Radiohead condemn “exploitative ticket touts” selling tickets at inflated prices
Ahead of tickets going on sale for the upcoming Radiohead arena tour, the band have condemned “exploitative ticket touts” for charging inflated inflated prices to their shows.
For their forthcoming tour, which will see Radiohead play four dates in Bologna, Madrid, London, Copenhagen and Berlin, fans had to register before 10pm on September 7th in order to gain access to tickets.
This method was implemented in order to stop touting, with fans gaining access to an unlock code that allowed them the opportunity to try to buy tickets. Additionally, fans are only able to purchase a maximum of four tickets for one of the dates only, which Radiohead hope will allow as many people as possible to attend.
They also allocatde a greater share of tickets to those living nearer the venue of each show. Their website states, “Our aim is to distribute tickets according to demand in a fair and geographically convenient way.”
Now, the band’s manager, Julie Calland, has reiterated their stance, saying (via The Guardian), “Radiohead have always strived to protect their audience from exploitative ticket touts which, in the absence of robust government legislation, becomes increasingly challenging.”
Calland continued: “Fans will be encouraged to stay away from secondary sites and we will work alongside venues, promoters and organisations like FanFair Alliance and FEAT [Face-value European Alliance for Ticketing], to shut down unauthorised sales at inflated prices – tickets that for the most part, don’t actually exist.”
Although Calland admits that the registration method is “not a perfect science”, she stressed that “it is an attempt to deliver tickets as fairly as possible directly to fans at the prices the band intended”.
Tickets are currently listed for the tour on Viagogo, as of writing, including two tickets for a Bologna show, which are priced at £657 each. Radiohead are charging €100 for tickets to their Bologna concerts, which is significantly less than the price on Viagogo.
For the tour, Radiohead have kept prices relatively affordable. It will cost €97 for the Madrid dates, £85 for London, 775 DKK for Copenhagen and €110 in Berlin.
As it stands, these will be Radiohead’s only shows for the foreseeable future. The band’s Philip Selway said: “Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the hell of it. After a seven year pause, it felt really good to play the songs again and reconnect with a musical identity that has become lodged deep inside all five of us.”
He continued: “It also made us want to play some shows together, so we hope you can make it to one of the upcoming dates. For now, it will just be these ones but who knows where this will all lead.”
Radiohead UK and Europe tour 2025:
November
- 04 – Movistar Arena, Madrid
- 05 – Movistar Arena, Madrid
- 07 – Movistar Arena, Madrid
- 08 – Movistar Arena, Madrid
- 14 – Unipol Arena, Bologna
- 15 – Unipol Arena, Bologna
- 17 – Unipol Arena, Bologna
- 18 – Unipol Arena, Bologna
- 21 – The O2, London
- 22 – The O2, London
- 24 – The O2, London
- 25 – The O2, London
December
- 01 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen
- 02 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen
- 04 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen
- 05 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen
- 08 – Uber Arena, Berlin
- 09 – Uber Arena, Berlin
- 11 – Uber Arena, Berlin
- 12 – Uber Arena, Berlin
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