Ed Sheeran objects to Royal Albert Hall’s plans to sell more seats to investors

Musician vehemently opposed' to seat-holders selling unwanted tickets at inflated prices

Ed Sheeran has objected to plans by the Royal Albert Hall to sell dozens of seats at the prestigious London venue to investors, some of whom sell them on for inflated prices.

At the moment, 319 people own 1,268 - almost one in four - of the Royal Albert Hall's seats on 999-year leases. A bill going through parliament would grant the hall's governing body the power to sell an extra 52 seats to investors.