DUNDEE
SuBo sparks online ticket frenzy
The Dundee date is part of Boyle's first full concert tour.PA Wire/Press Association Images
Sellers are cashing in on Susan Boyle’s Dundee concert date, with briefs being offered on the internet at almost three times their face value.
One online site is charging £224 for a pair of £42.50 tickets to the Scottish singing star’s Caird Hall concert on July 6.
Tickets for the date sold out within hours of going on sale two weeks ago.
Fans of the I Dreamed A Dream star queued up outside the City Square box office to book their places, while others ordered their places online.
However, within hours of the show selling out, tickets for the Dundee show were being resold on online auction site eBay at inflated prices.
A £35 ticket for the stalls is being offered for £80 by one seller, while another trader from Exeter is advertising two tickets for a total of £160.
Online ticket resale site Viagogo is offering two tickets in the stalls for £90, more than double their face value.
The company is also charging a £27.28 booking fee, £9.95 shipping and £5.46, taking the total for the seats to £224.
Morag Rogers, assistant manager of Groucho’s record shop in Dundee, said high-demand concerts were always in danger of being targeted by re-sellers.
“It’s frustrating for customers trying to get tickets when they appear on auction sites,” she said.
“It must be annoying for people who didn’t get them when they originally went on sale.
“People definitely go online and buy tickets with no intention of using them and then sell them on.”
Ms Rogers said she advised against fans using auction sites to buy tickets.
She said: “There are a lot of times where people have bought tickets on auction sites and never received them.
“People shouldn’t use them. If they didn’t buy tickets from unofficial sites, then they wouldn’t exist. They are only there because there’s a demand for tickets.”
Tickets for the 52-year-old’s shows in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness are also being offered on auction sites.
The Scottish dates mark the first time the Britain’s Got Talent singer has embarked on a full concert tour.
Announcing the tour, she said: “I wanted to begin in Scotland to say thank you for all the support I have been shown over the past few years.
“It feels right to begin another new experience in my home country.”
“I’ve always wanted to do my own show and now I feel confident enough to get out there and give it a go.”
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