Music Industry "Disappointed" by UK Government's "Draft" Bill on Ticket Tout Ban From King's Speech

Music industry "disappointed" by UK government's "draft" bill on ticket tout ban from King's Speech

The music industry has been left “disappointed” by the UK government’s draft bill on a ticket tout ban in today’s King’s Speech.

UK government decision to delay live music touting law in favour of sports ticketing reforms dubbed “puzzling” and “bizarre” by music industry

As expected, the UK government’s much-hyped plan to introduce a new law banning for-profit ticket touting was only included as a ‘draft bill’ in today’s Kings Speech, the UK parliamentary event which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the year ahead. As a result - while more work will be done on the touting ban this year - Parliament will not get any formal legislation that it can scrutinise, and there won’t be a vote to pass the p…

King’s Speech leaves events industry frustrated by Government inaction on ticketing

Representatives from across the events industry have aired frustration that the UK Government has failed to include promised legislation in the King’s Speech to stamp out ticket re-sale profiteering. The Labour Government did use the speech to introduce a draft Ticket Tout Ban Bill to cap resale platforms’ service fees and make it illegal to resell tickets for profit, but with it being a draft bill it is unlikely to become law within the next ye…