Tickets and Touts: a blog post

[Jram]

Hi,

Some of you make music, I write. The latest piece is about tickets and touts in general, and my annoyance with the BBC over its 6 Music Festival and the inavailability of tickets to see Depeche Mode in a tiny venue.

Please read, and share if you feel so inclined: https://embracetheabsurdity.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/tickets-touts-and-the-bbc-6-music-festival/

Thanks

[stimpee]

I've found that sites like Twickets and Ticketswap are really helping in the fight against touts because they are cutting out the gouging sites like the ticketmaster owned seatwave, and have a limit on the amount you can charge over the cost of the original ticket. i've bought so many tickets on ticketswap in the last year. its a godsend.

[Jram]

I know Twickets is supposed to be good, not familiar with Ticketswap.
On the back of writing that post I'm sorely tempted to try and sell my Penn & Teller tickets - I really have had enough.

To their credit, UW has (thankfully) been one of the few bands that has been reasonably priced and straightforward to buy tickets for - certainly when they sell through their own site.