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Radiohead take on the scalpers
Following last week's sellout of two ticket allocations for the band's Australian shows, fans with more than the four tickets permitted per person were contacted by Ticketmaster and had any extra tickets cancelled at the request of the band.
A Facebook page has since been set up for fans to exchange Aussie tickets at face value.
Just last week band management issued a statement saying "Secondary ticketing is wrong on so many levels" and announced that tickets for their UK tour sold via their fanclub will be exchangeable via the Ticket Trust website.
The entire presale and main allocations for Radiohead's Australian tour sold out within minutes, with many tickets being offered at inflated prices soon afterwards on auction sites such as eBay.
Source: BBC News 
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I hate scalpers. I tried to get general admission to the second Radiohead gig and it sold out in under five seconds! I did get seated tickets, but not what I was after. In the times of music downloads artist need to make a profit somewhere and gigs are where the money is now at. Don't be a tool, don't scalp, don't buy dogey tickets. These guys do a lot for free, give them the cash when they ask for it.
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