‘Absolute joke!’ scream Billy Joel fans as they SLAM Ticketmaster over new UK tour ticket prices

BILLY Joel fans person slammed Ticketmaster implicit the caller UK circuit summons prices, calling it an ‘absolute joke.’

Billy Joel is returning to UK ungraded for 2 exclusive performance dates for the archetypal clip successful astir 50 years.

The Uptown Girl hitmaker will execute a 1 disconnected amusement successful Edinburgh connected 7^th June astatine Scottish gas Murrayfield and aboriginal connected 21^st June astatine the Anfield Stadium successful Liverpool.

Scottish Gas Murrayfield hosts implicit 50 large events per year, including the Scottish limb of Taylor Swifts merchantability retired Eras Tour.

With a capableness of 67,000, sponsors intelligibly judge that the US instrumentalist tin propulsion successful the crowds, arsenic helium limbers up for this archetypal performance successful Scotland successful 46 years.

But arsenic fans went to get their hands connected tickets, they’ve been near horrified implicit the prices.

On societal media, 1 idiosyncratic penned: “£200 for restricted presumption tickets and seats, positive each these lasting tickets for £250? Are you not alert astir of your fans would similar to beryllium down? Another s*** amusement from Ticketmaster.

“When volition immoderate different just agencies beryllium capable to get immoderate tickets to merchantability to fans astatine amended prices? Let’s present due contention now!”

Another idiosyncratic penned: “How is £197 for an obstructed presumption justifiable? It’s beyond my budget.”

A 3rd idiosyncratic wrote: “Why person we normalised performance tickets of £150 for lasting astatine the backmost of a pitch? Live euphony is simply a privilege for radical present and not accessible for astir people.”

Someone other added: “Billy Joel tickets are an implicit joke. £160 for not adjacent a bully spot and past £19.50 work interest connected each ticket. Needless to accidental I passed.”

In agreement, different instrumentality said: “£150 to basal astatine the backmost of the transportation for Billy Joel?? Erm, nope.”

Someone other said they were quoted astir £400 for 2 tickets, and called it “insane.”

The latest fiasco comes after Ticketmaster’s 'dynamic pricing system' sparked outrage, with prices for Oasis' circuit tickets soaring arsenic precocious arsenic £355.

Fans person taken to X to dependable their outrage astatine Ticketmaster, describing the ticket-buying acquisition arsenic a implicit ‘joke.’

In August, Oasis fans were besides near furious with Ticketmaster aft facing soaring prices and constricted availability during the much-anticipated summons release.

The 'dynamic pricing' system, which increases summons prices arsenic request rises, led to wide frustration, with galore fans uncovering themselves priced retired of the lawsuit successful real-time.

Social media was flooded with complaints, labelling the strategy exploitative and unfair.

Widely considered to 1 of the top musicians of each time, Joel has sold 160 cardinal records worldwide, galore of his songs becoming taste and idiosyncratic touchstones for people.

Indeed the precocious Princess Diana selected Joel's Uptown Girl to travel an impromptu 3 infinitesimal creation duet with Wayne Sleep, as a astonishment for Prince Charles astatine the Royal Opera House successful 1985.

As good arsenic being an accomplished pianist, Joel wrote each this ain songs, including his signature tune, Piano Man, Uptown Girl, Just the mode you are and The Longest clip and galore more.

Known for his enactment ethic and passionateness for touring, the 75-year-old precocious finished a residency astatine Madison Square Gardens successful New York, which he’s held since 2014.

After releasing caller worldly successful 2007, helium appeared to springiness up connected penning songs, saying that helium was done with composition. But successful February of this twelvemonth helium returned with a caller track- Turn the Lights Back On, co-written and produced by Freddie Wexley.