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SCAM ARTISTS ARE taking advantage of people desperately looking for tickets for Electric Picnic, which has sold out this year for the first time since 2008.
Promoters of the festival have warned that there is a “huge amount” of very convincing forgeries being offered on websites and across social media since it was announced five days ago that it is a sell-out.
Promoters urged punters to be careful about buying tickets online. “We urge people not to take any chances by purchasing tickets being offered for sale on these sites,” promoters said this evening.
“Make no mistake the fake tickets will be detected on arrival at the festival and the holders will not be let into the festival grounds.”
The promoters reiterated that no more tickets will be released in advance of this weekend’s festival in Laois.
Some 35,000 tickets have been sold for the tenth anniversary Electric Picnic which is headlined by David Byrne, Bjork, Robert Plant, My Bloody Valentine and Wu-Tang Clan.
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There is huge amount of fake everything these days
Worst are the Fake Boobs. Or the best?
Electric shitnic
Fake boobs will get you somewhere.
Fake tickets won’t ;)
Be careful if buying a printed ticket… ticketmaster allow you to print off your tickets 3 times so your ticket could be one of those 3… who ever gets there first from the three goes through… or it could just be a photo copy… disaster if you got a lift down with ur mates and were the only one not going through…
Concert goers are also being urged to report fake orgasms to the promoters so that the perpetrators can be escorted from the site
NO! There is not a huge AMOUNT. There is a huge NUMBER! Jeez!
Nee naw nee naw nee naw.it’s the grammar police
Oh wait sorry yeah I think your’are right
Be wide of scobes raiding your tents – happened a lot at body n soul this year. Wouldn’t happen as much if they paid a little extra for more security with the fortune they’re making.
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