Tout offers £1m of U2 tickets on StubHub, raising questions about ‘bot’ clampdown
Summary
A seller listed more than 2,000 tickets for U2’s sold-out 2027 London shows on StubHub, including over 1,800 for one night. The listings renewed scrutiny of ticket touting and possible use of bots or speculative selling, as the UK government prepares legislation to ban resale for profit.Key Facts
- U2’s four London shows at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium sold out shortly after tickets went on sale.
- StubHub listings showed 7,819 U2 tickets offered for resale in a snapshot taken that week.
- More than 2,000 listed tickets were attributed to seller Vladyslav Skrypka, who said he was based in Harlow, Essex.
- Skrypka listed more than 1,800 tickets for one show, with some priced at more than four times face value.
- FanFair Alliance’s Adam Webb said the volume could indicate bot use or speculative selling, in which a seller agrees to sell tickets before securing them.
- StubHub said it prohibits bots and speculative selling and requires sellers to confirm they own or have rights to listed tickets.
- Ticketmaster said it blocks 20 billion bots a month and argued that resale sites create an incentive for bot use.
- The UK government plans to publish a bill banning ticket resale for profit during the current parliamentary session.
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