Warning issued over tickets to fake gigs in Ireland

Aiken Promotions are fighting back against fraudulent activity and warning customers not to be sold tickets to fake gigs.

Tickets to non-existent gigs are being sold to Irish customers by secondary ticketing websites, Aiken Promotions have warned. Citing the example of a Grant Lee Phillips gig in Whelans that's advertised by Viagogo, yet that has never been scheduled to take place, Aiken are warning Irish people to be extra careful when buying tickets from 'secondary ticket sellers'. Here is the Aiken Promotions warning in full:

• Please check that you are purchasing only from the official ticket seller – Ticketmaster
• Customers when searching online for show tickets should be aware that the first option from search engines is unlikely to be an official ticketing website.
• Tickets are offered on secondary sites at highly inflated prices.
• Secondary sites are advising people that shows are sold out when tickets are readily available through Ticketmaster.
• We are aware of secondary ticket seller Viagogo offering tickets to a non-existent show on their website. Tickets are being listed for sale on Viagogo for Grant Lee Phillips on 31 March 2018 at Whelans (as per the screenshot below). This show does not exist, there is no such date in place for Grant Lee Phillips at Whelans. Be vigilant.
• In recent months we have seen a growing number of disappointed fans arriving at shows who have purchased via Secondary ticketing sites being refused entry as their purchases were fraudulent, tickets were not valid for entry, or non-delivery of tickets. In most cases there were tickets available for sale at all times via Ticketmaster.

This is the screenshot alluded to in the Aiken release: