Rolling Stones fans have expressed outrage after tickets for the band’s latest stadium tour have emerged on reselling websites for more than £1,000.
The tour begins on May 17 in Dublin’s Croke Park stadium before coming to the London Stadium on May 22.
Tickets for the much-anticipated tour are not due to go on sale until March 2, although some have already emerged on reselling websites such as Viagogo.
The Rolling Stones, pictured in 2016 have announced their first UK concerts since 2013 as part of their European stadium tour between May and June
Tickets for the concert do not go on public sale until March 2 according to the band
Fans posted screengrabs of some of the most outrageous price
Premium tickets for the May 22 concert which have a face value of £400 are currently on sale for £1,012.
Tickets with a £60 face value are available for £112 each.
Fans on social media have expressed outrage over the inflated charges.
Another ticket reseller was seeking £399 for a standing ticket, plus a further £52 in fees.
One fan wrote on Twitter: ‘Ticket prices for The Rolling Stones are pretty crazy, I’ll still pay it but when did it become acceptable for bands to charge £100 for a show? Becoming the norm for big acts these days, ridiculous.’
Another complained: ‘The Rolling Stones’ UK ticket prices & “fees” are fucking outrageous. Disgusting.’
‘I adore The Rolling Stones but £90+ for a ticket is ridiculous. Gig ticket prices are getting outrageous.’
The No Filter tour will be the first time The Stones have played in the UK since appearing at Glastonbury in 2013.
On Viagogo, tickets for The Pit area were retailing for £1,064
Speaking to Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2, Sir Mick Jagger he has to take extra precautions as all the concerts are outside stadium venues.
He said: ‘I hope it doesn’t rain, my betting is that it will somewhere along the line and so I’ve got some extra coats, rain coats made, so I’m quite used to that.
‘England will probably win the World Cup so, you know, two things happening at the same time, so it’s going to be wonderful.’
Sir Mick, 74, will be joined by guitarist Keith Richards, 74, guitarist and bassist Ronnie Wood, 70 and drummer Charlie Watts, 76.
They will perform two concerts in London in May and June, and will also take to the stage in Manchester, Edinburgh, and Cardiff.
There will also be shows in Berlin, Marseille, Stuttgart, Prague and Warsaw.
The band has promised that fans will be treated to hits like Paint It Black and Brown Sugar, but there will also be a few ‘unexpected tracks and randomly selected surprises from their formidable arsenal of songs’.
The Band will play in Dublin, London, Manchester and Edinburgh among other places
One Twitter use claimed she was upset as she was not going to be able to afford tickets
Sir Mick was talking to Evans from Chicago which he said was ‘cold and horrible’ weatherwise.
Asked what he was doing there, he said: ‘I can’t tell you. But here I am in the land of the blues. I’m just hanging out and checking a few blues acts and having fun.’
The Rolling Stones will wrap up the UK leg of their tour at Twickenham stadium on June 19.
MailOnline has contacted The Rolling Stones PR company responsible for ticketing for a comment.
Ticket controversy marred half centenary concerts in Hyde Park
The No Filter tour is the first time the Rolling Stones has played the UK since 2013 when they headlined at Glastonbury and had two gigs in London’s Hyde Park.
Fans at the time complained after they failed to get tickets through official sources and instead had to rely on touts and secondary resellers.
The band first played Hyde Park in 1969.
The Rolling Stones played two concerts in Hyde Park, London in July 2013
In 2013, tickets for the Hyde Park gigs sold out in only seven minutes. Although shortly afterwards, the £95 tickets were on sale by touts for £299.
Reselling concert tickets for more than face value is not against the law in Britain.
However, the Digital Economy Act has outlawed the use of automated ‘bots’ to buy hundreds of tickets at a time for popular events.
Matt Hancock, minister for the creative industries said: ‘We’re determined to make sure 2018 is the year we help real fans get the chance to see their favourite music and sports stars at a fair price.
‘We’ll be acting to stamp out the growing problem of touts misusing technology to scoop up vast numbers of tickets only to sell them on at rip-off prices.
‘Our work, together with improvements by industry, will help make the market more transparent and mean a great year for Britain’s thriving live events scene.’