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FanFair Alliance

5 years

Calling all artists and managers! If you don't want ticket touts exploiting your audience, then please check our new guide. See also the good work by @STARticketing on resale T&Cs.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 days

The ticket touting website viagogo is listing tickets for all @oasis shows - except for Croke Park. Resale of tickets for profit was outlawed in Ireland in 2021. UK audiences deserve similar protections.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

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Great to see @oasis add these important T&Cs to their upcoming live shows - protecting fans from online touts who operate through websites like viagogo and StubHub. Good luck to everyone logging on to buy tickets this Saturday!

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

We've published a free 'ten tip' guide to beating the touts when buying tickets. Please download at: #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 days

If you want to understand viagogo's "business model". This was within 20m of tonight's @oasis pre-sale. A single tout. Listing 80 tickets (which may not exist). Looking to make £200,000. Viagogo has zero checks and balances. They cannot guarantee any tickets.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Two down...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 days

This cannot come soon enough #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Next week, Govt to lay down new legislation to stop bulk harvesting of tickets by touts. Let’s get this activated, and enforced #toutsout @margot_james_mp @MattHancock @UK_Music @MichaelDugher @nadams @SharonHodgsonMP @MMFUK

Crackdown on touts using robots to rip off real fans

New law will see touts using automated software to bulk buy tickets for resale on secondary ticketing sites at inflated prices face an unlimited fine

www.gov.uk

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

. @viagogo touting @edsheeran @TeenageCancer tickets. This company suffers a moral as well as technical "glitch" #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Brilliant @musicbizworld interview w/ @StuartCamp . Nails our thoughts about ticket touts

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

UK anti tout measures come into law. Now vital they're enforced. @FanFairAlliance statement here: #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

Ticket touts are "making a business out of stealing moments away from people" @JackGarratt interviewed by @bbcmusic

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

4 months

Thanks to @KeeleyMP @SharonHodgsonMP @RhonddaBryant and all other MPs who spoke out on behalf of fans. These amendments were simple and pragmatic. Unfortunately, this Government prioritises ticket touts and parasitical resale platforms over the interests of British audiences.

Baroness Keeley of Worsley

@KeeleyMP

4 months

I just spoke in a debate and voted on an amendment which would tackle ticket touts and safeguard fans from the abuse rife in the secondary ticketing market @SharonHodgsonMP @FanFairAlliance

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

1 year

@NME Great news. But please don’t let viagogo sponsor your gig guide.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

Google have suspended Viagogo's search advertising. This feels like a real landmark moment, and the culmination of some long, hard campaigning. Thanks @SharonHodgsonMP @nadams @DamianCollins @CommonsCMS @MMFUK @clairelouisetur @margot_james_mp

Google suspends Viagogo's advertising - FanFair Alliance

This afternoon, Google have announced a global suspension of Viagogo‘s advertising account – with immediate effect. More details here at BBC.co.uk. FanFair Alliance have campaigned extensively on the...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

. @TheWho 's Roger Daltrey letter to @thetimes on ticket touts + @TeenageCancer . Taking advantage of the Trust’s work is immoral #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 months

The only @liamgallagher + John Squire gig *not* listed on viagogo is the @3olympiatheatre show in Dublin. Because ticket touting is outlawed in Ireland. Unfortunately for UK fans, they have to compete with viagogo's Dubai-based sellers who have been busy hoovering up tickets...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

"Ticketmaster's Get Me In service is a disgrace". Mike Skinner calls out tout sites ripping off fans of The Streets

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Big developments in the ticket resale market. Which also increases pressure on Viagogo. @FanFairAlliance reaction in @MusicWeek

Music Week

@MusicWeek

6 years

Big news for Monday morning: @TicketmasterUK is shutting down Seatwave and Get Me In! and promising a better deal for fans in the secondary ticketing market

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Ticket buyers: beware @viagogo advertising on @Google . They are "official site" of touts, not artists #toutsout

Natasha Clark

@NatashaC

7 years

Google should consider pulling plug on advertising ‘misleading’ secondary ticketing sites like Viagogo, say MPs

