Overview

• A single reseller, TG Cyprus Event Services Ltd, advertised at least 306 tickets for Lewis Capaldi’s Sheffield Arena show on StubHub International at up to £248 each, more than three times face value.
• Ticketing experts say the volume and pattern of the listings point to potential industrial-scale criminality involving bots, multiple identities or speculative selling to bypass purchase limits.
• StubHub maintains it prohibits speculative listings and the use of bots, enforces removal of noncompliant offers and does not set sellers’ prices on its platform.
• UK government ministers are considering price caps, mandatory seller verification and even bans on for-profit resale as part of ongoing Competition and Markets Authority investigations.
• Industry analysts warn that overly strict price caps could push fans toward unregulated channels and boost scam activity, complicating regulatory efforts.