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Tout offers £1m of U2 tickets on StubHub, raising questions about ‘bot’ clampdown

National Trade News capital-markets note (2026-11-14): Artists and industry figures call for culture secretary to ‘shut down the touts’ by outlawing resale for profit One tout is advertising £1m of tickets for… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

· The Guardian

Tout offers £1m of U2 tickets on StubHub, raising questions about ‘bot’ clampdown

Artists and industry figures call for culture secretary to ‘shut down the touts’ by outlawing resale for profit

One tout is advertising £1m of tickets for U2’s long-awaited 2027 tour through StubHub, raising questions about the website’s condemnation of professional ticket traders who use “bot” software to scoop up tickets and exploit genuine fans.

Seats for the four-night London leg of the Irish band’s The Greatest Show on Earth tour sold out last week, shortly after going on sale.

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