SINGAPORE — With presales for BigBang’s 20th-anniversary concert in Singapore kicking off on Aug 11 and virtual queue numbers on Ticketmaster exceeding 500,000 on the first day, the secondary ticketing market is seeing unprecedented price spikes, with “Help-To-Buy” (HTB) services charging unusually high surcharges. Fans hoping to secure top-tier tickets for the K-pop boy band’s BigBang 2026-2027 World Tour XX: Cosmos show at the National Stadium on Oct 17 are being quoted up to $750 for the proxy booking fee alone — a cost that is billed on top of the official ticket prices, which range from $158 to $498. HTBs act as personal shoppers…
