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Reading And Leeds Festival bosses warn against fake ticket sites

Sham sites have are claiming to be selling tickets

January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

Reading And Leeds Festivals organisers have issued a statement confirming that no tickets for the 2009 events are available after becoming aware of bogus ticket-selling websites claimed to be offering them.

Two websites had been selling what they claimed to be tickets to the bash – but festival chiefs said the sites had "no access" to tickets, which are not on sale anywhere yet.

The statement read: "Festival Republic, promoters of the , wish to make it clear that no tickets are currently available for this year’s festival following the appearance of websites claiming to be selling tickets for this year’s event.

"The sites [claiming to sell tickets] are not official and have no access to tickets for this year's event. Line-up and ticketing details for the event will be announced in due course and Festival Republic advice is, as ever, to only purchase tickets via official links."

Official tickets to the festivals will be available through NME.COM later in the year.

The festivals are set to take place over the weekend of August 28-30.

Reading/Leeds Festival tickets:

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jeepcat

Jan 13, 2009

what do you mean the site www.leeds-reading-festival-2009-buy.piczo.com/get_tickets_before_anyone_else_at_inflated_prices is fake?!

MartynDavenport

Jan 14, 2009

absolutely no tickets are available anywhere yet? How come I have mine then? The following year's are on sale from the official site for a few weeks immediately after the festival. What's to say some touty people didn't snap up a few hundred of those?