Ticketmaster Sued Over Touting Tickets

Ticketmaster have been slapped with a C$500m lawsuit after it was accused of touting tickets for a concert in Ontario.

According to Billboard.biz Henry Krajewski, a resident of Toronto, is suing the ticket giant after their official site directed him to their ticket reseller site, TicketsNow, where he purchased two tickets to a Smashing Pumpkins concert at a price well above their face value. Two tickets with a face value of C$66.50 cost him a total of C$533.65. In three provinces of Canada,

Ontario included, reselling tickets above face value is illegal and the lawsuit filed says that Krajewski is claiming damages based on Ticketmaster's expected revenue during the time it will likely take the case to makes its way through the courts.

It is the second time in a week that Ticketmaster has landed in hot-water over directing customers to their reselling agent, TicketsNow. Last week the Bruce Springsteen camp wrote an angry letter to Ticketmaster and forced them to stop the practice when dealing with his concerts.

Ticketmaster are yet to respond to the new lawsuit.