{"id":25733,"date":"2016-09-11T04:31:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T21:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pixies-lead-music-industry-effort-to-break-stranglehold-of-ticket-touts\/"},"modified":"2016-09-11T04:52:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T21:52:17","slug":"pixies-lead-music-industry-effort-to-break-stranglehold-of-ticket-touts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pixies-lead-music-industry-effort-to-break-stranglehold-of-ticket-touts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixies lead music industry effort to break stranglehold of ticket touts"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBand use fan website to block profits made by \u2018secondary ticketing\u2019One of the world\u2019s most influential rock bands has denounced \u201crogues and scoundrels\u201d selling gig tickets at huge markups, as the UK music industry prepares to fight back against touts.Pixies, cited as an inspiration by Nirvana, Radiohead and Blur, have overhauled ticket sales for their current UK tour to loosen the lucrative stranglehold that professional touts have on ticket supply. Tickets for their gigs at London\u2019s O2 Brixton Academy have appeared online for more than \u00a3800, compared with their face value of \u00a332.50, after touts hoovered them up for resale via \u201csecondary ticketing\u201d websites. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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