Gig boss’s warning over resale tickets

THE promoter of a Stereophonics concert in Dundee today warned that anyone buying from a resale website may face being refused entry to the gig.

More than 2,000 briefs for the rockers’ show at the Caird Hall on August 22 were snapped up within minutes of going on sale yesterday.

But several were being touted for resale at inflated prices on website Viagogo just moments later, to the anger and frustration of fans who didn’t manage to get hold of tickets.

John Stout, whose company Regular Music is promoting the gig, has now “strongly advised” people against buying from resale outlets.

He told the Tele: “Although there is nothing we, or even it seems the UK Government, can do about Viagogo letting people post tickets for sale on their site, we asked Get Me In — t he Ticketmaster secondary site — to suppress the resale of tickets for this show, which they agreed to do. “There are a few methods we employ to prevent tickets being resold. For this show, the number of tickets that anyone is able to buy is limited to four.

“Any bookers that have exceeded the limit will have their tickets cancelled.

“We also have the name of t he lead booker printed on the tickets and the ticket buyer will need to present a matching photo ID to the name on the ticket to get entry.

“I will be following up to make sure that all the outlets have informed buyers that photo ID matching the name on the tickets is required.

“The main outlets for this show were Songkick — who did the artist fan presale — Ticketmaster, and the venue box office. None of these have posted their tickets as yet.

“As people were queueing at the box office from 3.45am to make sure they got tickets, there are a small number from counter sales in circulation, but these also have the booker’s name on them.

“We strongly advise that no one buys tickets from the secondary market as there is a very good chance that the tickets will either not be genuine or, if we are able to identify from any resale site, will have been cancelled.”

Viagogo — which didn’t respond to a request for comment — had tickets for the concert on sale at prices of up to £200 today.

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