The U.K. government announced plans on Wednesday to ban reselling concert and sports tickets above face value, a move officials hope will curb ticket scalping and stop fans from paying major markups on the secondary market for in-demand events.

The move represents one of the most vigorous attempts from a major concert marketplace to stop scalping, reflecting consumers’ long-held frustrations at the current state of the live music business.

“For too long, ticket touts have ripped off fans, using bots to snap up batches of tickets and resell them at sky-high prices,” culture secretary Lisa Nandy said in a statement. “They’ve become a shadow industry on resale sites, acting without consequence.”

The U.K. government announced plans on Wednesday to ban reselling concert and sports tickets ab

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