When you buy a ticket to see a Band, you are entering into a contract with the provider of the Band or the Band its self. It is “sight unseen”. You are totally reliant on the description. Like any contract for anything, that description must not mislead you.
This covered by the 1967 Misrepresentation act which governs English contract law in the United Kingdom in situations where misrepresentation is involved, prior to parties entering into a contractual agreement. A misrepresentation can be considered to be a false statement of fact which prompts an individual to enter into a contract on the basis of that false statement. Misrepresentation can be established with three different types of statement. These are fraudulent, negligent and innocent misrepresentations and are often considered tiered in terms of severity by the courts.
For a an offer/description/inducement to be an defined a legal misrepresentation it must be
1) It must be an untrue statement or description
2) It must be a statement of fact, not mere opinion
3) It must have induced the innocent party to enter the contract.
There are three types of misleading descriptions.
1) Fraudulent. When you know you are miss leading people.
2) Negligent, When you haven't established the facts, yourself, for your description.
3) Accidental. When you believe your description is true and fair and it turns out it isn't.
It makes no difference which of these is the grounds for your claim. The law says you are entitled to be financially reinstated back to your original position. So if you pay to see our fictions band “litigation” and
it is not made plainly clear to you at the time you purchase the tickets, that the band “Litigation” you are paying see are not the complete original band, you are entitled to a fully refund. You can claim additional costs where the Promoter or Band are made aware that you will be expending money to see them.
A Band taking money off people, unless it is made plainly clear that they are not the complete original band, is an offence in the UK enforced by Trading Standards and an actionable breach of contract under the 1967 miss-
Personally I think it as only a matter of time before a Holiday camp, or Promoter, holding a 60/70/80’s weekend will have to payout a very expensive refund, including accommodation and transport, to an entire stag party that have paid to see a particular Band, only to find out the Band has been miss described and isn’t made up of complete original members.
So my advise is if you been disapointed not see the band memebrs you were expecting. Claim you ticket money back and report them to Trading Standards.
So You want your Ticket Money Back?