Viagogo
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
Rob Davies
24, Mar, 2025 @7:38 PM
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
Rob Davies
10, Jan, 2025 @7:32 AM
Revealed: the touts offering Oasis tickets for thousands on resale sites
Exclusive: ‘Secondary’ ticket platforms have thousands of tickets on sale, listed by seasoned touts or ‘sneaker kids’, based in the UK or overseas
Rob Davies, Hannah Al-Othman and Tiago Rogero
07, Sep, 2024 @4:00 AM
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
Rob Davies
29, May, 2024 @4:00 AM
‘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
Rob Davies
29, May, 2024 @4:00 AM
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
Rob Davies
19, May, 2024 @10:43 AM
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
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent
20, Oct, 2023 @3:28 PM
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
Rob Davies
11, Sep, 2023 @11:01 PM
Taylor Swift fans angry as Eras tour tickets put on Viagogo for vast sums
Fans of US singer express frustration at presale tickets being advertised on resale sites for thousands of pounds
Anna Davidson
10, Jul, 2023 @5:00 PM
Manchester United allowing Viagogo sales while pushing crackdown on touts
Manchester United have come under fire for claiming to be cracking down on ticket touts while allowing seats at Old Trafford to be sold through Viagogo
Rob Davies
06, Jul, 2023 @4:15 PM
Touts to remain ‘rampant’ on resale sites after UK government avoids crackdown
Campaign group backed by artists including Ed Sheeran criticises decision not to prevent bulk buying and speculative selling
Rob Davies
11, May, 2023 @5:53 PM
I booked Beach Boys concert tickets, but got bad vibrations
There are two rival bands and the wrong one was pictured on Viagogo
Zoe Wood
12, Jul, 2022 @6:00 AM
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