Sale of show tickets –
No more expensive tickets! London wants to introduce a ceiling
The British government hopes to put an end to the abuses of “dynamic pricing”, which recently led to a surge in ticket prices for the Oasis tour.
A fan visits an online shopping site on a smartphone to buy tickets for Oasis’ ‘Live ’25’ tour in Marsden, northern England, August 31, 2024.
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A few months after the anger of Oasis fans over the exorbitant prices of certain tickets for the famous rock group’s reunion tour, the British government announced Friday that it intended to cap resale prices.
The government says it has noted a “worrying increase in the number of fans” wishing to attend concerts, sporting events or others “faced with professional resellers who accumulate tickets and resell them at much higher prices,” according to a press release.
The executive is also concerned about “the lack of transparency on the dynamic pricing system”, a practice which concerns official ticket sellers and consists of adjusting prices according to demand.
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, fifteen years after their shattering separation, announced at the end of August their intention to reform their legendary group for a tour next summer.
“Abused consumers”
In the following days, Oasis fans who wanted to buy tickets encountered dynamic pricing on official sites which caused prices to soar while prices sometimes reached thousands of euros on non-resale sites. officials.
-This is not an isolated case, according to the government: “from sporting tournaments to Taylor Swift, major events have too often been spoiled by consumers taken advantage of by ticket resellers”, according to Business Minister Jonathan Reynolds, quoted in the press release.
Tickets on these types of platforms can be resold for up to six times the original price, the government said in its press release.
Public consultation
London is launching a public consultation on Friday on certain proposals, such as a cap on the price of resale tickets, in a range from the original price to an increase of 30%, or a limitation on the number of tickets that resellers will be able to offer.
At the same time, the government intends to gather the opinions of players in the sector on practices such as dynamic pricing to ensure that “the current system offers sufficient protection against abusive practices”.
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