Sex Pistols tickets

The tour starts in the north and Scotland before heading south. Leeds on Friday 4 December is followed by O2 City Hall Newcastle on Saturday 5 December, then, after a few days off, the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Wednesday 9 December and O2 Academy Glasgow on Thursday 10 December. The Eventim Olympia in Liverpool has the Saturday, 12 December.

The second week runs from O2 Academy Birmingham on Monday 14 December, through Portsmouth Guildhall on Tuesday 15 December and The Prospect Building in Bristol on Wednesday 16 December, to the two London shows. Most dates are listed at 7pm, and there are no matinées.

Two venue names are worth a second look. Portsmouth Guildhall's own tour text places the Scottish shows at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange and O2 Academy Glasgow, as Ticketmaster UK does, so a resale ticket for either night should name the same venue. Portsmouth Guildhall bills its show as Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, and the Eventim Apollo listing carries his name too.

The two London nights

In Brixton you choose between the standing stalls on the ground floor and the circle, the seated balcony, which is up a flight of stairs with no lift. The Victoria line stops at Brixton station, a short walk from the venue on Stockwell Road.

The Eventim Apollo, still widely known as the Hammersmith Apollo, is on Queen Caroline Street opposite the Broadway Shopping Centre, which houses Hammersmith station on the Piccadilly and District lines. Its stalls can be standing or seated depending on the event, on a floor that slopes down towards the stage, and the circle above is reached only by stairs. There is no venue parking, just a drop-off point on Queen Caroline Street.

Resale was patchy at the last check. Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Bristol had no listings at all, while Leeds, Newcastle and Glasgow each had general admission tickets starting at the same, high level.

London has the widest market. Brixton started lowest of the tour, with standing below the circle, whereas the Eventim Apollo started much higher, its stalls below the listings sold by block.

Face value sits well below those resale starts. Portsmouth Guildhall's page gives £70.55 to £79.40, including its 17.5% booking fee, and that night is back on general sale after showing as sold out on late October. For the dates on sale, buying from the official sellers is usually the cheaper route. Sellers on Hellotickets set their own prices, which can be above face value, and the final price is shown before you pay.

Live Nation UK lists only the Portsmouth date of this tour, and no tour dates could be read on the band's official website, so the sale is split between Ticketmaster UK and the venues' box offices. On 21 October:

• Ticketmaster UK: Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol and Brixton on sale, and Glasgow at low availability.
• Portsmouth Guildhall: sold by the venue itself, with its tickets button showing a price from £70.55 including the booking fee; Live Nation UK now lists the date for general sale too.
• Eventim Apollo: the venue's page showed 'Buy tickets' for 20 December, with no Sold Out mark.

Portsmouth briefly sold out: on late October, Ticketmaster UK showed the Guildhall night on Tuesday 15 December as sold out, but by 3 November the venue and Live Nation UK both had it on general sale. For the Apollo, the venue's own page is the place to buy; for the other dates, Ticketmaster UK.

Buying on the resale market

If your night sells out, or the section you want has gone, tickets listed on Hellotickets are the alternative. Check the venue name on the listing, especially for the Scottish dates, and the delivery details. In Hellotickets' words, “Every ticket is authenticated. If there's ever an issue, you're protected by our refund policy.” Tickets are sent as soon as Hellotickets receives them from the seller, sometimes up to 1–2 days before the event.