A recent legislative push in Maryland aims to reduce concert ticket prices and combat scalping practices. Concurrently, at Leeds Crown Court in the UK, six people involved in a £6.5m ticket reselling scheme were found guilty of fraud. This verdict stems from a 2016 Observer investigation that exposed the operations of ticket touts with connections to resale platforms like Viagogo and StubHub. Ed Sheeran's team has expressed support for the convictions, highlighting the exploitation of music fans by these practices. In response to such issues, the Labour Party announced plans to introduce measures that would cap resale ticket prices at just 10% above the original price and restrict the volume of tickets that can be resold, aiming to protect consumers and ensure fair access to event tickets.
Labour will clamp down on ticket touts and put genuine music fans first. We’ll cap resale prices, limit the number of tickets that resellers can list and make platforms accountable. https://t.co/xl6pNow87J
EXCL: Prices for resale concert tickets will be capped under Labour to stop greedy touts ripping off fans. Keir Starmer will announce the policy package tomorrow. Details still being fleshed, but assumption is a cap of just 10% above the original price. https://t.co/eCpjFF7cx1
Ed Sheeran's team welcomes conviction of Norfolk ticket touts who led £6.5 million fraud https://t.co/GezOc8bpfs
Ticket touts convicted in £6.5m reselling scheme - BBC News < the right result but this only makes 6 touts in total convicted for scamming or fleecing many thousands of fans. Not good enough! https://t.co/UG4xWVBlvp
Norfolk-based ticket touts found guilty over £6.5m reselling scheme https://t.co/grk1PqtW6F
Diss ticket touts convicted in £6.5m reselling scheme https://t.co/TE9YgvtAW1
Ed Sheeran’s team have welcomed the convictions of a family of “ticket touts” who “exploited the love and passion” of music fans ✍: @KatieJDickinson & @DaveHiggensPA https://t.co/oHTRhcOMGH
Guilty verdicts at Leeds Crown Court today mean that six people who worked at businesses exposed in our 2016 Observer investigation (into ticket touts and their links to sites such as Viagogo and StubHub) have now been found guilty of fraud offences. https://t.co/FwaviN3Gho
'Ticket touts' convicted in £6.5m reselling scheme https://t.co/AgPoSgjnrd
Pair found guilty in ticket touting trial https://t.co/nnXiPC0j4M
Maryland bill would slash concert ticket prices, crack down on scalpers https://t.co/4wyRaIkTbs