Do Touts Even Have A Heart?

Do touts even have a heart? After the devastating attack in Manchester in which a suicide bomber killed 22 people and targeted American pop singer's - Ariana Grande's concert last week on the 23rd of May 2017, she bravely decided to do a charity gig back in Manchester in honour of those people and families affected. Tickets were being held back for those who went to the original gig, and the rest of the tickets cost as little as £40 each for people who wanted to attend the charity event. All proceeds go towards the families and people who have been affected by the attack.

However, touts have, and still are, pretending to be people who attended the gig in order to claim their 'free ticket' and re-sell them for an extortionate price. Alongside Ariana - Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Pharell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Usher, Katy Perry, Niall Horan, Take That, Robbie Williams, Black Eyed Peas and Little Mix will also be playing at the televised charity gig. All of these acts are worth more than £40 to see live, but due to it being a charity gig the prices have been kept at an affordable rate as it isn't about profit it is about being able to give back something to those families who are never going to get their child, friend or family member back. Clearly 'opportunists' have taken advantage of the low price tickets, and unfortunately they are re-selling them for as much as £300 a ticket on Ebay - disgusting.

According to The Telegraph, in a statement, Ticketmaster said: “We have set aside tickets for the 14,200 people who were at the Ariana Grande concert to attend 'One Love Manchester' for free. More than 25,000 people applied for them."

In what world does anyone think that profiting off a charity event is ok? If that was your child, friend or family member who was amongst the 22 people that died at the horrendous event would you be wanting people to make a profit off it? No. It is damn right disrespectful, crude, despicable and shameless that anybody in the right mind would do this. Imagine pretending to be a victim who attended a gig in which a terror attack took place, just to get a free ticket and sell them off for a profit.

I am ashamed and distraught at what this world has turned into.