TV comic Joanne McNally claims she’s fallen victim to a Glastonbury ticketing scam that has cost herself and other punters “£110,000”.
Devastated Joanne, 42, had been looking forward to attending the huge music festival this weekend with pals but is now stuck at home.
Joanne McNally says she has been scammed over Glastonbury tickets[/caption]
The star claims she and 50 others have lost thousands on the scam[/caption]
The Irish comedian has told fans she had used a private concierge to buy her Glastonbury tickets – but they never materialised.
Joanne says the mystery seller has now blocked her phone number and disappeared “to Spain“, leaving herself and 50 other music fans furious.
In an Instagram video, Joanne said: “Glastonbury update. The guy I bought a ticket off said it’d be there by 6. If it’s not there by 6 ring me.
“No sign of the ticket. We’re ringing him, we’re blocked. He is gone. The money is gone. There is no ticket. We were robbed. And obviously it wasn’t cheap because it was Glastonbury and it’s a once in a lifetime experience.”
Joanne, who had spent this week shopping for outfits for the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, called herself “an idiot” for falling for the trick.
She added: “Anyway, we’re not going to Glastonbury. If anyone needs an acid house hat, 60 packs of wet wipes or a barrel of poppers let me know because i’m not going to be using them.
“It’s so weird because some people did get their tickets off him. A load of us didn’t get our tickets from him, apparently its like 50 of us. So he took a couple of grand off 50 people and he’s now in Spain or something.”
Joanne had been due to go to Glastonbury with her close friend, content creator Rossi Lewis.
Rossi had used a different concierge company to purchase his ticket to the one Joanne handed her money over to.
On his Instagram account, Rossi filmed himself as he headed to a property he believed was registered to Joanne’s ticket scammer.
Joanne later explained what Rossi found when her got to the house: “Apparently, he listed this concierge company to his parents’ address,” she said.
Rossi has since claimed the man in question has called him to apologise for the scam, which has left Joanne seriously out of pocket.
“The story just gets even more crazy,” Rossi said on his Instagram Stories.
“I think Joanne will finally make it on to Netflix – not as a comedian, but as a witness on this absolutely crazy story.
“I’ve just got a call from the guy who scammed the tickets. He basically called to apologise.
“He said, ‘I’m so sorry for what I’ve done to everyone. I feel terrible’.
“I mean, his whole story could be made up, but he said he’s still in Spain and has been owing money for years and years and years. He just didn’t see a way out, he’s been planning this for six months.
“He said it was the only way he could get this money, which I think adds up to a sum of £110,000, to pay off his debts.”
Both Joanne and Rossi have now issued a plea for a new ticket so she can make it to Glastonbury.
The gates to this year’s festival opened on Wednesday and thousands of revellers will be descending onto Worthy Farm today.
Headliners include The 1975, Neil Young, Alanis Morrisette, Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX, Doechii and The Prodigy.
Rod Stewart will also be performing in the Legends slot, having previously headlined at Worthy Farm 23 years ago.
The star is pleading to anyone who has a spare ticket[/caption]
Glastonbury’s gates opened on Wednesday[/caption]
