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Ticket touts resell tickets from the June sold-out concertAngry fans report them and actively boycott such activities.

Singer IU's fans staged a boycott against the sale of illegal concert tickets.
All 6500 tickets to IU's "Real Fantasy" nationwide tour starting from Seoul on June 2nd and 3rd, were sold out within 30 mins when ticket sales opened on April 17th.
Fans that failed to get tickets have been posting on online ticket booking sites and other sites reselling tickets, hoping to get tickets to IU's Seoul concert.
However, ticket touts have been demanding for more than 3 times the original price of the tickets.
According to the agency in charge of IU's nationwide concert tour, there were posts selling 99,000 won tickets for Area R at 500,000 won.
Last year, 19,800 won tickets to IU's fanmeeting were also sold for up to 100,000 won too.
The ticket agency expressed, "Illegal tickets have always been an issue for concerts, but it's unusual that IU fans are actively boycotting such activities" and "thanks to the fans, the prices for such illegal tickets are gradually dropping and sales are decreasing too."

Translation: squishyblob @ weheartiuSource: Sports Donga via Nate