Overview
- Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Radiohead and Sam Fender joined a coalition urging the government to deliver a promised cap to curb touting.
- Support spans Which?, FanFair Alliance, O2, the Football Supporters’ Association and organisations across music, theatre and ticketing.
- Which? reported extreme mark-ups on secondary sites, including Oasis tickets above £4,400 and a Raye festival ticket listed at £114,666.
- The watchdog also found speculative listings and difficulty identifying sellers, with prolific traders based overseas despite a 2018 CMA order on transparency.
- The government says it is fully committed to clamping down and will set out plans shortly, as campaigners push for a price cap with seller verification and stronger enforcement, citing precedents in Ireland and Australia.