Before the lockdown, you would see tens of ticket resellers in front of the venue.
I recently tried my luck just turning up at the venue on the night of the event (Arcade Fire a week ago and Muse tonight).
Absolutely no second hand tickets available.
While I always disliked this dodgy reseller market, I wonder what happened to the touts?
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I wish they were about…I’ve got 6 tickets to Ed sheeran I’m trying to shift
I think the vast majority of tickets shifting to electronic delivery (either by email or an app on your phone) has done for a lot of them. They do still exist though – I came across a couple at the Billy Strings show in London in March – but they seem to be more focused on those big one off shows these days.
I find that I often have more luck on Facebook these days for finding tickets going spare (or selling spares I have myself), or occasionally the resale sites.
Dead in the gutter, with any luck.
Seemingly all over social media. I remember getting tickets to one of the upcoming Prodigy gigs and as soon as they announced the tour had sold out, everywhere was flooded with comments to the effect of ‘DM for tickets’.
Scum.
I haven’t heard “buy sell tickets” for ages too. I think online is where the action is, not just for touts but people being able to pass on their unwanted tickets, often at face value. I haven’t even needed to use the services of a tout for years. They were a vaguely useful service when they weren’t taking the piss, if you had a spare then they’ take it and make a few quid and you wouldn’t have to hang around outside finding someone who needed one. If you needed a ticket you’d pay a few quid over asking and get in. I paid a fiver over to get into an early QOTSA gig when they were at Student Union level of shows, that was worth it. But people who drop £100 are just idiots.