Fans Left Fuming As Scalpers List Crowded House Tickets For Insane Prices

Crowded House fans have lashed out on the band’s social media as tickets to their sold out Sydney Opera House shows begin appearing at exorbitant prices on resale websites.

The music icons are set to play three ‘Encore’ gigs at the venue late November, with all dates selling out instantly before appearing on resale vendors such as Ticketmaster, listed as high as $1,533 – when you consider they were sold from $127 to start with, that’s an insane mark-up.

“Glad to know the true fans are being looked after. Everything about this entire release could have been handled better,” one fan said on the band’s Facebook.

A post on the official Crowded House Facebook page stated: “That's the resale section, which we're not happy about either but have no control over, sorry.

“Please be assured that only a small percentage of tickets were bought by scalpers. Fewer than at most concert sales.”

Hungry Kids Of Hungary/Rolls Bayce’s Dean McGrath called out Ticketmaster's resale site on the Crowded House Facebook.

“I've seen a comment from you stating you don't have any control over Resale prices for your upcoming shows. Incidentally that's the same line Ticketmaster have been using all day. What is in your control though is who you work with, surely,” McGrath said.

To which a post on the Crowded House Facebook page retaliated saying they “aren't in a position to change the practices of a big American company”.

“I am in no way defending the practice, but the problem here was demand vs supply. Scalpers got hold of remarkably few tickets,” they said.

Considering there “were over 100,000 in 1996” during the band's farewell show, it’s not surprising the 5,000 seats at Sydney Opera House were quickly filled.

The Music has reached out to Ticketmaster for comment.