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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Olivia Dean fans refunded by Ticketmaster after singer criticises ‘vile’ resale practices

Olivia Dean performs at the ACL Music festival in Austin, Texas, October 2025.
Olivia Dean performs at the ACL Music festival in Austin, Texas, October 2025. Photograph: Daniel DeSlover/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Ticketmaster has given fans of Olivia Dean partial refunds after the British singer condemned ticketing companies for allowing touts to relist tickets for her North American tour at more than 14 times their face value.

After the tour sold out in minutes on 21 November and tickets appeared on resale sites at prices in excess of $1,000, Dean addressed the major ticketing companies on Instagram: “@Ticketmaster @Livenation @AEGPresents you are providing a disgusting service,” she wrote. “The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes. Live music should be affordable and accessible and we need to find a new way of making that possible. BE BETTER.”

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