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Fake Ticket Warning as U2 Fans Told: "Stay Clear of Touts"
By Allison Bray
U2 fans hoping to snap up tickets for their sold-out gigs at Croke Park this summer were warned last night not to buy tickets on the internet that could be fakes.
Ticketmaster, the official ticket agent for the two upcoming Dublin dates, said all 160,000 tickets sold out in 50 minutes when they went on sale on Friday.
Touts purporting to sell tickets for the shows on eBay or other internet sites could be trying to pass off counterfeits, said Eamonn O'Connor, Ticketmaster's managing director.
"We always advise our customers that they should buy only from official Ticketmaster outlets, as this is their only guarantee of authenticity," he warned.
"That warning applies even more so in this case because of the phenomenal demand for U2," he said.
"If you buy on eBay the tickets may or may not be genuine. If they are counterfeit, people could spend a lot of money only to be turned away at the gates of Croke Park on the day."
He warned that U2 tickets being sold through newspaper and magazines could also be bogus.
"There are no tickets left for the two shows so you have to question where these tickets are coming from and if they are the real thing." he said.
--Belfast Telegraph
By Allison Bray
U2 fans hoping to snap up tickets for their sold-out gigs at Croke Park this summer were warned last night not to buy tickets on the internet that could be fakes.
Ticketmaster, the official ticket agent for the two upcoming Dublin dates, said all 160,000 tickets sold out in 50 minutes when they went on sale on Friday.
Touts purporting to sell tickets for the shows on eBay or other internet sites could be trying to pass off counterfeits, said Eamonn O'Connor, Ticketmaster's managing director.
"We always advise our customers that they should buy only from official Ticketmaster outlets, as this is their only guarantee of authenticity," he warned.
"That warning applies even more so in this case because of the phenomenal demand for U2," he said.
"If you buy on eBay the tickets may or may not be genuine. If they are counterfeit, people could spend a lot of money only to be turned away at the gates of Croke Park on the day."
He warned that U2 tickets being sold through newspaper and magazines could also be bogus.
"There are no tickets left for the two shows so you have to question where these tickets are coming from and if they are the real thing." he said.
--Belfast Telegraph
