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Live industry welcomes ticket tout prison sentences

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Ticket Touting • 3 min read

Live industry welcomes ticket tout prison sentences

The live music industry has welcomed the prison sentences handed to four people found guilty of operating a fraudulent ticket resale business. Stuart Camp - who manages Ed Sheeran - said he hoped it would set “an important precedent in the live music industry”…

Andy Malt • 20 May 2024

Labour commits to UK ticket touting price cap, as Ed Sheeran's team welcomes guilty verdict in ticket tout court case

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Ticket Touting • 4 min read

Labour commits to UK ticket touting price cap, as Ed Sheeran's team welcomes guilty verdict in ticket tout court case

The music industry has welcomed two big developments in relation to the battle against for-profit ticket touting in the UK. The Labour Party says it now supports a price cap for ticket resale, while two people connected to touting company TQ Tickets have been found guilty of fraudulent trading…

Chris Cooke • 14 Mar 2024

Ticketmaster incentivised TQ Tickets' touting operation, says former employee in fraud trial

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Ticketmaster • 3 min read

Ticketmaster incentivised TQ Tickets' touting operation, says former employee in fraud trial

The fraud trial of former employees at ticket touting company TQ Tickets continues, with one defendant insisting that Ticketmaster knew about the firm’s operations, because they were using resale platforms then owned by the Live Nation ticketing company…

Chris Cooke • 23 Feb 2024

Ticket tout defendant insists he wasn't actively involved in his wife's fraudulent scheme

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TQ Tickets • 2 min read

Ticket tout defendant insists he wasn't actively involved in his wife's fraudulent scheme

A director of ticket touting company TQ Tickets accused of fraudulent trading has told a court that he wasn’t actually involved in the business. He claims that he simply allowed his wife to list him as a director because she couldn’t perform that role due to an earlier bankruptcy…

Chris Cooke • 20 Feb 2024

Anti-touting campaign hails EU Digital Services Act going into effect as "a landmark moment" for the live sector

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EU Digital Services Act • 2 min read

Anti-touting campaign hails EU Digital Services Act going into effect as "a landmark moment" for the live sector

Secondary ticketing platforms in the EU now have to comply with new regulations set out in the Digital Services Act, which began applying to all online intermediates on Saturday. Anti-touting campaign group FEAT says this is a “landmark moment” in the fight against for-profit ticket resale…

Chris Cooke • 19 Feb 2024

Ticket touts on trial over £6.5 million "dishonest enterprise"

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Ticket touts on trial over £6.5 million "dishonest enterprise"

Two people have gone on trial in Leeds over their involvement in a £6.5 million ticket resale operation set up to "simply rinse consumers for as much profit as they are willing to pay". Two other defendants last week pleaded guilty as proceedings began…

Chris Cooke • 18 Jan 2024

UK Music calls on government to convene summit to tackle ticket touting

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UK Music calls on government to convene summit to tackle ticket touting

UK Music has called on the government to convene a summit to discuss ticket touting in a bid to stop the “multi-million-pound scourge of rip-off festival and concert ticket prices”…

Chris Cooke • 14 Dec 2023

Anti-touting campaign hopes new EU rules will help in the battle against for-profit ticket resale

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FEAT • 1 min read

Anti-touting campaign hopes new EU rules will help in the battle against for-profit ticket resale

The pan-European anti-ticket-touting campaign FEAT has set out its priorities for the year ahead, hoping to capitalise on the new EU Digital Services Act…

Chris Cooke • 24 Oct 2023