Not to want to spend ages trying to get peter Kay tickets

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24,000 people in front of you. Wow how lovely to be so super popular?

Has anyone waited?
What could be done to stop people selling them on for profit?

Does anyone pay an excessive amount for them? I wouldnt.

I went on Gigs and Tours around 11 and after half an hour in the queue got on. I had to keep going in and out of the dates but managed to grab two for my dad and brother for October 23. I would have liked to go but didn’t see any groups of 3 unless it was august 24 when he started releasing more dates due to demand! That’s their Christmas presents sorted!
I completely agree you should only be allowed to sell on for the price you paid, no higher.

Is he that funny?

My Oh said if I want a cuddly guy to yell garlic bread at me he will do it for a tenner.

I used gigs and tours at 10.30 and got two for July in the 02. Am ignoring the app stuff as it looks very stressful. Floor tickets for £75 each.

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"October 2024 at the 02. They are a surprise for DH birthday this month."

But it's 2 years away 🙈

He’s a very famous comedian! (Well, in Britain)

I know 😂 surprise!!! You will get your gift in 2 years 😂

Will need to stick a post it on the fridge or I will forget that I've bought them 😂

Have finally got Dec 2024 in London. Will be an anniversary year for my parents so maybe won't mind going further for a break away.

Ah, if it's a resale place, that it explains it. Sorry to misdirect you.

Some acts resell their own tickets and TM have been known to buy then resell their own tickets. Can it be stopped? Buyers should have to present ID at the gig. Garth Brooks has been known to keep adding dates at the same place until demand drops. So 100,000 people clamouring for 10,000 tickets for 1 show becomes 6 shows so the resale value plummets. Kay doing 1 night a month is a huge paycheck of 1 million plus per night, plus any cuts off car parking, food sales. Yes, some artists do negotiate that.

Started queuing on 3 sites at 10am, got on Seetickets after 30 mins and got 2 tickets for London next June. Really good seats too which was a surprise! There’s not many people I’d make the effort to see live but he’s one of them.

I managed to get on near enough straight away but so many tickets had already gone and the available ones were years away.

I thought his tour was next Spring or something. It's a huge gamble to buy tickets for something two years in advance anything could happen. And he's cancelled tours before hasn't he?

I tried for an hour for Cardiff but by 11am they were all sold out

Son in !aw spent four hours getting some today ....for March 2024 !!!!!!!!!

We got some for 2024, very pleased 😀

I really find him funny but my DH doesn't. He was going to buy tickets for us but I told him not to bother because I don't think he'd appreciate it. I'll wait for the DVD!

He put on that he was selling tickets at same price as 2010 around 35 quid couple of things, in 2010 most comedian's were more at level of 20 quid, and secondly most of the tickets aren't that price and he has a premium section costing hundred.

I also hate comedy at arenas they are horrendous and plenty of comedian's agree with me as they could sell out a arena but decide to do a theater or city hall as they want to interact with audience.

I spent 4.5 hours and got 6 for 2024.

It is but i've paid a fiver for refund protection so can get my money back if I can't go.

Packed it. Didn't book it. Was Fucked off.

Then got 2025 tickets still a bit fucked off🤣

I've seen him twice before and was really impressed, I was actually on the second row once as I clicked and got into the queue a few minutes early on a glitch. I simply can't be arsed doing it today. I'll regret it when others are going but hey ho.

the problem with presenting ID is the people you go to the gig with. say I buy two tickets to something because I want to go, but I’m not sure who I’ll take with me. or, say I was going to take mate X but her childcare bails so mate Y spots in last minute. Not fair if I can’t change the name, but if I can change the name, then wham, I can sell the ticket on viagogo and change the name to that buyer.

For specific events - Sheeran, Glasto, it is possible to insist people show ID. but it’s not easy, it’s not really practical for eg an arena that normally only has an hour or two to get everyone through the doors, and it makes people more reluctant to buy a ‘spare’ and take a mate. for Ed that doesn’t matter. For an up and coming artist it very much does.

The Garth brooks method works to an extent, but he doesn’t travel a lot. How do you plan a tour if you don’t know how many dates you’ll do in each city? and if you only play one city, that forces fans to get a flight, a hotel, a meal out… might as well buy on resale at that point!

In the UK artists do not receive a cut of parking or food/bev.

Resale is a problem and it’s a significant number of peoples job to try to solve it. the best solution is for people not to buy on resale sites (or twitter!) no matter how much they want a ticket.

12,000th+ in a queue at 10. Got in at 1.30.

Not a single ticket available even though it only said "low availability".

And new dates only in England. Two dates for the whole of Scotland