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

We're stoked that @samfendermusic + @od_management will receive the FanFair Alliance Award at this year's @AM_Awards . The actions of artists, managers and promoters are fundamental to stopping rip-off secondary ticketing. Putting principles into practice.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

2018 saw major changes in "secondary ticketing". With more to come. Thanks to all who supported @FanFairAlliance - far too many to name, through some are mentioned here: @musicbizworld

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

3 months

Viagogo keep claiming the UK's ticket resale market is "highly regulated". If that was the case, viagogo wouldn't be fraudulently advertising @PaulMcCartney tickets today - that aren't even onsale until tomorrow.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

Delighted @FanFairAlliance could contribute evidence to today's @CommonsCMS report on Live Music. Since 2016, there's been huge progress to overhaul "secondary ticketing" and we fully support the Committee's recommendations. Statement here:

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

1 year

"A paid for ad feature for viagogo". Dear @NME , whatever viagogo paid you to run these ridiculous pieces of "content", it wasn't enough...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

Congratulations to @samfendermusic + @od_management for winning the @FanFairAlliance Award at last night's @AM_Awards ! Thanks to @karmabertelsen @KilimanjaroLive and Ian McAndrew @wildlifeentltd for presenting - and to @MMFUK @FeaturedArtists @huwstephens

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Almost everyone who has contacted @FanFairAlliance , to tell us they’ve been ripped off via a secondary site, was led astray via Google search. That’s why yesterday’s announcement is so important. Look forward to updating our consumer guidance in 2018.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

This is an important announcement from @CMAgovUK . Viagogo have missed deadline after deadline. The changes made to their website have not been enough. They must go to court.

Competition & Markets Authority

@CMAgovUK

5 years

We’re going to take further legal action against viagogo. This follows our repeated warnings that the site has failed to fully comply with a court order we secured. Read more:

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Good news for music fans. Less so for ticket touts. @beisgovuk have updated guidance for the Consumer Rights Act. #toutsout

FanFair comment: Government boosts legislation to protect consumers from touts - FanFair Alliance

Some good news… Government has updated business guidance for the Consumer Rights Act 2015 – bolstering the legislation in two ways that should empower artists and event organisers when their tickets...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

"Game is up for ticket touts as law protects fans from rip-offs". Encouraging developments from Ireland. Congratulations @NoelRock .

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

Interesting spin. "40% of tickets on StubHub sell for either face value or below". 60% sell for over face value + 19.5% fee #toutsout

The FADER

@thefader

8 years

Why concert tickets are way too expensive, according to the people who really know.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

Big news from Italy #toutsout

IQ Magazine

@IQ_Mag

8 years

Italian lawmakers approve legislation banning secondary ticketing #ToutsOut

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Someone clearly didn't get the memo that they're being taken to court...

viagogo corporate

@viagogo_corp

6 years

@FanFairAlliance @GoogleUK @STARticketing @SharonHodgsonMP All tickets listed on viagogo are valid. It is perfectly legal to resell a ticket if you want to. Any promoter trying to cancel a genuine ticket is clearly not acting in the interests of fans.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

Today we launch FanFair Alliance, a new campaign uniting music businesses, artists & fans against online touts.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

A great end to the year. This is an important step - with more needed (and hopefully to come) in 2018. Read the @FanFairAlliance ticket buying tips here:

Matt Hancock

@MattHancock

7 years

NEWS: The next step in the fight back against rogue ticket touts is here. Today we've banned the use of bots by ticket touts. We're stamping out these rip-off tactics so in 2018 consumers can enjoy more of the live acts they love

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Big developments in the battle against online ticket touts @guardian @ByRobDavies

StubHub and Viagogo offices raided in ticket touting investigation

Competition and Markets Authority officials seize data relating to schemes that allegedly benefit industrial-scale touts

www.theguardian.com

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

Lots of people to thank for yesterday’s developments with Google & Viagogo - but didn’t want to forget @PeteWishart who held a Westminster Hall debate last year, and understands the damage caused by online ticket touts. Thanks Pete for your support.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

