Radiohead hoping to keep 3Arena tickets off secondary sites

Radiohead will be doing their best to ensure that tickets for their Dublin 3Arena show on June 20, 2017 end up in fans' hands when they go on sale on Friday November 4 at 9am.
They've imposed a strict four per person limit with the the added provisos that: "Please note the name of the lead attendee will be printed on each ticket. The name cannot be changed once the booking has been made.
"If you are booking more than one ticket your guests must arrive at the concert at the same time as you. Failure to do so will result in the guests being turned away.
"The lead attendee will be asked to present photo ID to gain entry into the venue. Failure to adhere to the terms and conditions may result in the customer's order being cancelled. There are no exceptions to this rule."
The band were dismayed in March when, having sold-out in 20 minutes, tickets for their three night residency in the London Roundhouse immediately started appearing on secondary sites for up to £3,900 a pop.
"I'm as fucked off as you are," tweeted Thom Yorke when deluged with complaints from fans who'd missed out only to see thousands of tickets being offered for high-profile resale.
Radiohead aren't the only major act annoyed at the current situation with the Arctic Monkeys, One Direction, Mumford & Sons, PJ Harvey, Royal Blood, Travis, Little Mix, Nick Cave and Cheryl management teams signing up to the new FanFair Alliance initiative.
"The black market in ticket resales is now widely recognised to have reached an industrial-scale, with touts operating anonymously and with impunity on under-regulated secondary ticketing sites – systematically ripping off fans, breaching a range of UK legislation and diverting revenues from the creative economy," reads the FFA mission statement. "It is estimated that secondary ticketing in the UK (based on resales from four platforms: Viagogo, StubHub, GetMeIn and Seatwave) is worth more than £1bn per year.
"We believe a coordinated and pragmatic approach between Government, creative businesses, entrepreneurs and consumers can make major inroads to curbing industrial-scale touting in the secondary ticketing market.
"Having signed the FanFair Alliance Declaration against online ticket touts, our supporters are committed to supporting fair and ethical ticketing practices as well as pro-consumer legislation and technologies.
"FanFair aims to develop a number of pan-industry initiatives over the coming year, including an educational guide for music businesses, and also to inform and involve fans on how they can tackle ticket touting online."