Ed Townend

Resale ‘subterfuge’: Viagogo sent fan his tickets along with a stranger’s passport Experiences of booking for big London gigs underscore the opaque practices of some online platforms

The government is considering a ban on for-profit resale of gig/theatre/sports tickets.

The likes of Viagogo and StubHub are lobbying furiously against it.

But with practices like this going on, they would have only themselves to blame.

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

Are the top left visuals for Find My Way? That’s absolutely gorgeous

such a fun technique, I’ve used it a few times. projection is underrated

StubHub allowed prolific tout to list 300 tickets for sold-out Lewis Capaldi show Expert says ‘reason to suspect industrial-scale criminality’ as TGCES lists 306 Sheffield tickets for up to £248 each

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

playing SMALL MIRACLES 'Cherry Pill' linktr.ee/smallmiracle... @_smallmiracles #BBCIntroducingOnRadioWales

The Sun Kings illuminate the shadows on “Lovers Always Win” A sunny Welsh record that dances between nostalgia, absurdity and a quiet kind of hope.

New post on Substack: reviewing ‘Lovers Always Win’ by The Sun Kings - a summer album full of nostalgia, chaos, and unexpected depth. There’s Cumbian rhythm, brass sections, Triffids, and Barry Island.

Think: Cardiff grooves meet emotional hangovers. Read it here ⬇️
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watching my girlfriend produce is like watching wizardry

NEW NINE INCH NAILS
HYPERVENTILATE

in today’s thing that fills me with rage, PRS charging fees for GROSS receipts, not net. as if we make money off VAT. swines

Small Miracles, Big Visuals: the making of “You Know” how a scrappy on-the-go shoot, some kaleidoscopic edits and working with a band who really value visuals came together.

New @smallmiracles247.bsky.social music video alert!
I directed & edited ‘You Know’ - no script, no plan, just instinct, live chaos and a DIY kaleidoscope aesthetic.

Wrote about how it came together here:

erraticcontrol.substack.com/p/small-mira...

playing SMALL MIRACLES 'You Know' linktr.ee/smallmiracle... @_smallmiracles #BBCIntroducingOnRadioWales

new cooking mishap today - I burnt the hairs off my finger clean off by igniting the hob too close to it

uncontroversial opinion: those playing TikToks out loud on their phone on public transport should be ejected from said transport immediately

Labour Party announced something left wing challenge (impossible)

Who is behind the great rock’n’roll ripoff? How Ticketmaster swallowed the live entertainment scene From grassroots gigs to stadium shows, there’s no escaping the ticketing giant, making billions from hiking up prices (and whacking on fees)

“Rapino maintains that prices are, in fact, still too low because resale reveals a ticket’s true market value. By this logic, a £100 ticket is underpriced if a secondary seller can list it on StubHub for £400.”
Obscene attitude. This paints a skewed picture. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...

let out a much too loud “what?!” after they changed my train service last minute today. I am become grouchy dad

finally caught up with Andor the night before they release three new episodes 😓 Disney let me have a breath, release them weekly!

raising a music lover: a journey through playlists and parenthood the story of how music raised us both, in its own quiet, everyday way.

I've always shared music with my daughter, and it's been an eye opening experience for me both as a parent and a music lover.

I've written about our journey in music discovery (including some cute stencils and absolutely with her approval).

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“Listings on resale site suggest that touts are speculatively selling tickets they do not yet have”

…yeah, could have told you that YEARS ago

why is it that smoke/CO alarms decide to tell you they have a low battery in the middle of the night, and never at a convenient, awake time?

the problem with being such a massive Nine Inch Nails fan is that people will tell me about things excitedly that I already knew, weeks, days or hours before… sometimes I’m even the source of that information 🤦‍♂️ it’s extreme levels of fandom

playing SMALL MIRACLES 'Make It Make Sense ft. Freyja Elsy & Luciana West' linktr.ee/smallmiracle... #BBCIntroducingOnRadioWales

10-1 TONIGHT on BBC Radio Wales @bbcintroducing...

. Part Time Signals talk about their excellent current EP, The Window
. a tribute to Steve ‘Pendle’ Jones, guitarist with north Wales’ Pocket Venus

Music front and centre from all over Wales & all over the sonic spectrum.

Tune in via @BBCSounds

what happened to this then? (+ some musical highlights from the past month or so, kind of)

"what happened to this then?" - musical reviews from the past month or so open.substack.com/pub/erraticc...

achieved an hour walk today for the first time since breaking my ankle. feels good but oh my god I’m so tired ahhhhh

I listened to over 1500 albums in 2024 and this is what I learned realising I was losing touch with music, I set myself the goal of listening to 100 new albums in 2024.. I didn’t realise how deep I would go

what listening to 1500+ “new” albums does to you… as learnt by me

note to self, if you’re writing a Substack article and your phone dies, you will lose the whole article and have to start again

“when did freedom of the press start to die?” “when journalists refused to accept a stupid name change”

do you think they’re making things intentionally repulsive and depressing in order to make people switch off from the news? that’s what’s happening to me…

why write? I lost my job and my music venue in November 2024.

people have been suggesting I write more… open.substack.com/pub/erraticc...