Reselling tickets for more than face value will be made illegal in the United Kingdom, The Guardian and BBC report. Set to be announced this week, the plans will make good on the Labour Party’s 2024 election pledge to crack down on touting, amid the debate over rising concert ticket fees. Platforms reselling face-value tickets will be allowed to add service fees, but these will be subject to new limits, according to The Guardian . Changes to resale laws will not affect the dynamic pricing model employed by Ticketmaster and other vendors, whereby a ticket’s face value drastically fluctuates depending on demand.

An alliance of artists and consumer bodies—including Radiohead, Robert Smith, PJ Harvey, Dua Lipa, and sports fans’ organizations—issued a statement this week calling on Kie

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