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INTERNET ticket agencies and "web touts" are charging fans seven times the face value of tickets to see acts including Queen, U2 and Eric Clapton.

The agencies, which specialise in sold-out events, have also introduced a hefty mark-up for this summer's festivals, with prices almost double the face value. The Evening Standard tried to buy tickets for a string of major concerts and events from such agencies.

. In one case we were offered a pair of tickets to see supergroup Cream featuring Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall for Pounds 1,500. At the box office a pair of the best seats in the house cost Pounds 250.

. Another agency offered us tenth-row seats to see Queen and Paul Rodgers at Wembley Arena for Pounds 350 each. Top-price tickets cost Pounds 49.50 at the box office.

. For U2's sold-out concerts at Twickenham stadium we were offered a pair of tickets by an agency for Pounds 900. Best-price seats were Pounds 80 each.