This looks like pretty amazing news. Thank you @Google for listening and taking action. #toutsout

IQ Magazine

@IQ_Mag

7 years

Breaking: Global @Google crackdown on ticket resellers

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Thankyou to @MMFUK @FeaturedArtists @UK_Music @MichaelDugher @AIF_UK @EntsAgentsAssoc @clairelouisetur #CPA #NAA for standing up for music fans. It's time for @GoogleUK to stop promoting Viagogo @STARticketing @SharonHodgsonMP #notviagoogle

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

1 year

After a short hiatus, yesterday we relaunched the FanFair campaign - with 3 clear goals to help eradicate exploitative ticket touting, and make life easier for UK music fans. Details here:

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

Yesterday, @FanFairAlliance wrote to the CMA, urging they investigate Viagogo’s proposed acquisition of StubHub. More here @ByRobDavies @guardian

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Yesterday, @Google activated its certification system for ticket resellers. It's already making some positive impacts, but requires one important tweak...

FanFair comment: Google launches certification process for ticket resellers - FanFair Alliance

Yesterday, Google’s global certification process for ticket resellers went live. Under this new system, secondary ticketing platforms must meet a range of criteria before they can access Google’s...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Still don't think I've seen a single @viagogo listing that complies with UK consumer law. Or the ASA ruling. Or Google's ticket resale guidelines. Or Google's AdWords policies.

A Spokesman Said

@spokesmansaid

6 years

Last year A Spokesman Said received more than 450 complaints about secondary ticketing websites 😡 #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

What does the UK public think of secondary ticketing? Read the new @AudienceNet + @MusicAlly research: #toutsout

"TICKED OFF": new research on consumer attitudes to secondary ticketing - FanFair Alliance

– 80% of the UK public think secondary ticketing is a “rip off” – 67% of those who purchased above-face-value tickets from sellers on sites like Viagogo, StubHub, Get Me In! and Seatwave said they...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

@viagogopress You really don’t get this court order concept do you?

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Ireland 'Set to outlaw for-profit ticket resale' @IQ_Mag Good luck @NoelRock !

Ireland 'set to outlaw for-profit ticket resale' | IQ Magazine

The Irish government is believed to be planning to endorse Stephen Donnelly and Noel Rock's bill outlawing the resale of tickets above face value.

www.iq-mag.net

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Totally agree with @SharonHodgsonMP - as will the countless consumer victims of Viagogo #toutsout

Sharon Hodgson

@SharonHodgsonMP

6 years

I am over the moon that the CMA have launched legal action against Viagogo. This has been a long time coming as fans have been ripped off for too long. What a great achievement for campaigners @FanFairAlliance @clairelouisetur #VoV

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

23 days

@biztradegovuk Great to see this commitment from @biztradegovuk and @DCMS to tackle ticket touting and protect audiences in the UK. @FanFairAlliance looks forward to submitting evidence to the consultation.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

A big win for fans if this goes through. Ticket touts will hate it #toutsout

Music Managers Forum

@MMFUK

7 years

Breaking news @FanFairAlliance we have defeated the govt 180/157 on the amendment on booking ref and ticket resale restriction ! #ToutsOut

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Six days ago, Viagogo passed a @CMAgovUK deadline to “overhaul” it’s business practices. Has the site complied with its court order? Judge for yourself... @MMFUK @SharonHodgsonMP @SelbyAinstyMP @margot_james_mp @clairelouisetur @PeteWishart

ITV London

@itvlondon

6 years

Is Viagogo breaking the law? Claims the resale site is failing to comply with court order | By @ChloeKeedyITV

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

When you can measure a company by the quality of their business card #viagogo #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

Fantastic news breaking today. Many people have campaigned on this issue for a long time. Music fans should be the winners #toutsout

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

8 years

Unlimited fines for bulk buying ticket touts

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

1 year

Yet more "content" from the unsavoury @NME and @viagogo partnership. Today, an exclusive survey claiming more UK music fans are travelling to overseas events because of cheaper tickets - which presumably they *didn't* buy from a rip-off touting site...

