Keir Starmer considering legal changes after Oasis ticket pricing skyrocketed due to 'dynamic' pricing
dailyrecord.co.ukPrime Minister Keir Starmer has suggested he's prepared to amend legislation to avoid a repeat of the recent Oasis ticket fiasco, which left devastated fans unable to afford tickets due to 'dynamic pricing'.
Starmer mentioned "adjustments" might be necessary in the law to protect fans from exorbitant prices. The Government is set to examine "dynamic" pricing strategies, which caused Oasis concert ticket prices to skyrocket within hours on Saturday, as part of a broader review into the cost of reselling tickets, reports the Mirror.Supporters who had hoped to shell out £148 for a chance to see the iconic Manchester band were shocked to find prices had jumped to over £350 by the time they reached the front of the queue over the weekend.
After witnessing ticket prices surge while in line, hundreds of irate fans have filed complaints with the regulatory body. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), responsible for overseeing advertisements, confirmed last night that it was investigating allegations that Ticketmaster's adverts for 17 highly anticipated concerts were "misleading".
He stated: "This is really important because this isn't just an Oasis problem. This is a problem for tickets for all sorts of events where people go online straight away as soon as they can and within seconds sometimes, if sometimes minutes, all the tickets are gone and the prices start going through the roof, which means many people can't afford it. "On that, I do think there are a number of things that we can do and we should do because otherwise you get to the situation where families simply can't go or are absolutely spending a
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