Petition · past parliament
Investigate Ticket Masters / Live Nations unjust ticket selling behaviours.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
TicketMaster & secondary ticket sites GetMeIn and Seatwave are owned by the same company. When tickets go on sale on TicketMaster they are immediately sold out and sold on the secondary ticket sites for a huge increase in price. Live Nation is owned by the same company and is the event promoter.
Live Nation promotes the gigs and sells the gig tickets on Ticket Master, Tickets on ticket master are gone within the first couple of mins then they are immediately resold at a huge increase to fans on secondary ticket sites, owned and promoted by TicketMaster. Live Nation, Ticket Master and secondary sites GetMeIn and Seatwave are owned but the same company.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 27 Oct 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 Nov 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
2 Nov 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.