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 like Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Sam Fender, Radiohead and the Cure urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ban the practice, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will announce a plan to cap ticket resales at face value (with minimal fees).

They estimate the move could lower ticket prices by around £37 ($49), saving fans around £112 million ($147 million) per year. Fans will still be able to sell tickets to shows they can’t attend, just not at any meaningful markup.

Ticket prices have been a hot topic in the U.K. after the long-awaited Oasis reunion tour highlighted Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricin

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