31 h. ago The 15 best gigs in London in November 2025 that you can still get tickets for

The 15 best gigs in London in November 2025 that you can still get tickets for  Time Out

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62 h. ago A single match cost me thousands of dollars at 2026’s World Cup of the 1% | Leander Schaerlaeckens

With ticket sales phases under way and prices reaching eye-watering levels, my experience raised a crucial question: who is this World Cup for?For months, people in my life had been asking me when and where to get World Cup tickets. In the absence of any actionable information from Fifa before the first round of the pre-sale opened up, they hoped, I guess, that I had inside knowledge.In truth, I only knew that Fifa would be using the universally despised dynamic pricing model, and that the bid book for the 2026 World Cup had promised an average group stage ticket price of $305. Mind you, that was seven and a half years ago and an awful lot of inflation has happened since then. In the bid, Category 4 tickets for the group stage – the cheapest seats available – were priced at $21. (As we would soon learn, the actual price would start at $60, and category 4 tickets are almost non-existent.) Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Thorpe Park discount codes – save £30 on tickets in November 2025

Enjoy a fun-filled day out for less with these Thorpe Park promo codes

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6 d. ago Ryanair major ticket change as 3 key questions answered on November 2025 plan

The budget airline is making a big change to tickets at most airports

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9 d. ago Scottish Open Snooker 2025 Draw and Schedule: Who will be appearing, how to get tickets and is Ronnie O'Sullivan playing?

We now know the lineup for Scotland’s biggest snooker competition.

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1 week ago MCM Comic Con 2025: Tickets, getting there, things to do and everything you need to know

From live performances to a chance to meet the stars behind some of the biggest pop culture franchises, here’s what to get up to this weekend

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1 week ago UK government ‘deeply saddened’ as Maccabi Tel Aviv decline any Aston Villa tickets

Government claims game weaponised to stoke fear‘Wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount,’ club sayThe UK government has said it is “deeply saddened” by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s decision to decline any tickets offered to their fans for the Europa League match at Villa Park.The local safety advisory group opted last week to block visiting fans from attending the tie against Aston Villa on 6 November after a risk assessment by West Midlands police, a decision that drew criticism from politicians including the prime minister, Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Go bald or go home: LA cinema offers free Bugonia ticket to those willing to shave their heads

In homage to Emma Stone’s character in the new Yorgos Lanthimos film, who has her hair shaved off by conspiracy theorists, an LA cinema will have a barber in its foyerYorgos Lanthimos fans based in Los Angeles eager to see his latest film for free are in luck: a cinema is offering complimentary tickets to a special screening on Monday to anyone who is either already bald or is willing to have their head shaved in the foyer first.The initiative is in homage to Emma Stone’s character in the film, a high-powered pharmaceutical CEO kidnapped by conspiracy theorists (played by Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis) who believe she is an alien and shave her hair off. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tickets for London’s 2025 NYE fireworks show go on sale today

Tickets for London’s 2025 NYE fireworks show go on sale today  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago London NYE Fireworks Show 2025: How to get tickets today and new prices announced

London NYE Fireworks Show 2025: How to get tickets today and new prices announced  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago Who is on the Scottish Album of the Year 2025 shortlist? All 10 nominees, prize money, ceremony and ticket details

We’re a step closer to finding out who will be the 2025 winner of one of the biggest arts awards in Scotland.

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2 w. ago Tell us: have ticket prices affected your love of live music?

Amid rising, confusing prices and a cost of living crisis, we would like to hear your experiences of paying to see gigsSeeing live music is becoming increasingly expensive, thanks to the rise of dynamic ticket pricing and resale websites in addition to an ongoing cost of living crisis.With this in mind, we would like to hear about your experiences of paying to see live music. Have your gig-going habits changed due to rising prices? What’s the most you’ve spent on going to see an artist live? And was it worth it? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late

Dynamic pricing, crypto detritus and corporate doublespeak have made the task of buying 2026 World Cup tickets a grim case study in the monetization of emotionWhen the first tickets for the 2026 World Cup went on sale last week, millions of fans joined online queues only to discover what Gianni Infantino’s assurance that “the world will be welcome” really means. The cheapest face-value seat for next summer’s final, somewhere in the gods of New Jersey’s 82,500-seat MetLife Stadium where the players are specks and the football’s a rumor, comes at a cost of $2,030 (oxygen tank not included). Most upper-deck seats range from $2,790 to $4,210, according to customers who finally glimpsed the prices that had been closely guarded. The much-touted $60 tickets for group-stage games, propped up by Fifa as evidence of affordability, exist only as comically tiny green smudges on the edge of digital seating maps, little more than mirages of inclusivity.Fifa had kept the costs under wraps until th...

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3 w. ago New Year's Eve fireworks: Sadiq Khan hikes ticket prices for tourists, but freezes cost for Londoners

Residents will continue to pay £20 or £35, but visitors will be charged £40 or £55 - a rise of up to 14%

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3 w. ago The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirelyThe 21st century may be a time of human estrangement, but the pleasures of watching our favourite band or singer play live surely unite millions of us. There is something about the whole ritual that crystallises what popular music fundamentally is: a profoundly democratic artform that will always soundtrack the lives of just about everybody.But perhaps all that is on its way out. When it comes to big names, gig-going is becoming absurdly expensive. The ticket market is now both byzantine and hierarchical, often carving up audiences into no end of tiers. Thanks to the exploitative absurdity of “dynamic pricing” and resale websites, it also charges people much more than even the original face-value ticket prices. To track what’s going on in terms of average price rises can therefore be very difficult. But in the face of an ongoing cost...

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