Touts

I've just been browsing on eBay and out of the 360 items for sale that come up in a search for "Maximo Park" a total of 273 are for tickets to see the band. Why do people buy tickets simply to sell them on eBay, denying them to fans? Money of course. The tickets only went on sale last week and sold out really quickly (as ever). It's good for the band, I suppose, that touts think they're bankable but it's not as if they get the money from inflated ticket sales. Part of me would love no-one to buy the tickets so the touts are out-of-pocket, but I wouldn't want the lads to play to half-full audiences, that wouldn't be right at all.

I'm looking forward to seeing them later in February and again in May.