@fanfairalliance.bsky.social
Established 2016. Campaign against industrial-scale online ticket touting. Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? www.fanfairalliance.org
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Ticket touts have long been out of control and extracting millions from the music ecosystem
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
UK Caps Ticket Resale at Face Value: What Took So Long?
Podcast Episode · Drowned in Sound · 19/11/2025 · 56m
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November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ticket touts have long been out of control and extracting millions from the music ecosystem
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
The announcement of a cap means scalpers can’t profit from fans by using bot farms
Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social has pushed for change since 2012, so was great to chat on this week’s pod
Thanks @drownedinsound.bsky.social - really great to catch up
Just interviewed Adam Webb from @fanfairalliance.bsky.social about the end of unregulated secondary ticketing / touts / scalpers
Be sure to search for "Drowned in Sound" wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, YouTube, etc) to hear this episode when the embargo is lifted tomorrow
Be sure to search for "Drowned in Sound" wherever you get your podcasts (Apple, YouTube, etc) to hear this episode when the embargo is lifted tomorrow
Plans afoot to ban ticket touts and secondary ticketing in the UK: good idea?
Our community are discussing this over here community.drownedinsound.com/t/the-end-of...
Our community are discussing this over here community.drownedinsound.com/t/the-end-of...
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Thanks @drownedinsound.bsky.social - really great to catch up
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On Tuesday of last week, FEAT and @fanfairalliance.bsky.social found 100s of tix advertised to gigs across Europe and the UK, with many priced over €1,500. The highest tickets appeared for nearly €4,000 - over 30x the face value. 2/9
September 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On Tuesday of last week, FEAT and @fanfairalliance.bsky.social found 100s of tix advertised to gigs across Europe and the UK, with many priced over €1,500. The highest tickets appeared for nearly €4,000 - over 30x the face value. 2/9
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I've been considering whether to do this for months.
Now that Radiohead tickets are being offered for huge mark-ups on resale sites (as per our story today), I think the time has come.
We're going to play a game of Catch The Ticket Tout. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Now that Radiohead tickets are being offered for huge mark-ups on resale sites (as per our story today), I think the time has come.
We're going to play a game of Catch The Ticket Tout. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Radiohead condemn ‘exploitative’ touts and resale sites ahead of tour
Band urges fans to avoid secondary sites, where more than 1,000 potentially fraudulent tickets for their shows have been found
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I've been considering whether to do this for months.
Now that Radiohead tickets are being offered for huge mark-ups on resale sites (as per our story today), I think the time has come.
We're going to play a game of Catch The Ticket Tout. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Now that Radiohead tickets are being offered for huge mark-ups on resale sites (as per our story today), I think the time has come.
We're going to play a game of Catch The Ticket Tout. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Radiohead have gone to great lengths to stop ticket touts scooping up tickets for their upcoming tour.
So how do the resale sites respond?
Calls mounting, including from Radiohead, for govt to make good on promise to cap resale prices.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
So how do the resale sites respond?
Calls mounting, including from Radiohead, for govt to make good on promise to cap resale prices.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Radiohead condemn ‘exploitative’ touts and resale sites ahead of tour
Band urges fans to avoid secondary sites, where more than 1,000 potentially fraudulent tickets for their shows have been found
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Radiohead have gone to great lengths to stop ticket touts scooping up tickets for their upcoming tour.
So how do the resale sites respond?
Calls mounting, including from Radiohead, for govt to make good on promise to cap resale prices.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
So how do the resale sites respond?
Calls mounting, including from Radiohead, for govt to make good on promise to cap resale prices.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Radiohead condemn ‘exploitative’ touts and resale sites ahead of tour
Radiohead condemn ‘exploitative’ touts and resale sites ahead of tour
Band urges fans to avoid secondary sites, where more than 1,000 potentially fraudulent tickets for their shows have been found
Radiohead have condemned ticket resale sites and “exploitative” touts who use them after more than 1,000 potentially fraudulent tickets for the band’s upcoming tour were advertised online before they had even gone on sale.
