Money-grabbing ticket touts won’t be able to cash in on Ariana Grande benefit gig after Stubhub blocked re-sales
MONEY-GRABBING ticket touts will not be able to cash in on the Ariana Grande One Love Manchester bombing benefit gig after worried fans pleaded secondary selling sites to not allow them to be sold on their sites.
Stubhub was bombarded with fans demanding the eBay-owned firm did not list anyone trying to make money by selling tickets to the charity gig at inflated prices.
Other sites like Seatwave, Viagogo and Get Me In are expected to take the same stance when the tickets for Sunday’s performance go on sale today.
Police could also arrest individuals trying to flog tickets for a profit outside the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground as it is illegal to re-sell tickets away from registered sites like Stubhub.
Fans messaged the bosses of the secondary selling site on Twitter which gave an immediate response.
Twitter user Richy told them: “@StubHub @ArianaGrande benefit concert Manchester, I think that ticket touts shouldn't be able to buy tickets & sell them on your site.”
Team StubHub! told him: “We agree!! Tickets for this benefit concert will not be available to purchase on SubHub!”
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Take That, One Direction star Niall Horan and R&B singer Usher will also perform at the concert, which will raise money for the victims of the terror attack last week.
Fans who were at the original show at Manchester Arena last Monday can register to attend the event for free - with registration closing at 4pm today.
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Organisers say all net ticket proceeds will go towards the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund and say they hope to raise at least £2m.
Then, from 10am tomorrow, tickets will go on general sale but due to high demand are expected to sell out within minutes.
Those who are unable to get tickets can watch it on BBC TV and radio.
The secondary sites like StubHub are completely legal, although the Competition and Market Authority has launched an investigation to probe how the best seats are harvested, then sold at inflated prices, before fans can access them at the regular price.
The Government is coming under increased pressure from sports and music fans who continually lose out to online touts who are making £1 billion a year from selling over-priced tickets for prized events.
They are then sold to “secondary ticketing” websites, which take a cut of the resale value.
It has been reported that ALL Ariana Grande fans who were at the tragic concert will get tickets to the tribute gig on Sunday.
Laura Smith spent £500 last year so she could go with her partner Luke and her two daughters Lehanna, 10 and eight-year-old Aaliyah, to see the popstar on May 22.
However because she had purchased the tickets from resale site Get Me In for more than double their face value, she did not have the original booking reference.
Customers who purchased tickets through other third-party sellers such as StubHub have been reporting the same issue.
Get Me In is run by major event site Ticketmaster, and has now said the issue has been resolved.
A spokesman said: “We are doing everything possible to extend the offer to all fans we can verify were at the show.
“These include Get Me In, Seatwave and StubHub.”
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