The war on fraudulent ticket sellers continues

Here's some good news, two of the largest ticket sellers in the UK have launched an initiative to help protects you from fraudulent ticket sellers. Livenation and Festival Republic will now send out tickets to buyers as soon as possible, instead of just a few weeks before the event, as previously was often the case. This helps to expose fraudulent sites who obviously have no genuine tickets to send out, blaming this on the ticket suppliers going bust or other such bollocks like that.

It's a fantastic idea really - I know personally it's always stressful waiting for tickets to arrive - I've even had situations where the tickets only arrived a few days before the event. This new move offers both peace of mind and represents a firm step forwards in the battle against the scum who seek to make money by abusing the trust of ordinary people. Astonishing figures show that £168 million is lost annually through ticket fraud. This is not a small scale issue, it's big money.

This is by no means the end of ticket fraud. Indeed, we may never see the end to the shady business. But this is most definitely a move in the right direction.