Olivia Dean hits out at ticketing giants over “vile” ticket resale prices
The singer reacted after fans flagged inflated resale ticket prices for her Art of Loving tour.
Date published: 24th Nov 2025
Olivia Dean took to Instagram to criticise ticketing giants over the price of resale tickets on their platforms.
Tickets for Olivia Dean’s Art of Loving tour went on sale on Friday (21st November), before fans flagged inflated resale prices and long virtual queues while trying to buy tickets for the tour.
Dean first posted: “I’m sorry that there seems to be an issue with ticket re-selling and pricing. My team are currently looking into it. It is extremely frustrating as the last thing I want is for anyone to be scammed or overcharged for our show. Please be wary of buying tickets in the comment sections as it is most likely a scam.”
Later, Dean followed up with: “@ticketmaster, @livenation, @aegpresents You are providing a disgusting service. The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes.
“Live music should be affordable and accessible, and we need to find a new way of making that possible. BE BETTER.”
Ticketmaster responded to Dean on Instagram as well as X, via Pop Crave, a pop culture fan account that shared a screenshot of Dean’s post. Instagram stories automatically disappear after 24 hours.
Responding to Pop Crave on X, Ticketmaster said: "We support artists' ability to set the terms of how their tickets are sold and resold. We're capping resale prices for Olivia Dean's tour on our site at face value and hope other resale sites will follow.”
Fans weren’t pleased with the ticketing giant's response, one responding with “Wait, so you could just do that this whole time? Why not do it across the board?” and another with “That should be standard practice. Doing it only when you get called out loudly by the artist is not making you look better.”
Others said resale prices should be capped for all event tickets, with some pointing out that some fans will have already bought tickets to see Dean and other acts at inflated prices.
Dean’s comments come days after the UK government announced last week that it would ban the resale of event tickets for profit. Under the new law, it will be illegal to resell a ticket for live music, sports, comedy and theatre events above the original cost.
There will also be a cap implemented on the fees and service charges used by secondary ticket sites.
Upon the announcement of the new law, Live Nation and Stubhub shares dropped.
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