Jake Bugg has said it is shocking that fans are being priced out of buying concert tickets. 

Whether due to eye-watering ticket prices or dynamic pricing - which sees ticket prices go up  the higher the demand - the Lightning Bolt hitmaker said the current climate of concert costs is not fair to fans.

The Nottingham singer-songwriter, who will be heading to Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on November 23, spoke to us as part of our Glasgow Times Investigates series Priced Out.

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The star said: “Music is about the fans and when they are getting priced out, it just doesn’t seem fair at all.

“A lot of people buying tickets to come to your shows are genuine fans who have in some cases been there since the start of your career. So, to see what’s happening with them, I find it pretty shocking.

“At the end of the day, it’s about the fans and if they can’t afford to see their favourite artist, something just doesn’t sit right with me about that.”

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Bugg went on to call out the practice of upping ticket prices and dynamic pricing as a way to prey on fans. 

He said: “It is preying on people’s desires to see their favourite artists. I just don’t understand how people get away with it, to be honest.”

The comments come after ticket prices for numerous artists visiting Glasgow and the UK have sold at eye-watering levels.  

There have been the likes of Sabrina Carpenter whose tickets for her OVO Hydro show were listed between £266 and even £350 in some cases, and even Slipknot, whose tickets cost up to £496.70 at the same venue. 

Bugg’s tickets were on sale for around £27 at the Barrowlands.

The most recent case of dynamic pricing driving out fans is, of course, Oasis.

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After the shock announcement that the iconic 90s band would reunite and tour around the UK next year, fans were originally told tickets would be £148.

But, after most people queued for hours on end, the price ended up being around £300 for standing and £180 for sitting, according to multiple sources.

Both Ticketmaster and Oasis have since been called on to refund fans hit by dynamic pricing when purchasing tickets.

But Bugg admitted that it is hard to combat as a singer.

He said: “Some companies have it shown up, so it can be pretty difficult to combat at the moment. But we’ll see.”

Coming next in Priced Out: Glasgow Times Investigates, we will be speaking to Rag n Bone Man about his thoughts and concerns over the growing issue.