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Mad about the Oasis tickets fiasco? Ticketmaster says it isn’t to blame – as Twickets slashes resale fees

Ticketmaster says it isn't to blame for the Oasis tickets fiasco, but Twickets has at least now reduced the cost of buying them second-hand.

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Fancy seeing Oasis from the 'nosebleed' seats at London's Wembley Stadium next summer? For a mere £23,603 a ticket can be yours

Oasis' 17-date stadium tour of the UK and Ireland sold out within 12 hours, with millions of disappointed fans missing out. But secondary ticketing sites have hundreds of tickets, at vastly inflated price

Louder

Frustrated Oasis fans missing out on gig tickets as reseller 'bots' snap them up

OASIS tickets were purchased by a large number of reseller bots according to IT experts ...

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'Absolute disgrace': Oasis fans react to outrageous ticket resale prices

OASIS fans have taken to social media to voice their outrage at extortionate resale ticket prices ...

The National (Scotland)

Viagogo defends 'legal' reselling of Oasis tickets at 'disgusting' inflated prices

Viagogo boss says demand is at its peak ‘but not normal reflection of what tickets can and will go for’

Evening Standard

Oasis ticket sale LIVE: All UK and Ireland shows sold out after 'nightmare' virtual queues

Fans vying for tickets to the band’s UK and Ireland gigs as Oasis warn relisted tickets ‘will be cancelled’

Evening Standard

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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Viagogo apologises after tickets for England football game sold illegally

Reselling football tickets is illegal.

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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The Guardian - UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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