A blog post by Richard Davies, founder of Twickets, for Music Business Worldwide: It would not be hyperbole to say that is has been a seismic couple of months for the secondary ticketing market. We have seen global corporations such as AXS , Eventim and TicketMaster perform a major volte face on their resale business models and […]
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A fantastic article by NME this week on the current state of the ticket resale market. There’s even a mention of what we’re doing here at Twickets in there too! Get reading: The war on secondary ticketing profiteers: who’s really winning?
#IAMWHOLE, an award-winning mental health campaign, presents Music 4 Mental Health – a charity gig with an incredible line-up. Music 4 Mental Health is partnering with and raising funds for the UK and Ireland’s leading youth and mental health charities; the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), The Mix and YMCA. The night will take place at London’s […]
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ticket Abuse, FanFair Alliance and Society of Ticket Agents & Retailers (STAR) have published an open letter to Google regarding Viagogo’s search advertising. The letter demands that Google, “one of the world’s most trusted brands”, stops promoting “one of the least trusted”. Viagogo are a valuable customer for Google, spending a considerable amount on paid […]
Shotgun being your official resale partner, George! We’re excited to say that we have partnered with George Ezra for his upcoming UK tours (November 2018 and March 2019). That means you can buy and sell any spare tickets without being ripped off as tickets can be listed at no more than face value! George announced […]
Ticketmaster announced this week that they will be closing down Get Me In! and Seatwave in a move towards a fair value fan-to-fan marketplace. At Twickets, we welcome Ticketmaster’s decision to close down their two resale sites. It is encouraging to see the biggest ticketing company in the world taking such a significant step in […]
New year, new tour to get tickets for! We’re nearly through the bleakest month of the year and it’s now time to think about all of the good to come. 2018 is looking very promising for live music so we’ve put together a list of ten highly anticipated tours that have already been announced for this […]
We’ve partnered with Gary Barlow for his sold out 2018 UK tour and we’re very excited about it! Gary announced the partnership on Twitter, stating the following: “I’m pleased to announce that I’ve teamed up with Twickets to make sure fans can buy or sell tickets for the tour in a safe and fair way.” Head […]
Big news! Foo Fighters are set to return to the UK in June 2018 to play at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium before two huge shows at London Stadium. Tickets went on sale on the 20th October and sold out within minutes. Many fans were left feeling angry after missing out and then finding tickets being sold […]
The Streets are set to play seven UK gigs in April 2018 as part of their “The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light” tour. The tour has been highly anticipated since The Streets last toured in 2011 and tickets sold out instantly on Friday with hundreds becoming available for way over face value on […]