More British gig goers are globetrotting to see their favourite artists

A new survey has revealed that more British gig goers are considering travelling abroad to see their favourite artists

www.nme.com

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

New @FanFairAlliance research indicates how Google's support of Viagogo is hindering secondary ticketing reforms. Big thanks to @SharonHodgsonMP and @nadams for your support.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

11 months

Right here is the issue with ticket touts. @JamieWebster94 plays the biggest show of his life at Sefton Park for 40,000 fans. Google directs them to viagogo. Where touts based in Abu Dhabi list *99* tickets at twice face value. We need politicians to step in and stop this rip off

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

@ctmccartney @fotc It appears Ticketmaster have pulled all listings on Get Me In. Perhaps Murray shouted at them?

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Delighted @O2music are taking measures to protect Priority Tickets from online touts.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

"My message to anyone wanting to see their favourite band or sports event is clear – don’t buy from Viagogo." @DamianCollins piece in the @Daily_Record . @markhmcgivern #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

Music managers! Please download the @FanFairAlliance & @MMFUK guide to help combat online ticket touting - #toutsout

FanFair Alliance and MMF launch guide for managers to help combat online ticket touting - FanFair...

Press Release – Adam Tudhope, manager of Mumford & Sons: “Unregulated ticket resale websites are out of control. While we wait for Government to act, it is essential that music businesses develop...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

The @CMAgovUK said they wanted further evidence of Viagogo breaking the law before they’d act. Looks like @ByRobDavies @guardian has just provided that evidence. Surely court proceedings will follow this latest transgression #toutsout

Rob Davies

@ByRobDavies

5 years

Revealed: Viagogo site offers toolkit that helps touts use techniques deemed fraudulent in a landmark case. New info in here on how touts beat you to tickets.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

4 months

Adding to this thread: capped fan-to-fan ticket resale has long been standard practice outside North America. Pioneered by the likes of Twickets and Resident Advisor. In the UK, Ticketmaster closed their "uncapped" resale business in 2018.

Future of Music Coalition

@future_of_music

4 months

🧵Billie Eilish is using fan to fan face value resale on her new tour, following after Pearl Jam and The Cure, among others. Anyone can resell their ticket if they can't go, but only at face value. Brokers and resale sites hate this idea. Here's a thread to clear up some myths:

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Yesterday the @UKHouseofLords voted for greater transparency when reselling tickets. Read more here: #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

4 years

NEWS! Great to see today's @CMAgovUK announcement on the ill-fated Viagogo/StubHub merger. The BIG questions going forward? Who wants to buy a distressed ticket resale business? How many ticket touts do they know? Do they realise how much they'll have to spend on Google ads?

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Thanks @margot_james_mp @MattHancock . This is very welcome news - and @FanFairAlliance looks forward to legislation being enforced. Definitely "more to do", but the tide is turning.

Margot James

@margot_james_

6 years

Today our legislation to #BanTheBots comes into force, with those breaking it facing unlimited fines. As I've said before, there is more to do, but this is a huge step. Thank you to everyone who has worked with us to make sure real fans see great shows at a fair price!

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Dear @GoogleUK , please stop promoting Viagogo. Read the letter from @FanFairAlliance , @STARticketing @SharonHodgsonMP + many others asking for an end to misleading search advertising #notviagoogle

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Viagogo tracked down. @RobNisbetSky @SkyNews report from 71 Fenchurch St @SharonHodgsonMP @nadams @clairelouisetur

Ed Sheeran's promoter and two MPs demand Viagogo answers

The singer says tickets for his shows sold on the site, which can add a fee plus VAT to the face value, will not be valid.

news.sky.com

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

@DailyMirror - @GETMEIN & @Seatwave allow scalping of @libertines charity tickets. @gdogg27 #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

A ticket is not a banana or, contrary to @iealondon , an old Superman comic @IQ_Mag #toutsout

IQ Magazine

@IQ_Mag

7 years

. @FanFairAlliance : Why @iealondon 's pro-tout argument is a straw man

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

And so it goes on. One hour after sale opens. @viagogo touts already listing 260 tickets for just one @Stormzy1 show. #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