The rock quintet implemented strict measures designed to limit touts’ ability to buy up tickets for shows in London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Madrid and Bologna, announced to the delight of fans earlier this month. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Radiohead condemn ‘exploitative’ touts and resale sites ahead of tour
StubHub’s valuation has plummeted from $16.5bn in 2024.
Madron Partners-backed StubHub is targeting a valuation of up to $9.2 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the ticket reseller said on Monday, becoming the latest company to resume listing plans delayed in April due to tariff uncertainty.
Ticketing platform StubHub eyes up to $9 billion valuation in US IPO
Madron Partners-backed StubHub is targeting a valuation of up to $9.2 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the ticket reseller said on Monday, becoming the latest company to resume listing plans delayed in April due to tariff uncertainty.
reut.rs
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
StubHub’s valuation has plummeted from $16.5bn in 2024.
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The government is considering a ban on for-profit resale of gig/theatre/sports tickets.
The likes of Viagogo and StubHub are lobbying furiously against it.
But with practices like this going on, they would have only themselves to blame.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
The likes of Viagogo and StubHub are lobbying furiously against it.
But with practices like this going on, they would have only themselves to blame.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
Resale ‘subterfuge’: Viagogo sent fan his tickets along with a stranger’s passport
Experiences of booking for big London gigs underscore the opaque practices of some online platforms
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The government is considering a ban on for-profit resale of gig/theatre/sports tickets.
The likes of Viagogo and StubHub are lobbying furiously against it.
But with practices like this going on, they would have only themselves to blame.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
The likes of Viagogo and StubHub are lobbying furiously against it.
But with practices like this going on, they would have only themselves to blame.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
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@byrobdavies.bsky.social: viagogo Utilising Opaque Practices, False ID And A Breach Of #Ticket Resale T&Cs | @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
Resale ‘subterfuge’: Viagogo sent fan his tickets along with a stranger’s passport
Experiences of booking for big London gigs underscore the opaque practices of some online platforms
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
@byrobdavies.bsky.social: viagogo Utilising Opaque Practices, False ID And A Breach Of #Ticket Resale T&Cs | @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
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Resale ‘subterfuge’: Viagogo sent fan his tickets along with a stranger’s passport
Resale ‘subterfuge’: Viagogo sent fan his tickets along with a stranger’s passport
Experiences of booking for big London gigs underscore the opaque practices of some online platforms
When Danny bought tickets to see Deftones in Crystal Palace Park he was not expecting to be initiated into an apparent subterfuge.
Yet shortly before the south London gig, Viagogo, the resale platform that sold him the tickets, sent him a scanned copy of a passport ID page belonging to a Dutchman he had never met. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Resale ‘subterfuge’: Viagogo sent fan his tickets along with a stranger’s passport
The latest viagogo developments:
-potential breaches of data protection law
-fraudulent ticket listings
-backdoor lobbying with dodgy research
-funding bogus “consumer” groups
It’s now 5 months since the conclusion of a Govt consultation on ticket touting
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
-potential breaches of data protection law
-fraudulent ticket listings
-backdoor lobbying with dodgy research
-funding bogus “consumer” groups
It’s now 5 months since the conclusion of a Govt consultation on ticket touting
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
Resale ‘subterfuge’: Viagogo sent fan his tickets along with a stranger’s passport
Experiences of booking for big London gigs underscore the opaque practices of some online platforms
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The latest viagogo developments:
-potential breaches of data protection law
-fraudulent ticket listings
-backdoor lobbying with dodgy research
-funding bogus “consumer” groups
It’s now 5 months since the conclusion of a Govt consultation on ticket touting
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
-potential breaches of data protection law
-fraudulent ticket listings
-backdoor lobbying with dodgy research
-funding bogus “consumer” groups
It’s now 5 months since the conclusion of a Govt consultation on ticket touting
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
Great to see this. Anyone considering investing in the StubHub / viagogo IPO might want to think again...
