Britney Spears tickets for Pride being resold for £245 after website meltdown causes fan fury
Brighton Pride is releasing an extra wave of tickets today at "lunchtime" via Ticketmaster - but you'll have to fork out extra for them. Ticketmaster will be selling standard ones for £30, £35 or £37.50
TICKETS to Britney Spears a concert at Brighton Pride are already selling for £245 on re-seller websites - NINE times their original value.
Britney fans were left fuming yesterday after the website crashed leaving them without a ticket.
To add insult to injury, the tickets that originally cost £27.50 are already selling on secondary ticketing site Stubhub for up to £245.
Viagogo is also still selling them for £135 each. The Sun Online checked GetMeIn and Seatwave but they didn't seem to be listing them.
The pop princess is bringing her Las Vegas Piece of Me residency tour to the UK and is headlining the Saturday night of the three day festival in August.
Brighton Pride is one of the biggest celebrations of the LGTB+ community but this year it's attracted overwhelming Britney fans too thanks to the headline act.
The second wave of tickets was sold through the Bright Pride website at 8am yesterday but it crashed after it struggled with the volume of people trying to get their hands on tickets.
Brighton Pride is releasing a third wave of tickets through Ticketmaster at "lunchtime" today to cope with demand - and they're more expensive too.
Today, the tickets will cost £30, £35 or £37.50 - up to £10 more through Ticketmaster.
Ticketmaster, who also owns reselling sites GetMeIn and Seatwave, have been slammed before by fans after tickets have been snapped up by touts who then flog them on for inflated prices.
Yesterday, people were left fuming after they were greeted with an "Error 404" message when they tried to get tickets from the Brighton Pride website.
Some fans tried for up to five hours to get their tickets but were instead leave empty handed.
Regular Pride revellers were also gutted because they couldn't get tickets to the annual festival, which is primarily to celebrate the LGBT+ community.
They blamed fans for treating the festival as a Britney concert instead, whilst some returning festival goers have given up hope of going this year.
Brighton Pride is a three day event and tickets for the Friday and Sunday will be available to buy on their website but exactly when is yet to be announced.
Viagogo told the Sun Online that it's a "platform for third party sellers to sell tickets" but it didn't tell us what or if they are doing anything to stop touts ripping off fans.
The Sun Online has also contacted Stubhub, Brighton Pride and Ticketmaster for comment and will update this article when they get back to us.
Latest on tickets and touts
Britney is bringing her Las Vegas residency on a worldwide tour, including dates in Scarborough, Manchester, Dublin, Glasgow and London.
It’s been SEVEN years since the Baby One More Time singer toured Britain, so it’s safe to say that fans are more than a little bit excited at the prospect of her returning.
Her Piece of Me tour will cover all of her greatest hits and tickets are selling fast.
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