TWO WORDS: SICK AND SHAMEFUL

Manchester One Love concert: 'Thousands make false ticket claims'


Friday 2nd June 2017

More than 10,000 "unscrupulous" people have falsely claimed they were at the scene of the Manchester attack in order to get free tickets for Sunday's benefit concert, Ticketmaster has said.


The agency said "opportunists or touts" had tried to take advantage of its offer for those who were at the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena.

It has said fans at the original show can get into Sunday's event for free.

Some 25,000 people applied - but just 14,200 were at the concert on 22 May.

Twenty-two people died and 116 were injured in a suicide bombing at the end of Grande's show and she will be joined by stars including Robbie Williams, Little Mix, Take That, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber.

The deadline for fans who were at the original concert to apply for free tickets for Sunday was extended twice, eventually closing at 14:00 BST on Thursday.

In a statement, Ticketmaster said: "We have set aside tickets for the 14,200 people who were at the Ariana Grande concert to attend One Love Manchester for free.

"More than 25,000 people applied for them. Sadly, over 10,000 unscrupulous applications have been made.

"At Ticketmaster we are doing everything we can - including extending today's deadline - to ensure that tickets go to the actual fans and not the opportunists or touts who have also been applying for free tickets."

As well as offering free tickets to those at the original concert, the company put around 35,000 further tickets on general sale on Thursday for £40 each. They sold out in less than 20 minutes.

But some have appeared on eBay for up to £200 each, leading fans on social media to vent their anger at the "absolutely sickening" sellers who were trying to cash in.

The auction site said it was removing them as fast as it could.

Ticket master are the f*cking scumbags too they can't say f**k all. It's bots owned by there company that buy tickets and sell them n on 'resale' sites for double the price seconds after being released.

Ticket master are the f*cking scumbags too they can't say f**k all. It's bots owned by there company that buy tickets and sell them n on 'resale' sites for double the price seconds after being released.

Well said that particular practise should be outlawed ASAP.

Ticket master are the f*cking scumbags too they can't say f**k all. It's bots owned by there company that buy tickets and sell them n on 'resale' sites for double the price seconds after being released.

Well said that particular practise should be outlawed ASAP.

Totally agree. The recent revelation that reps of Robbie Williams were behind the touting is something that should be illegal. No idea how it can be deemed legal. I'm not saying Ariana Grande's people are behind it but I think there's a lot of corruption involved and it's not always simply people buying and selling individually. I think there are organised rings doing it. No reason for it not to be outlawed in my opinion.

Ticket master are the f*cking scumbags too they can't say f**k all. It's bots owned by there company that buy tickets and sell them n on 'resale' sites for double the price seconds after being released.

Well said that particular practise should be outlawed ASAP.

Bit like Browny, I quote " Hardly crime of the century"

Sven, it's disgusting - hopefully they easily identify and contact the fans that were there.

Ticket master are the f*cking scumbags too they can't say f**k all. It's bots owned by there company that buy tickets and sell them n on 'resale' sites for double the price seconds after being released.

Well said that particular practise should be outlawed ASAP.

Totally agree. The recent revelation that reps of Robbie Williams were behind the touting is something that should be illegal. No idea how it can be deemed legal. I'm not saying Ariana Grande's people are behind it but I think there's a lot of corruption involved and it's not always simply people buying and selling individually. I think there are organised rings doing it. No reason for it not to be outlawed in my opinion.

Without a doubt and hopefuly it gets banned asap because it happened to every good event and hundreds of people get ripped off.

I read that Chris and it's beyond contempt. Like Nubbs said, how many times have folks seen events sell out in minutes only to see the tickets then appear on the secondary sites instantaneously. I've actually seen them on Seatwave, Getmein an others for sale before they've gone on sale on the primary site!

It's a cartel, pure and simple. I thought there was going to be action taken against this after some big name artists complained about it but it seems to have gone quiet. Its a disgusting way of fleecing people. And the 10,000 'touts' who applied for the Manchester event should be shot in my opinion, pure lowlife scum.

I read that Chris and it's beyond contempt. Like Nubbs said, how many times have folks seen events sell out in minutes only to see the tickets then appear on the secondary sites instantaneously. I've actually seen them on Seatwave, Getmein an others for sale before they've gone on sale on the primary site!

It's a cartel, pure and simple. I thought there was going to be action taken against this after some big name artists complained about it but it seems to have gone quiet. Its a disgusting way of fleecing people. And the 10,000 'touts' who applied for the Manchester event should be shot in my opinion, pure lowlife scum.

Spot on. Their record label owners probably had a quiet word in their ear...

When I went to the ufc in Manchester I'd never seen so many touts in my life. Scabby fuckers.

Nothing but SCUM.

I read that Chris and it's beyond contempt. Like Nubbs said, how many times have folks seen events sell out in minutes only to see the tickets then appear on the secondary sites instantaneously. I've actually seen them on Seatwave, Getmein an others for sale before they've gone on sale on the primary site!

It's a cartel, pure and simple. I thought there was going to be action taken against this after some big name artists complained about it but it seems to have gone quiet. Its a disgusting way of fleecing people. And the 10,000 'touts' who applied for the Manchester event should be shot in my opinion, pure lowlife scum.

Paul, you and Jack (nubbsy) are right. It is a cartel and only a change of Law will change things. This has shown the complete disregard some people and/or businesses have for those involved in the horrific attack last week

Some on here will still think it's okay though!