Secondary schooling: Legislating resale worldwide
Looking around the planet at various legislative initiatives, IQ provides an update on the success some have had in ousting the touts
Feature By James Hanley | 24 February 2025
Scour the resale market for Oasis Live ’25 tickets and the chances are you’ll find listings for all 40-plus dates, with two honourable exceptions. Conspicuous by their absence on secondary channels are the Gallagher brothers’ reunion shows at Dublin’s Croke Park on 16th and 17th August.
So what’s the story?
“The thing with Ireland is that the legislation is actually really clear,” says Adam Webb, campaign manager for UK-based anti-touting campaign group FanFair Alliance. “So, it doesn’t talk about price caps or face value or any complications, it basically says you can’t resell for profit.”
Introduced in the Emerald Isle in 2021, the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act prohibits “the sale, or advertising for resale, of…
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