1D Fans Getting Ripped Off By Internet Ticket Scam

Thousands of Directioners across the globe are apparently being ripped off for concert tickets due to touts using illegal software.

The Daily Mirror reports that one tout in particular managed to buy more than 1,000 premium tickets for this years tour, using a “botnet” computer program.

With One Direction being this years hottest band, tickets are always in huge demand, and unfortunately there are never enough to go round.

Despite this, touts are taking advantage of die-hard fans, often re-selling tickets at ten times their face value.

Many times this year, tickets have often sold out in minutes on sites such as Ticketmaster, but it seems that not all of them are going to fans.

Many parents would do anything to let their children watch One Direction live in concert, but thanks to the touts – it’s seemingly a never-ending struggle to get hold of tickets at reasonable prices.� Read the article in full at The Mirror.

On our 1D tour dates page we list all the forthcoming concert dates (as well as previous 1D tour dates here), and the only sites where you can get your hands on tickets for next years 1D tour are the secondary websites such as Viagogo and StubHub – but the prices are often too expensive for most.

Have you managed to get hold of any tickets this year?

Let us know about your struggles (or successes) by leaving a comment below.