Promoters trial new gig ticket system to combat fraud

[Neil McCauley]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/13421226

[Techno Commander]

Whats wrong with the old fashioned way of queueing up outside the venue. :)

[Ali Tait]

Glastonbury tickets have your photo and name and address printed on.

[WAD62]

Glastonbury tickets have your photo and name and address printed on.

Yes but that system is very expensive, which can be absorbed in a £200 festival ticket, but not a normal gig ticket...IMHO

Forged tickets are one problem, what about the 'legal' ticket touting that goes on with sites like 'get me in', or 'front row seats'? They artificially raise the price of the gig tickets and reduce the amount available to the normal paying public. :steam:

[Techno Commander]

Or the £20 "booking fee".:(