Verbazing bij Viagogo na oproep om verbod: ‘Je drijft duizenden Nederlanders in armen oplichters’
Verbazing bij Viagogo na oproep om verbod: ‘Je drijft duizenden Nederlanders in armen oplichters’
Een verbod op het doorverkopen van concertkaartjes zal bezoekers ‘in de armen van oplichters drijven’. Dat stelt Viagogo, een van de bekendste, maar ook meest omstreden platforms voor tweedehands tickets, als reactie op de oproep van Nederlandse festivalorganisatoren om websites als Viagogo aan banden te leggen.
dlvr.it
September 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great to see this. Anyone considering investing in the StubHub / viagogo IPO might want to think again...
More evidence about the true face of viagogo - the world’s biggest ticket touting website, where your tickets may not actually exist.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
More evidence about the true face of viagogo - the world’s biggest ticket touting website, where your tickets may not actually exist.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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So just had an experience with resale tickets on viagogo.com, would urge extreme caution when using their site. We were supposed to go see a show at Red Rocks this week, and bought tickets through viagogo since Jambase recommended them. Ticket seller never fulfilled and we didn't get in.
Tickets - Concert, Sport & Theatre Tickets | viagogo the Ticket Marketplace
viagogo.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So just had an experience with resale tickets on viagogo.com, would urge extreme caution when using their site. We were supposed to go see a show at Red Rocks this week, and bought tickets through viagogo since Jambase recommended them. Ticket seller never fulfilled and we didn't get in.
Yet more unsavoury (and almost certainly illegal) behaviour revealed by @byrobdavies.bsky.social.
The Government have promised to crack down on ticket touts.
They should be asking why offshore platforms like StubHub and viagogo are still able to target UK consumers.
The Government have promised to crack down on ticket touts.
They should be asking why offshore platforms like StubHub and viagogo are still able to target UK consumers.
StubHub allowed prolific tout to list 300 tickets for sold-out Lewis Capaldi show
StubHub allowed prolific tout to list 300 tickets for sold-out Lewis Capaldi show
Expert says ‘reason to suspect industrial-scale criminality’ as TGCES lists 306 Sheffield tickets for up to £248 each
The ticket resale website StubHub may have failed to prevent breaches of consumer law on its platform when it allowed a prolific tout to advertise more than 300 tickets for a Lewis Capaldi concert, experts have said.
StubHub and fellow secondary ticketing platform Viagogo are under intense scrutiny from ministers, who are considering whether to ban for-profit ticket resale in an effort to protect fans. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Yet more unsavoury (and almost certainly illegal) behaviour revealed by @byrobdavies.bsky.social.
The Government have promised to crack down on ticket touts.
They should be asking why offshore platforms like StubHub and viagogo are still able to target UK consumers.
The Government have promised to crack down on ticket touts.
They should be asking why offshore platforms like StubHub and viagogo are still able to target UK consumers.
This ticket tout is breaking the law.
StubHub should clearly be investigated.
But by who?
The CMA are aware of the situation. [tumbleweeds]
The UK Government keep promising a crack down.
And yet fans keep being exploited.
@byrobdavies.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
StubHub should clearly be investigated.
But by who?
The CMA are aware of the situation. [tumbleweeds]
The UK Government keep promising a crack down.
And yet fans keep being exploited.
@byrobdavies.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
StubHub allowed prolific tout to list 300 tickets for sold-out Lewis Capaldi show
Expert says ‘reason to suspect industrial-scale criminality’ as TGCES lists 306 Sheffield tickets for up to £248 each
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This ticket tout is breaking the law.
StubHub should clearly be investigated.
But by who?
The CMA are aware of the situation. [tumbleweeds]
The UK Government keep promising a crack down.
And yet fans keep being exploited.
@byrobdavies.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
StubHub should clearly be investigated.
But by who?
The CMA are aware of the situation. [tumbleweeds]
The UK Government keep promising a crack down.
And yet fans keep being exploited.
