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Japan gig ticket touts slammed by promoters
Published Wednesday, Mar 30 2011, 17:50 BST | By Mayer Nissim | Add comment
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Primal Scream, Beady Eye, Blur's Graham Coxon, Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller and The Coral have been confirmed for the show on April 3 at London's Brixton Academy.
All proceeds from officially-purchased tickets are being donated to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.
According to BBC Newsbeat, a statement from SJM read: "We strongly disapprove of profiteering from the misery and suffering of the people in Japan.
"It is very disappointing that one secondary reseller and eBay continue to offer these charity fundraiser tickets."
They called the touting of tickets "highly distasteful" and added that they had asked resellers to "delist the event".
Rival promoter Live Nation is rumoured to be in talks with Sony and Universal to arrange a second London gig to help the victims of the tsunami.
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