Ticket touts ‘costing UK gig-goers £145m a year’
Approximately one in five tickets in the end up on a resale platform, according to new research by O2 and YouGov
News By James Hanley | 26 September 2024
Ticket touts are costing music fans in the UK an extra £145 million (€174m) a year, according to new research by O2 and YouGov.
O2 has shared data based on a recent online survey of 2,044 adults, which reveals that approximately one in five tickets end up on a resale platform, while almost half (48%) of music fans who have attended live music events find it difficult to identify a secondary ticketing site.
In addition, O2, which sold 1.4 million tickets via its…
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