Anneliese Midgley

Anneliese Midgley

Labour — Knowsley

Speaking in the House of Commons on 13 January 2025

Debate

Live Events Ticketing: Resale and Pricing Practices

Contribution

I am made up at today’s statement, especially as someone with a music industry background and as a big fan. Dynamic pricing made headlines last summer when Oasis’s fans were hit by prices that were two, three, or even four times the face value of the tickets after they had queued for hours and hours. When they got to the payment stage, they had a matter of minutes to decide whether they wanted those tickets. John Robb, the music writer, said that dynamic pricing is “exploiting people’s excitement in the worst possible way” after Ticketmaster behaved no better than the touts they claim to protect fans from. I welcome the call for evidence about this practice, but can the Minister assure me that it will lead to real action so that fans are no longer ripped off by surge pricing?

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