The blacklist of more than 50 pop-up scam sites offering tickets has been compiled by gig ticket comparison website StereoBoard.com, which has warned thousands of music fans could be left out of pocket by fraudsters who cost the industry nearly £170m each year.

As part of this latest move against ticketing fraud, Live Nation and Festival Republic have also agreed to comply with a request by the police to send tickets to fans much quicker.

StereoBoard.com founder Nigel Sachdev said ...