Music promoter Michael Chugg has called for federal legislation to clamp down on ticket scalping as fans fume over inflated online deals for Radiohead tickets.

Even before the British band's tour sold out in minutes on Thursday, tickets had been posted on eBay and other sites for upwards of four times the face value.

Anti-scalpers ... Radiohead will tour Australia in November.

Fans took to social media to vent their frustrations, prompting Chugg Entertainment to release a statement advising against buying from unauthorised sources.

Scalping comes under commercial law which is decided at a state level. The practice is illegal only in Queensland and only after a scalper makes a profit of 20 per cent over face value.