Ticket fees: UK gig-goers fight back against new wave of charges

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Source: theguardian.com
Ticket fees: UK gig-goers fight back against new wave of charges

Fed-up fans are questioning additional ‘restoration’ costs for new stadiums as well as a lack of transparency

Gig-goers who bought tickets for Gorillaz at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June next year have been refunded some of their booking fee by the ticket seller Gigantic after the Guardian queried the pricing.

A reader contacted us asking why he had been charged a £1 “restoration fee” for a concert at the £850m stadium in north London. The Gigantic website also listed the same fee for the recently built Co-op Live arena in Manchester.

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