Dua Lipa and Coldplay call on Labour to keep their word on tackling ticket resales and touts

Some of the biggest names successful euphony - including Coldplay, Dua Lipa and Radiohead - person urged the authorities to honour a pledge to headdress summons resale prices and shutout touts.

They person joined artists including The Cure's Robert Smith, New Order, Mark Knopfler, Iron Maiden, PJ Harvey and this year's Mercury Prize victor Sam Fender to motion a connection calling for a headdress to "restore religion successful the ticketing system" and "help democratise nationalist entree to the arts".

Other signatories see the watchdog Which?, FanFair Alliance, O2, the Football Supporters' Association and organisations representing the euphony and theatre industries, venues, managers, and summons retailers.

In the statement, the conjugation says caller protections are needed to "help hole elements of the extortionate and pernicious secondary ticketing marketplace that service the interests of touts, whose exploitative practices are preventing genuine fans from accessing the music, theatre, and sports they love".

Labour had promised successful its manifesto to enactment a halt to concert-goers being scammed oregon priced retired of events by touts utilizing bots to bargain tickets successful bulk the infinitesimal they spell connected sale, which they tin past merchantability connected for immense mark-ups connected secondary ticketing websites.

In government, the enactment again made that promise - but much than a twelvemonth aft it vowed action, and 7 months since its consultation connected the contented closed, determination has been nary wide denotation of erstwhile caller laws volition beryllium introduced.

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The run comes arsenic a caller probe from Which? recovered prolific sellers successful locations including Brazil, Dubai, Singapore, Spain, and the US hoovering up tickets for fashionable events successful the UK earlier relisting them astatine vastly inflated prices connected StubHub and Viagogo.

How much?!

Which? recovered Oasis tickets for Wembley shows listed for £3,498.85 connected StubHub and £4,442 connected Viagogo.

A spot for the Minnesota Vikings vs Cleveland Browns NFL clash astatine Tottenham Hotspur was listed for £3,568.39 connected StubHub, portion a Coldplay ticket, besides for Wembley, was £814.52 connected StubHub.

And a summons for the All Points East festival successful London's Victoria Park, headlined by Raye, for £114,666 connected Viagogo.

The watchdog recovered it was often hard for buyers to found the seller's individuality oregon to interaction them - contempt the Competition and Markets Authority securing a tribunal bid successful 2018 requiring Viagogo to outline the individuality of traders.

And there's more…

Which? besides recovered grounds of speculative selling - erstwhile tickets are listed connected secondary sites adjacent though the seller has not bought them yet.

Tickets for a Busted vs McFly amusement successful Glasgow, which were disposable done Ticketmaster - the archetypal seller - were simultaneously being listed connected StubHub and Viagogo astatine treble the price.

Government to acceptable retired plans 'shortly'

Which? user instrumentality adept Lisa Webb urged Prime Minster Sir Keir Starmer to perpetrate to legislation.

A authorities spokeswoman said it is "fully committed to clamping down connected touts," had listened to comments successful effect to the consultation earlier this year, and would acceptable retired its plans "shortly".