According to International Business Times, METALLICA fans have expressed outrage after tickets to the band’s European tour sold out within minutes, only to quickly appear on various ticket reselling web sites at much higher prices.
Tickets for the European leg of METALLICA’s “WorldWired” tour went on sale Friday morning (March 24) and were quickly snapped up by fans eager to see the band play its first headline shows in support of the group’s latest album, “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”.
METALLICA’s October 22 show at London’s O2 Arena is nearly sold out but a few of the remaining tickets are going for around £200 (approximately $249) — a significant bump from their original price range of £50-£85. There have also been reports on social media of tickets to other shows being made available for as much as £2,000.
Reselling sites such as Viagogo, GetMeIn and StubHub regularly have hundreds of tickets available a few minutes after a gig has sold out, sometimes at over 200% their original price.
