Promoters of an upcoming Barbra Streisand US tour are warning fans that they have invalidated over 1000 tickets which, it transpired, had been bought with stolen credit card information. It is likely that the fraudulently acquired tickets have been sold on to third parties via unofficial ticket websites, so organisers fear the scam may leave hundreds of genuine fans disappointed.
With the support of the tour's promoter, Michael Cohl, and Streisand's manager, Martin Erlichman, the President of Ticketmaster, Sean Moriarty, whose company sold the fraudulently acquired tickets, told reporters: "With the Streisand tour the unusually high number of incidents of fraud has prompted us to issue this specific warning".
A list of all the cancelled tickets has been posted on Ticketmaster's website and the company are urging ticket holders who bought tickets from third party agencies to check that list against their own tickets.