Hello from the OUT-side! Adele fans who bought tickets from unauthorised online sellers will be turned away - after more than 50 people were rejected from a UB40 gig

  • Promoters urge punters to avoid unauthorised websites to buy concert tickets  
  • More than 50 people with 'fake' tickets were denied entry to UB40 concert 
  • Adele fans advised to check their tickets for the singer's upcoming Australia tour
  • Sites like Viagogo or Gumtree have no authorised links to ticketing companies

By Sinead Maclaughlin For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:35 EST, 18 January 2017 | Updated: 22:53 EST, 18 January 2017

More than 50 people were denied entry to a UB40 concert after being sold 'fake' tickets from unauthorised sellers.

Now Adele fans are being urged to check their own tickets for the singer's upcoming Australia tour, as the much sought after tickets are snatched up.

Promoters are cracking down on ticket selling sites like Viagogo or Gumtree, that have no authorised links to ticketing companies, potentially leaving music fans out of pocket and with fraudulent tickets.

One concert-goer shows off their Adele ticket at an Italian performance. Fans are urged to check their tickets for the singer's upcoming Australia tour as 'fakes' are being sold from unauthorised sellers

'Someone used six stolen credit cards and bought a whole lot of UB40 tickets from Oztix, then sold them to Viagogo and other places who sold them on,' music promoter Michael Chugg told the Courier Mail.

'Innocent people bought these fraudulent tickets, we had 50 odd people turn up to see UB40 with these tickets and we had to turn them away.' 

Mr Chugg said he and his company have no choice but to turn away concert-goers who have bought fake tickets in order to discourage people from buying from unauthorised sellers.

He recalled an incident involving a woman who paid $900 for tickets to see Adele, before being slammed with another $900 charge in booking fees.

‘They couldn’t even tell her where the seats were and they wouldn’t let her cancel.’ 

Chugg says the Government needs to step in and introduce legislation to protect punters and also urges concert-goers to avoid unauthorised reselling sites.

Music promoter Michael Chugg says his company have no choice but to turn away concert-goers who have bought fake tickets from unauthorised sites like Viagogo (pictured) or Gumtree

More than 50 people fans were denied entry to a UB40 concert after being sold 'fake' tickets via unauthorised sellers

Chugg recalled an incident involving a woman who paid $900 for tickets to see Adele, before being slammed with another $900 charge in booking fees

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