COMEDIAN Jason Manford has hit out at the extortionate resale prices for Peter Kay tickets, saying "it should be illegal".
Thousands of fans were left disappointed after failing to get tickets to Peter's first tour in 12 years.
And to add insult to injury, touts have bagged a large haul of tickets and marked up the prices on secondary sites.
One comedy fan asked Jason for his view on social media, writing: "Jase, seriously, you go through all this yourself. Surely the promoters knew the demand that was coming. Why is it so poorly organised?"
Jason replied: "I don’t know, reselling tickets at a profit should be illegal. Until they do something in parliament then I imagine a lot of ticket sellers hands are tied. But we live in a capitalist society with a Tory government so chances are about the same as you getting Peter Kay tickets!"
The Unbreakable host joked he had some Peter Kay tickets going for an eye-watering sum.
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He wrote: "Phew lucky enough to get 2x Peter Kay tickets. For sale 2x Peter Kay tickets, £3500 each ono."
Peter's fans vowed to 'riot' as £125 tickets for his comeback gigs were being re-sold for a staggering £1,770.
Followers of the Phoenix Nights legend, 49, took to social media to vent their frustrations as online queues to nab the in-demand tickets also saw queues surpass 300,000 people.
Ticket resellers Viagogo were selling off tickets for a September date in Leeds with mark-ups of more than 1,000 percent - just an hour after they were released.
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Seats in Cardiff sold for £50 are now reselling at £1,180 - more than a 2,300 percent mark-up.
The tour went on sale at 10am on Saturday and fans were in the queue as early as 6am.
Days earlier O2's Priority website crashed amid "unprecedented demand" for tickets earlier in the week
£35 tickets have been going for as much as £1k on re-sale websites as desperate admirers of the Car Share funny man part with vast sums of money to be able to see their hero back on stage.
The first batch of tickets were released on the O2 Priority app at 10am on Thursday but many were unable to load anything as the system buckled under pressure.
Virgin Media O2 said it is "by far the highest demand we’ve ever seen for Priority Tickets in 15 years".
"Sorry, we’re working on it," the firm told desperate fans.
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"Please be patient."
Peter, 49, is embarking on his first stand-up tour in 12 years and yesterday announced a monthly residency at London’s O2 Arena, performing there every month for a year, starting next month.
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