beat the ticket touts

Buying a ticket for a popular gig in London seems to be harder recently. Live music is much more popular than it used to be, there's a lot of hype around new bands, and of course ticket touts know that reselling tickets is a profitable business. I liked this article from the Guardian recently which gave some good advice to someone who desperately wanted to go to a sold-out Kaiser Chiefs concert - I think I've followed all the pieces of advice at one time or another!