UK MPs warm to ticket resale regulation

At this morning's CMS Committee hearing on ticket abuse, several MPs revealed a willingness to work with the industry to bring an end to large-scale ticket touting

L–R: Franceschi, McAndrew, Coldrick © UK Parliament

Days after culture minister Dario Franceschini declared he would seek to make online ticket touting illegal in Italy, members of the British parliament (MPs) this morning signalled their willingness…

to further regulate the UK’s secondary ticketing market, with one stating: “The time has come when we have to do something.”

In three sessions, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee heard from MMF’s Annabella Coldrick, Wildlife Entertainment’s Ian McAndrew and You Me at Six frontman Josh Franceschi; Ticketmaster UK…

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