOGGING YOUR TICKETS FOR RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS £500 PLUS ALREADY AND OUR PAGE STILL NOT LOADING TO BUY 1 TICKET FOR MY DAUGHTER SHE’S GOING BE HEART BROKEN LIKE MANY FANS...... #BTS @LiveNationUK.”
Another wrote: I wish you guys could get involved and help stop bloody touts.... @viagogo @LiveNationUK selling bts tickets at extortionate prices before they even went on sale! It's DISGUSTING (sic).”
A spokesperson for Viagogo told Standard Online: "Viagogo does not set ticket prices, sellers set their own prices, which may be above or below the original face value. Where demand is high and tickets are limited, prices increase. The reality is that any tickets listed at silly prices rarely if ever sell. All tickets on Viagogo are valid and it is perfectly legal to resell a ticket or give it to someone else if you want to."
Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook will perform a one-off gig at Wembley Stadium as part of their Love Yourself: Speak Yourself world tour.
It will mark their first UK show since their sold out concerts at the O2 last October.
The band have released six studio albums, with number seven expected to drop this year, and are famed for singles including Fake Love, DNA, MIC Drop and IDOL which featured Nicki Minaj.
