Olivia Dean has spoken out against Live Nation, Ticketmaster and AEG over tickets being resold at inflated prices for shows on her upcoming tour.
The singer, whose single “Man I Need” just cracked the top five on the Billboard Hot 100, took to Instagram to express her grievances with the ticketing industry and the lack of regulation on the secondary market after tickets for her tour went on sale this morning.
“I’m sorry that there seems to be an issue with ticket re-selling and pricing,” she wrote. “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.
She continued, “@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.”
Just last week, the British singer announced her “Art of Loving Live” 2026 tour. General tickets went on sale this morning, with fans on social media reporting they were waiting behind tens of thousands of others in digital queues. Some stated that verified tickets were being resold for hundreds of dollars above the initial asking price.
Ticketmaster acknowledged Dean’s comments by reposting her message to its own Instagram account and added, “We support artists’ ability to set the terms of how their tickets are sold and resold. @oliviadeano, we will cap resale prices on our site at face value and hope other resale sites will follow.” Resale tickets for her tour appear to have been taken down across all sites.
When contacted about Dean’s comments, a Ticketmaster representative referred Variety to its social media post. A source close to AEG noted to Variety that it only ticketed one venue on the tour — Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena — and turned off resale shortly after noticing inflated tickets.
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