A TICKETING website appears to be onselling bogus Billy Connolly tickets, in a move which has baffled the star’s representatives. A spokeswoman for Connolly made it clear yesterday that tickets for Connolly’s Sydney Opera House show at 8pm on February 6 are completely sold-out, despite a website named Ticketbis suggesting otherwise. The site describes itself as “an online platform where anyone can securely buy or sell tickets for any type of events. The company works as intermediary.” Among a range of available tickets on the site it was onselling yesterday, some offers were promising ‘Organ’ and ‘Choir’ seats at Billy Connolly’s Opera House performance on sale from $450 to $490. The website declared to its customers: “Billy Connolly may well be one of the biggest things you’ll see this year! Hosted at the ever regal Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Billy Connolly has already gained favourable reviews from many critics. So waste not a second more, buy your Billy Connolly Sydney tickets now here at Ticketbis!” BILLY CONNOLLY ‘FEELS STRONGER THAN EVER’ But Connolly’s spokeswoman expressed concerns about the validity of the offer. “We have been alerted to this website selling Billy Connolly tickets to his sold-out shows at the Sydney Opera House,” Connolly’s spokeswoman said yesterday. “These seats are Choir and Organ seating for $455 plus — but these seats are not on sale and are behind Billy’s backdrop,” she said. She emphasised the only remaining seats for Connolly are now available at a much larger, separate show, scheduled for AllPhones Arena on February 21. The return of the much-loved comedian to Sydney has prompted plenty of excitement among his loyal Australian fans. The Scottish-born comedian has a long-running affection for Australia, having made his own hit documentary series here, let alone filming The Man Who Sued God in Sydney and returning for red carpet premieres, including Brave. But Connolly’s reps wanted to make certain some of his fans weren’t left disappointed or ripped-off by any bogus ticket offers for his scheduled Sydney Opera House performance. Ticketbis was contacted for comment. Sydney Confidential Section
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 19:46:30 +0000
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