. @SharonHodgsonMP , chair of the APPG on Ticket Abuse, calls for Viagogo & StubHub to "clean up their act" @MusicWeek

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

8 years

Nice investigative work by @ByRobDavies - ticket touts rebrand in the face of multiple investigations #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 months

Just another day for viagogo. Yesterday, their beleaguered MD, Cris Miller, was a guest on @BBCr4today - arguing the case for ticket touts and a black market. Meanwhile, in a German court room, @FCBayern were starting legal proceedings....

SZ München

@SZ_Muenchen

5 months

FC Bayern München verklagt Händler Viagogo wegen teurer Tickets: Fans könne der Eintritt verwehrt werden, warnt der Club. Was er dem Karten-Portal vorwirft – und wie dieses sich wehrt.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

3 years

The outright refusal of @CMAgovUK to acknowledge mass-scale fraud on viagogo is...disappointing! Probably the last thing I'll ever write on this subject. Thanks to some brilliant journalists @ByRobDavies @markhmcgivern @sharivahl for giving it attention.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Thankyou @SharonHodgsonMP for raising this important question. Google is such a trusted site, it’s just crazy they enable Viagogo to mislead ticket buyers.

Sharon Hodgson

@SharonHodgsonMP

6 years

During DCMS questions this morning I raised the issue of Viagogo appearing at the top of Google searches on 80/100 occasions according to research by @FanFairAlliance . Victims of Viagogo tell me that they bought from Viagogo after a Google search! @clairelouisetur

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Honoured to collect this award from @SMKCampaigners with @clairelouisetur . Truly inspiring night. Thanks to @MMFUK @SharonHodgsonMP @nadams @Coru89 @ConsumerMark @WhichUK and all who’ve supported. Real change is yet to come #toutsout

Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK)

@SMKcampaigners

6 years

Best consumer campaign (winner): And the winners are... @FanFairAlliance (Adam Webb, Mark McLaren & @clairelouisetur ) for their campaign to make online ticket re-sales in the UK fairer and more fan-friendly #Lovecampaigning (sponsored by @WhichUK )

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Nice one Google. Your ongoing support of Viagogo continues to mislead music fans and help ticket touts rip them off @LivEchonews @PJ_Kirkham @ASA_UK

Fan pays over £1,000 for Paul McCartney tickets after making simple mistake - Liverpool Echo

Gordon Abbey-Tibbitts wanted to warn other fans of buying off ticket resale sites

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

The biggest ticket resale sites must today comply with an @ASA_UK ruling on misleading pricing practices. "if they won’t co-operate, we won’t hesitate to take action" @thetimes

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

The tired old "secondary ticketing" platforms are being disrupted. Resale needs to become easier (for artists + audiences), and we still want further change (Google, *please* stop allowing Viagogo's misleading PPC ads), but progress is being made...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Yesterday, viagogo took the unusual step of proclaiming their own compliance with a court order to overhaul their business. Today, we have evidence that leopards don't change their spots. Tomorrow? We need action from @CMAgovUK #toutsout

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

4 years

Promising announcement today from @CMAgovUK on Viagogo's $4.05bn acquisition of StubHub. AKA "the worst deal ever" (Forbes). Hopefully this paves the way to a full Phase 2 investigation.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

5 years

Transparency to ticket touts is like daylight to vampires. Great to see these range of measures introduced by British Columbia #toutsout

CBC British Columbia

@cbcnewsbc

5 years

The B.C. government is introducing legislation to ban software and bots that scoop up huge numbers of tickets to live events before fans get a chance to buy them at face value.

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 months

It's been a big 24 hours in the fight against ticket touting: trials in Leeds, developments in the House of Lords, and now a very welcome policy commitment from @UKLabour . Read the reactions of @FanFairAlliance supporters here:

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

7 years

"Viagogo: ACCC launches legal action against 'misleading' ticket reseller." Time for UK regulators to catch up?

