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Kanye West is playing the Manchester Apollo. The pressure's on – you've got to get your hands on a ticket.

You hammer the phone, you search the internet – but no matter how hard you try, the concert's sold out in minutes. Sound familiar?

1Xtra's Jenna G meets the ticket touts - from the dodgy geezers outside venues, to a new breed making easy money from their bedrooms. Who are they? How do they operate? And what's being done about them?

Would you ever buy from a ticket tout? Have you had a good or bad experience? What would you like seen done about them? Do you think they provide a useful service?

G
Yeah, yeah. But you would be the first to buy a ticket from 1 if you woz desperate.

Muzza
I'm sick of turning up to gigs and having to fight off the touts. Get rid of them. Peace.