Tout floods U2 resale market with £1m ticket haul

U2 tour tickets sell out in hours

Seats for the four-night London leg of U2's The Greatest Show on Earth tour sold out last week shortly after going on sale at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

One trader lists over one thousand eight hundred tickets

Vladyslav Skrypka, based in Harlow, Essex, advertised more than one thousand eight hundred tickets for one night alone on StubHub, some priced at more than four times face value.

Potential profit exceeds one million pounds

If all of Skrypka's tickets sold at listed prices, he would stand to make more than one million pounds from the resale of U2 tickets alone.

Industry calls for government action

Artists and music industry figures are calling on culture secretary Lisa Nandy to move forward with plans to shut down the touts' racket by outlawing resale for profit.

“shut down the touts' racket”

Legislation delayed until late 2027

A ticket tout ban bill is due to be published during the current parliamentary session, which might not end until well into two thousand twenty-seven.

StubHub denies knowledge of bot use

StubHub International's chief executive Bob Kupbens said the company does not support bots and called for government and primary sellers to police bot use more effectively.

“We don't support bots and we'd love for both the government and primary to do a better job of policing that”

Questions raised about ticket acquisition

Adam Webb of FanFair Alliance questioned whether StubHub had seen evidence of Skrypka's receipts and whether the tickets were acquired using illegal bot technology or speculative selling.

“StubHub claims all their orders come 100% guaranteed but have they seen evidence of Vladyslav's receipts?”