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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

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

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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

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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

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.

Edinburgh Live

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.

Daily Record

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

Wales Online

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 Mirror

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 Record

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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

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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

Liverpool Echo

Peter Kay wanted tickets to reflect the 'cost of living crisis' but they're being resold for £1,000

Thousands of Peter Kay fans missed out due to the O2 Priority app crashing but now tickets are being resold at a huge price on Viagogo

Glasgow Live

Lewis Capaldi say tickets resold over face value will be cancelled as touts ask for over £1,000

Fans have been left devastated after tickets for Lewis Capaldi's Glasgow show sold out in 'seconds' - and a quick look online shows them being touted for huge prices already.

Daily Record

Bruce Springsteen Edinburgh gig prices spark fury as Ticketmaster sells for £505

Tactics like dynamic pricing and platinum ticketing make sky high prices on tout sites like Viagogo look relatively cheap.

Chronicle Live

Sam Fender fans furious as St James' Park tickets being sold by 'abhorrent' touts for over £1,000

The North Shields singer is playing two dates at the home of Newcastle United, but tickets for the sell-out gigs are already being resold for huge profit

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh student £300 out of pocket after being sold 'bogus Tattoo tickets'

With a friend visiting Edinburgh from Miami, Lewis Haig purchased two tickets for the show from Viagogo, not knowing the Tattoo had its own box office for the event, and has been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket as a result.

The Guardian - UK

I booked Beach Boys concert tickets, but got bad vibrations

There are two rival bands and the wrong one was pictured on Viagogo

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