Tickets are being advertised on eBay for as much as £800.

Despite a message on the internet shopping site which says sales of the tickets are prohibited at least five pairs are being advertised.

Radio 1 say they will ask for ID from everyone and tickets sold in this way will be cancelled.

Some sellers clearly haven't cottoned on though - some are cheerily displaying photos of their tickets, complete with registration number and barcode for all to see.

Many music fans have now found out whether they are among the lucky few with tickets to Radio 1's Big Weekend.

Those with tickets can now look forward to seeing the likes of Madonna, The Kooks, The Raconteurs and Fatboy Slim in Maidstone's Mote Park.

But many others - including many people who live near the park - have written to the Kent Messenger to say they have been denied tickets.

Our SpeakOut is filling with comments by disappointed people who say the weekend of May 10 and 11 now only holds the promise of congested roads and overflowing pubs.

Everyone who registered for tickets will receive an email from Radio 1 by Friday.

More than 30,000 tickets were available and more than half a million applied for them.

A spokeswoman for Radio 1 said: “34,000 tickets were given away across the weekend but 518,000 people around the UK registered for tickets.

“As promised, the majority of tickets went to those in Maidstone and the surrounding area.

“Forty five per cent of tickets went to those with postcodes covered by Maidstone council itself and a further 40 per cent went to other parts of Kent, including those with Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury, Dartford, Bromley and Croydon postcodes.

“Ten per cent went to areas bordering Kent, including parts of Sussex, Surrey, Essex and London, with the remaining 5 per cent for other areas in the UK.

“You had the highest chance of being allocated a ticket if you lived in Maidstone itself.

“For Maidstone residents, that is a 1 in 16 chance for Saturday, and 1 in 9 chance for Sunday.

“You had more chance of getting a ticket if you lived in the wider Kent area than elsewhere in the UK.

“This weighting method was also used at the last two Big Weekends in Preston and Dundee. Before that people had to queue for tickets on a weekend prior to the event.”

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