Taylor Swift tickets listed for over $2000 on Viagogo - SBS News

Key Points

• VIP packages for Taylor Swift's Australian shows went on sale through a presale event on Monday.
• Just hours later, tickets were listed on reselling site Viagogo for over $2,000.
• NSW and Victoria both have laws against ticket reselling designed to protect consumers.

Presale tickets for Taylor Swift's Australian performances went on sale on Monday. But just hours after they became available, tickets were listed on reselling website Viagogo for more than $2,000 each.

US singer-songwriter Swift will be performing in Sydney and Melbourne in February 2024 as part of her Eras Tour, with general admission tickets ranging in price from $79.90 to $379.90.

VIP packages range from $349.90 to $1,249.90.

While tickets for the general public will go on sale later this week, presale VIP packages became available through the American Express presale on Monday morning.

Making a 'Swift' buck

Shortly after the sale, tickets became available on the Viagogo website and were priced at $2,329 at the time of writing.

The presale officially started at 10am, but the American Express website reportedly began experiencing outages from 9.30am.

By Monday afternoon, presale tickets for both Sydney and Melbourne shows had sold out.

Tickets will next be available through the Frontier presale on Wednesday 28 June from 10am for Sydney and 12pm for Melbourne.

The Eras Tour will mark Swift's first performance in Australia since her Reputation Stadium Tour in 2018.

Is it legal to resell tickets?

In NSW, it's illegal to resell event tickets for profit.

Laws targeting ticket scalping were introduced in 2018, making it an offence to resell a ticket for more than the original retail price, plus transaction costs up to a maximum 10 per cent of the original ticket price.

In Victoria, under the Major Events Act 2009, it's an offence to resell or advertise any event ticket for more than 10 per cent above its face value.

Tickets for Taylor Swift's Sydney shows are for sale on Viagogo for over $2,000. Source: SBS News / Jessica Bahr

Cultural events, including theatre events, concerts, gallery exhibitions and festivals, can be declared ticketing events under the amended legislation.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recommends buying tickets from an authorised ticket seller.

Is it safe to buy tickets on Viagogo?

Viagogo has come under fire in the past over its practices.

In 2019, the Australian Federal Court found on a number of counts relating to misleading consumers.

In 2017, the ACCC took the ticket reseller to Federal Court over allegations that it breached Australian Consumer Law when reselling recreational event tickets from 1 May 2017 to 26 June 2017.

In January 2018, it was that a quarter of tickets for the Australian Open sold on Viagogo were invalid.

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