UK ticket tout ban legislation faces a one-year delay, with officials citing parliamentary calendar constraints. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s promised crackdown on resellers who hike ticket prices—such as Oasis tickets soaring to £4,000—will now only appear as a draft bill in the 2027/28 parliamentary session. Music groups and O2, which sponsors 20 UK venues, criticized the move, calling it a failure to protect fans from exploitation.

The proposed law would cap resale platform fees and ban over-reselling, targeting platforms like Viagogo and StubHub, which argue such rules could drive buyers to black markets.