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Tickets fly off the shelf for Taiwan star

Taiwanese singer A-mei is planning a spectacular return at Taipei Arena (pictured) with the first batch of 130,000 tickets for…

Major event status awarded to Melbourne Comedy fest to combat touts

Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been given major event status, giving the event an increased protection against scalping. Under Victorian…

Ticketmaster boss responds to senators’ concerns

Jared Smith, president of Ticketmaster, has responded to a letter that was sent by two US senators concerning the recent…

Implications for touts after six charged

Six ticket resellers have been charged with money laundering and breaches of consumer law by the National Trading Standards in…

Chinese WC fans fall victim to touts

More than 3,500 Chinese football fans have fallen victim to touts selling fake FIFA 2018 World Cup tickets. Around 10,000…

Hong Kong moves to tackle touts

Hong Kong’s city leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she is looking to crack down on the secondary ticketing market…

Worries over standard of fake Super Bowl tickets

Concerns about the increasing quality of counterfeit tickets have been raised after fans were left unable to gain entry to…

Viagogo’s double fault at Aussie Open

A quarter of Australian Open tickets sold by Viagogo have been ruled to be invalid due to being sold multiple…

Inflated resale prices plague World Cup sales

England football fans face paying 34 times face value prices on secondary ticket sites to see their country play at…

Bots ban part of broader plan for ‘skewed’ ticket market – Minister

The UK government has assured young music fans that legislation designed to outlaw ticket bots is just part of a…

Tout investigators empowered to issue fines in Victoria

Investigators in the Australian state of Victoria will be allowed to issue fines and seize tickets from suspected scalpers if…

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