Adam Webb, a FanFair Alliance campaigner, said the survey supported fears that touting was doing “considerable long-term damage” to the music industry, which supports 142,000 jobs, according to UK Music. About 80% of more than 1,000 surveyed said secondary ticketing was a “rip off”, while 58% said they would support limiting resale prices to face value. Both sites hosted listings by well-known professional traders, including Scotland-based Andrew Newman, identified by the Guardian last year as one of Britain’s most successful touts. A gig by rock act Queens of the Stone Age at Wembley attracted similar attention, with 81% of StubHub’s listings attributed to professional ticket traders and 64% of GetMeIn’s. But none of the listings contained any information about who sold the tickets, leaving fans in the dark about who they were buying from.

Source: The Guardian October 30, 2017 15:50 UTC