The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music has called for greater protection of live music lovers when buying secondary tickets.
A new report from the group urged the government to ensure gig goers receive guaranteed compensation if they fall victim to ticket scams.
Other recommendations include resale websites publishing full information about all tickets listed through them as well as taking responsibility for tracking down and prosecuting those committing ticket crimes and giving their details to a national police agency.
The proposals follow reports over the recent sale of Kate Bush gig tickets. Despite limiting purchasers to four tickets and requiring the credit card holder to be present at the event, many tickets have found their way onto the secondary market priced at £600 each.
Mike Weatherley MP, Conservative co-chair of the APPG and Intellectual Property advisor to the prime minister, said: ‘The whole industry needs to be much more open. Consumers deserve to know which tickets they’re buying and who they’re buying them from.
‘Nobody’s saying there shouldn’t be a secondary market, but it needs to work in the favour of consumers and the creative sector, not of a few faceless individuals getting rich off the hard work, investment and talent of others.’
APPG is made up of a cross-party group of politicians including tMike Weatherley MP, Sharon Hodgson MP, Labour and John Robertson MP.
A new report from the group urged the government to ensure gig goers receive guaranteed compensation if they fall victim to ticket scams.
Other recommendations include resale websites publishing full information about all tickets listed through them as well as taking responsibility for tracking down and prosecuting those committing ticket crimes and giving their details to a national police agency.
The proposals follow reports over the recent sale of Kate Bush gig tickets. Despite limiting purchasers to four tickets and requiring the credit card holder to be present at the event, many tickets have found their way onto the secondary market priced at £600 each.
Mike Weatherley MP, Conservative co-chair of the APPG and Intellectual Property advisor to the prime minister, said: ‘The whole industry needs to be much more open. Consumers deserve to know which tickets they’re buying and who they’re buying them from.
‘Nobody’s saying there shouldn’t be a secondary market, but it needs to work in the favour of consumers and the creative sector, not of a few faceless individuals getting rich off the hard work, investment and talent of others.’
APPG is made up of a cross-party group of politicians including tMike Weatherley MP, Sharon Hodgson MP, Labour and John Robertson MP.
