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MANCHESTER GOES KRAZY FOR THE KOOKS

18 APRIL, 2008

Mancunians have been crowned the biggest Kooks fans outside of London, according to Seatwave.com, Europe’s leading fan-to-fan ticket exchange. Tickets sales for their gig at the Manchester Apollo have been double that of the second most popular regional stop on their tour.

Their fans have also given a massive thumbs-up to their latest album release, “Konk”.
Following national newspaper reviews of the album, the average price for tickets exchanging hands on the site rose from £44 to £51, an increase of 16%. The actual album release on 14th April saw ticket sales increase by 55%.

It also seems that the Kookie lads who shot to fame with singles ‘Naïve’ and ‘Ooh la’ are extremely popular with the ladies, with more than 60% of tickets sold on the site being bought by women.

James Burgess, Chief Marketing Officer of Seatwave.com says:

‘This triple platinum selling band remains a firm favourite with fans. Since the release of their second album Konk we’ve seen a huge surge in tickets sold, especially in Manchester. It seems that Mancunian women in particular, rate The Kooks lads highly.’

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For more information please contact:
Claire Thom / Louise Rutter
Portland PR
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Notes to Editors
About Seatwave
Seatwave is the UK’s largest fan-to-fan ticket exchange, an online marketplace for buying and selling tickets for theatre, sports, music and other live events. The company was launched in February 2007 by Joe Cohen, ex Ticketmaster and ex match.com and early stage Venture Capital firm, Atlas Venture. Seatwave has more than 500,000 tickets on sale at any one time, 25 times more than eBay.
Seatwave guarantees that tickets come only from legitimate sources and will represent them accurately and honestly. Seatwave operates two types of customer protection. TicketintegrityTM guarantees that buyers will receive the tickets they ordered and in good time for the event. If not Seatwave refunds 150% of what was paid. All tickets bought on Seatwave are also covered by TicketcoverTM This provides for a full refund if an event is cancelled and even covers buyers for a range of circumstances that may prevent them from attending their performance. The company is based in London. www.seatwave.com


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For further information please contact

Louise Rutter / Katie Thompson
Portland PR
T. 020 7404 5344
E. /

About Seatwave
Seatwave is the UK's largest fan-to-fan ticket exchange. Seatwave was launched in February 2007 by Joe Cohen, ex Ticketmaster and ex match.com, and early stage Venture Capital firm, Atlas Venture. It has more than 400,000 tickets on sale at any one time, 20 times more than eBay. Seatwave guarantees that tickets come only from legitimate sources and will represent them accurately and honestly. All tickets include 'TicketCover™' free of charge, providing a 100% money-back guarantee for event cancellation and a number of other possible misfortunes. The company is based in London. www.seatwave.com

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