Music giants Dua Lipa, Coldplay call for action on UK ticket touts
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London: Music stars have joined forces to call for the UK government to honour a manifesto pledge to protect fans from touts who inflate the prices of...
London: Music stars have joined forces to call for the UK government to honour a manifesto pledge to protect fans from touts who inflate the prices of tickets for concerts.
Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Radiohead, Sam Fender and Iron Maiden are among several dozen artists who put their names to a joint statement calling for an urgent new law capping resale prices to come in quickly.
The statement was also backed by consumer group Which?, campaign group FanFair Alliance, The Football Supporters' Association and music and theatre industry groups.
It said the new law is needed to deal with the "extortionate and pernicious secondary ticketing market" which allows touts to exploit fans by selling at sometimes sky-high prices.
"Introducing a cap will restore faith in the ticketing system, help democratise public access to the arts in line with the government's agenda and make it easier for fans to spot illegal behaviour, such as ticketing fraud," the statement read.
