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Vibe Tickets.

A UK app for swapping gig, theatre and sports tickets at face value that went through administration, pivoted to payments as VibePay, and saw its companies enter liquidation in 2026.

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Timeline

  1. On record

    Speaker profile says Luke Massie founded Vibe Tickets in 2013 with GBP 50,000 of his own money.

    On record · Announced
    krugercowne.com
  2. On record

    BusinessCloud reported that Lancaster-based Vibe Tickets had entered administration after failing to secure further funding, and that former chairman Luke Massie had bought it back from the administrators through a new holding company, Vibe Group Holdings Ltd, which was expected to buy Vibe Tickets and Vibe Pay.

    On record · Announced
    businesscloud.co.uk
  3. On record

    Companies House filing: an administrator was appointed to THEVIBE Limited; it moved to creditors' voluntary liquidation in November 2018.

    On record · Announced
    find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  4. Listing page saved

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  5. Changed course

    BusinessCloud reported that when Covid stopped people going to gigs, the business pivoted away from tickets to a payments platform, VibePay.

    Change of course · Announced
    businesscloud.co.uk
  6. Closed

    THEVIBE Limited dissolved following liquidation.

    Closure · Announced
    find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  7. On record

    Banked announced an all-share deal to acquire VibePay, founded by Luke Massie; in August 2025 the transaction was reported as still subject to FCA approval.

    On record · Announced
    tech.eu
  8. Closed

    Vibe Tickets Limited and Vibe Pay Limited (both incorporated 20 December 2017) passed extraordinary resolutions to wind up; voluntary liquidators' appointments and statements of affairs were filed on 4 March 2026.

    Closure · Announced
    find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  9. On record

    Tech.eu reported that the Banked deal to acquire VibePay did not go through, citing sources who put it down to issues in Banked's due diligence; neither company confirmed this in any source found.

    On record · Announced
    tech.eu
  10. Listed on Stompstart

    “Vibe Tickets provides opportunity to exchange tickets at face value.”

As listed on Stompstart

Listing date unconfirmed · page saved 20 July 2019 · Public Beta

“Vibe Tickets provides opportunity to exchange tickets at face value.”

Vibe Tickets provides fans with the opportunity to exchange tickets at face value and make new friends! Brief description of what it does Vibe Tickets is an app that lets people exchange tickets for any event! You can use Vibe to buy, you can use vibe to sell, you can use Vibe to meet other fans.

Topics
Events
Location
London · United Kingdom
vibetickets.co.uk ↗facebook.com/vibetickets ↗twitter.com/vibetickets ↗linkedin.com/company/5000710 ↗

In our words: The listing described Vibe Tickets as an app where fans could buy, sell and exchange tickets for any event at face value, and meet other fans along the way. It gave London, UK as its location.

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Stories

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Sources

  1. krugercowne.com
  2. businesscloud.co.uk
  3. businesscloud.co.uk
  4. businesscloud.co.uk
  5. tech.eu
  6. businessofpayments.com
  7. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  8. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  9. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  10. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  11. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  12. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  13. vibetickets.co.uk
  14. apps.apple.com
  15. tech.eu
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