On November 21, 2025, Olivia Dean, the fast-rising UK singer-songwriter, turned viral outrage into industry reckoning. Her North American tour tickets went on general sale that morning. Within hours, seats originally priced around $60 were snapped up and relisted for $900 on Ticketmaster and resale platforms.

Dean took action swiftly and decisively, posting on Instagram and directly naming Ticketmaster, Live Nation, and AEG for enabling these inflated resale prices. She called their service “disgusting” and “completely against our wishes,” pushing for live music to remain accessible. Her intervention forced Ticketmaster to cap reselling at face value, posting on X “We support artists' ability to set the terms of how their tickets are sold and resold. We're capping resale prices for Olivia Dean's tour on our site at face value and hope other resale sites will follow.” on the same platform they responded to one of the fans saying that the price was ‘a typo’.

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