Ministers are expected to announce the plan to tackle touts and resale sites offering tickets at several times face value.
As with most of modern life, the practice of reselling tickets to sporting events or concerts above their face value to try to make a profit has evolved rapidly with technology. Paper tickets have ...
Inflated resales for Oasis' reunion tour thrust the issue of ticket touts into the spotlight. (Getty Images) The government is set to ban the resale of tickets for live events for a profit, according ...
“Wembley Stadium (37)” by Martin Pettitt is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Ticket reselling for profit will be outlawed in the UK under new legislation expected to be announced this week. A new report from ...
'The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes,' U.K. musician and breakout star Olivia Dean said of Ticketmaster on Instagram last week.
The Federal Trade Commission is taking legal action against a ticket-reselling operation for allegedly using a network of fake accounts to bypass Ticketmaster’s security protocols to grab hundreds of ...
When hugely popular artists such as Taylor Swift or Oasis announce a tour, it generates huge fan excitement and makes headline news. But within hours of the tickets going on sale, that excitement is ...
The U.K. plans to pass one of the world's most sweeping anti-ticket-scalping measures, banning the resale of music, comedy, theater and sports tickets for profit. After an open letter from artists ...
The United Kingdom announced that it will ban the resale of tickets for above their original price. Could the United States follow suit?
QUEBEC — Taking aim at Ticketmaster and other platforms offering ticket resales, a provincial bill tabled Tuesday would in ...