‘Sneaky’ fees add up to 25% to UK music ticket prices, says Which?

Consumer body calls for a crackdown on ‘bewildering’ range of extra charges at big ticketing sites

Live music fans are losing out because of an array of “sneaky” fees that can add up to 25% to the cost of concert and festival tickets, research from the consumer body Which? has found.

With booking open for big summer gigs, the lobby group has called for a crackdown on the “bewildering” range of extra charges that some of the UK’s biggest ticketing websites impose.