A UK member of parliament has urged Viagogo to donate profits generated from selling tickets to a tour that is raising funds for Cancer Research UK to charity.
Tickets for the Dance for Life events, which are being hosted across the UK by comedian Peter Kay in 2017, went on sale at the weekend, with all of the profits set to go to charity.
However, the Guardian newspaper reported that there has been a backlash from fans after tickets were snapped up quickly and re-posted to Viagogo at inflated prices.
The report said that Viagogo typically takes up to 25 per cent on the value of tickets sold.
“I would like to think that Viagogo would do the right thing and donate [an] appropriate margin from their commission towards the charity,” Conservative MP Nigel Adams said. “I’m sure Peter Kay would be interested. If they don’t it would be a sad reflection on them.”
The newspaper added that Viagogo and other secondary ticketing operators are set to face a grilling from a parliamentary select committee as the UK government considers amending the law to criminalise the use of so-called ticketing ‘bots’.
“I’ll be pushing for a further select committee enquiry into ticketing because technology has developed,” Adams added. “Industrial touting and the fleecing of fans continues apace. I’d like to see all the ticketing sites appear before the inquiry.”
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