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Viagogo failing to prevent potentially unlawful practices, say campaigners

Listings on resale site suggest that touts are speculatively selling tickets they do not yet have

The Guardian - UK

Manchester City freeze ticket prices for next season after fan protest

Manchester City have frozen the cost of general admission season tickets and individual match tickets for next season after a fan protest

The Guardian - UK

Manchester City freeze ticket prices for next season following mid-match fan protest

Hundreds of Man City fans staged a mid-match protest over ticketing issues against Leicester

The Independent UK

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George Osborne and Ed Balls podcast censured for Viagogo promotion

Regulator rejects claim by presenters that most events on the resale site had tickets selling at below face value

The Guardian - UK

Viagogo reprimanded over ticket ‘face value’ claims

The ASA found the site’s claim that ‘over half the events listed on Viagogo had tickets selling below face value’ was misleading.

The Independent UK

Solo gig-goers can get £10 off their Uber travel from today - here’s how

Uber has teamed up with Strut Safe and viagogo to get travellers home safe this summer

Evening Standard

New initiative launches to ease gig-goers fears of travelling alone

More than a quarter of women would go to gigs alone if they felt safer travelling home, prompting a new initiative to launch.

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Donald Trump signs executive order against ‘exploitative ticket scalping’

The new directive is aimed against “exploitative” ticketing scalping for concerts – an issue which is not exclusive to the US.

Euronews

A StubHub co-founder says he was scrubbed from the company's history in its IPO filing: 'It appears old wounds are deep enough to lie about the company's founding story'

Jeff Fluhr dropped out of business school to become StubHub’s CEO, now he’s not receiving credit for his efforts as the company tries to go public.

Fortune

UK watchdog backs plan for cap on price of resale tickets in blow to touts

CMA stance moves Britain step closer to outright ban on ticket touts ripping off fans

The Guardian - UK

Lady Gaga tickets flogged for £30,000 minutes after Singapore tour presale opens

Pop star makes her only Asia stop in Singapore in May

The Independent UK

Just the ticket – Alpine partners with viagogo to offer more fans the chance to watch F1 live

Formula 1 is currently the hottest ticket in town and, with expectations of another memorable season ahead, the desire from fans to get along to their favourite grand prix will only increase.

Autosport

Sabrina Carpenter: what time will she be on stage in London this weekend?

The Espresso star will be headlining the O2 for two nights

Evening Standard

Teddy Swims fans heartbroken after they were refused entry with fake tickets

‘This whole queue of people is not the queue for Teddy Swims, it’s the queue of all the people who have bought tickets on Viagogo who have now lost their money’

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Ticket resale prices for live UK events to be capped in crackdown on touts

Viagogo and StubHub platforms to be hit by cap of face value plus 30% or less

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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was most in-demand UK live show

Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' was the most in-demand UK live show of 2024, with a staggering 196% more fans looking for tickets than for second-placed Liam Gallagher's gigs.

Evening Standard

Charli XCX Brat 2024 Tour at the O2: What time is she on and what's the setlist?

Don’t just Guess – here’s a 360 view of all your questions about the London leg of the Brat Tour answered

Motorsport

F1 stance to ban third-party tickets from livery event "unfairly targets fans"

F1 restricts resale of tickets for London event, citing invalidity of third-party sales, prompting backlash from resale platform Viagogo.

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Autosport

F1 stance to ban third-party tickets from livery event “unfairly targets fans”

Formula 1 has been accused of “stifling competition” after insisting all tickets resold through third parties for the F175 event at London’s O2 next year will be invalid.

Evening Standard

‘It’s frustrating’ that artists like Oasis have to fight alleged ticket touts

Shortly after the first tickets for the reunion of Liam and Noel Gallagher were released in August, resellers had listed them for thousands of pounds.

Evening Standard

Oasis 2025 tour ticket cancellations: all you need to know including resale information

Oasis’s promoters, Live Nation and SJM, have said they will cancel more than 50,000 tickets listed on resale websites

MusicRadar

Ticketmaster clamps down on unauthorised resales of Oasis tickets as 50,000 for next year’s tour are cancelled

Ticketmaster carry out threat to cancel Oasis tickets resold on unauthorised sites

The Guardian - UK

50,000 Oasis tickets to be cancelled for violating purchase terms

Promoters said the affected tickets were bought using prohibited techniques, including acquiring more than four tickets per household and using multiple identities

The Independent UK

Around 50,000 resold Oasis tickets to be cancelled ahead of UK tour

The band issued a warning to fans to avoid unauthorised resale sites

The Guardian - UK

Sick of overpriced gig tickets? Here’s the Cure

Robert Smith, defiant leader of the post-punk stalwarts, has shown that secondary markets can be bypassed, enabling ordinary people to benefit from culture

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