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Government has today announced new and updated rules around ticket resale. We now need to enforce them. #toutsout

Consumer Rights Act 2015: new and updated rules come into force today - FanFair Alliance

Government has today announced that updates to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 will come into force today, whilst also clarifying to secondary ticketing websites – if they needed any more clarification...

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FanFair Alliance

@FanFairAlliance

1 year

Very happy to make a contribution to @JonathanDean_ 's @thetimes piece on @taylorswift13 and ticket touts. The advice (as always): please avoid rip-off sites like viagogo and StubHub.

Jonathan Dean

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1 year

Did a piece on the purgatory of buying tickets for Taylor Swift, which wonders out loud if all the tickets on secondary sites are simply from honest fans who just cannot make it anymore

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7 years

FanFair welcomes ticket tout crackdown: A big step to market reform. @selbyandainsty @SharonHodgsonMP @MattHancockMP

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7 years

Google, we have a problem. How @viagogo @stubhub and @GETMEIN use paid search to dominate Google rankings. #toutsout

ONLINE TICKET TOUTING: GOOGLE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM…. - FanFair Alliance

New FanFair Alliance research highlights the extent to which so-called secondary ticketing platforms such as Viagogo, StubHub and Get Me In! could be misleading would-be ticket buyers through their...

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@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Thanks @Runrig1973 for being so vocal against ticket touts. Please read the @FanFairAlliance guide for tips on how to beat them:

Runrig

@Runrig1973

7 years

Time to put a stop to this outrageous practice. We urge all of our fans not to buy from touts.

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@FanFairAlliance

1 year

"The problems in concert ticketing – and how to fix them". Very happy to add some thoughts to this excellent @guardianmusic piece by @JonesJourno

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

www.theguardian.com

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@FanFairAlliance

7 years

Don't disagree with a word of this.

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@FanFairAlliance

9 days

Interesting interview with @ChappellRoan manager @nickbobetsky in @musicbizworld . What one thing would you change about the industry right now? "Make ticket scalping illegal..."

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@FanFairAlliance

2 years

Can we stop fans being exploited by online ticket touts? Yes, we can. Here's 4 things for event organisers, the Government, @CMAgovUK + @Google to consider - as detailed in the new issue of @Access_AA

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@FanFairAlliance

5 years

Viagogo. 13 years old. Passing itself off as a ‘new’ ‘disruptive’ business. That hightailed itself to Geneva in 2012.

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@FanFairAlliance

6 years

Very disappointing. Not surprising. Cynical. #toutsout

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

@CommonsCMS

6 years

Viagogo has written to us saying they will not attend a scheduled appearance as part of our inquiry into live music this afternoon. Read Chair @DamianCollins ' full statement in response here >>

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@FanFairAlliance

6 years

The fact that viagogo are telling this to disgruntled consumers is outrageous. A court decides compliancy - not Viagogo

Claire Turnham MBE

@clairelouisetur

6 years

@FanFairAlliance Please join me & support our #VofV response to yesterday’s @CMAgovUK announcement: … “In the interests of consumer safety, rights & welfare we are calling on any claims by @viagogopress that @viagogo is compliant to be urgently removed.”

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5 years

Big developments today in secondary ticketing - with online touts BZZ receiving jail sentences for fraud. We now need renewed pressure on platforms (ie Viagogo + StubHub) that enable such rip-off merchants to thrive. @FanFairAlliance reaction here:

Ticket touts BZZ sentenced - significant implications for UK secondary ticketing platforms -...

In a landmark case for National Trading Standards, online ticket touts Peter Hunter and David Smith (aka BZZ) were jailed today for 4 years and 30 months respectively. Following a long-running trial,...

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8 years

Thanks to everyone sharing the petition against online ticket touts. @youmeatsix @ENTERSHIKARI @MMFUK @FeaturedArtists Keep going. It's #1 !

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@FanFairAlliance

4 years

Today we stand with our friends & colleagues throughout the music industry to once again call on the government to take action and support the huge number of skilled people whose careers & businesses are currently at risk #WeMakeEvents #LetTheMusicPlay