@byrobdavies.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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A great read on 404 about AI and the media. A lot of what @jasonkoebler.bsky.social writes here really chimes with what we’re trying to do in the cultural sphere with @thequietus.com, especially these bits:
www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
July 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A great read on 404 about AI and the media. A lot of what @jasonkoebler.bsky.social writes here really chimes with what we’re trying to do in the cultural sphere with @thequietus.com, especially these bits:
www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
Couldn’t get Lewis Capaldi tickets?
A single tout on StubHub - based in Cyprus - is currently listing *306* standing tickets for the tour’s opening night.
He’s also listing on viagogo.
We suspect the tickets are fraudulent.
These offshore scam platforms should be shut down.
A single tout on StubHub - based in Cyprus - is currently listing *306* standing tickets for the tour’s opening night.
He’s also listing on viagogo.
We suspect the tickets are fraudulent.
These offshore scam platforms should be shut down.
July 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Couldn’t get Lewis Capaldi tickets?
A single tout on StubHub - based in Cyprus - is currently listing *306* standing tickets for the tour’s opening night.
He’s also listing on viagogo.
We suspect the tickets are fraudulent.
These offshore scam platforms should be shut down.
A single tout on StubHub - based in Cyprus - is currently listing *306* standing tickets for the tour’s opening night.
He’s also listing on viagogo.
We suspect the tickets are fraudulent.
These offshore scam platforms should be shut down.
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StubHub threatens UK exit if government imposes reseller ticket price caps - on.ft.com/4kKZgfo via @FT
two men are standing in front of a door and one is pointing
ALT: two men are standing in front of a door and one is pointing
media.tenor.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
StubHub threatens UK exit if government imposes reseller ticket price caps - on.ft.com/4kKZgfo via @FT
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🇬🇧 StubHub threatens UK exit if government imposes reseller ticket price caps
StubHub threatens UK exit if government imposes reseller ticket price caps
Operators of secondary sites warn limit would have unintended consequences
www.ft.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
🇬🇧 StubHub threatens UK exit if government imposes reseller ticket price caps
StubHub International "threaten" to leave the UK market if the Government introduces price caps on ticket resale.
This company is:
1. Based outside the UK
2. Employs no UK employees
3. Is reliant on ticket touts for its business
Anyone want to hold the door open?
www.ft.com/content/7cba...
This company is:
1. Based outside the UK
2. Employs no UK employees
3. Is reliant on ticket touts for its business
Anyone want to hold the door open?
www.ft.com/content/7cba...
StubHub threatens UK exit if government imposes reseller ticket price caps
Operators of secondary sites warn limit would have unintended consequences
www.ft.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
StubHub International "threaten" to leave the UK market if the Government introduces price caps on ticket resale.
This company is:
1. Based outside the UK
2. Employs no UK employees
3. Is reliant on ticket touts for its business
Anyone want to hold the door open?
www.ft.com/content/7cba...
This company is:
1. Based outside the UK
2. Employs no UK employees
3. Is reliant on ticket touts for its business
Anyone want to hold the door open?
www.ft.com/content/7cba...
Fascinating to watch two private businesses - “Get Safe Online” and “We Fight Fraud” - lead the lobbying efforts for viagogo and StubHub.
Using research paid for by viagogo and StubHub.
Including this advertorial partnership in the New Statesman.
Using research paid for by viagogo and StubHub.
Including this advertorial partnership in the New Statesman.
June 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Fascinating to watch two private businesses - “Get Safe Online” and “We Fight Fraud” - lead the lobbying efforts for viagogo and StubHub.
Using research paid for by viagogo and StubHub.
Including this advertorial partnership in the New Statesman.
Using research paid for by viagogo and StubHub.
Including this advertorial partnership in the New Statesman.
From last week’s Music Fans’ Voice survey: 91% of respondents say “ticket selling at a higher price than face value should be outlawed in the UK” #toutsout
April 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
From last week’s Music Fans’ Voice survey: 91% of respondents say “ticket selling at a higher price than face value should be outlawed in the UK” #toutsout