In the latest development in the Ed Sheeran concert ticket saga, a scalper on Carousell boasted about having in possession 24 tickets to flip online at inflated prices — these tickets were allegedly received from a Singapore Sports Hub employee who looted over 200 of ‘em.
A netizen shared a conversation she had with a Carousell user who’d been selling two Category 1 tickets for $1,100, despite the fact that they only go for $248 each on Sports Hub Tix. The posted screenshot of their exchange had the brazen scalper claiming that his friend at “sporthub management” looted 100 tickets for Sheeran’s Nov 11 show, and 120 tickets for the Nov 12 gig.
“Who will ban us?” the scalper challenged.
The Carousell account selling the flipped tickets have since been suspended, and Singapore Sports Hub are conducting investigations into the alleged stolen tickets.
“Appropriate action will be taken against any party found guilty of offence”, said Singapore Sports Hub senior director for Corporate Communications and Stakeholder Management.
“The Singapore Sports Hub categorically does not condone the sale of tickets for shows held at any of our venues other than through official channels,” he said.
Whether or not the claims are true, it’s doing nothing to quell the rising discord by legit fans who’re left out of options to catch the ginger crooner play live this November. Despite the management telling folks not to buy resale tickets, they’ll continue to do so (even at blown up prices) because that’s the only option they have left. Even if Guardian described Sheeran’s latest record as “one that reeks of nostalgia and comfort, campfires, scented candles, spilt pints of Guinness and, for those not enthralled by his algorithmic songcraft, the sharp stench of a salesman’s cheap cologne.”
