MP demands action to protect ‘our daughters’ from Taylor Swift ticket resellers
One ticket for the star’s Cardiff show was spotted on a re-sale site for £3,352
An MP has called for action to protect young people from resellers charging thousands of pounds for Taylor Swift tickets.
Labour former minister Kevin Brennan said that “as a father of a Swiftie”, he was “appalled” to see tickets of the American singer’s upcoming Eras tour being advertised at hugely inflated prices on secondary ticketing sites.
Speaking at business questions, he asked for a debate on the practice and asked Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt why the Government “hasn’t done more to protect our daughters from this sort of rip-off merchants”.
MP for Cardiff West Mr Brennan told the Commons: “Could we have a debate on secondary ticketing because as a father of a Swiftie, and I know the deputy shadow leader (Thangam Debbonaire) is also a mother of a Swiftie, I was appalled to see that within an hour of tickets going on sale for the Taylor Swift concert at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, a ticket was on sale in the lower tier for £3,352 pounds on Viagogo.
“Why hasn’t the Government done more to protect our daughters from this sort of rip-off merchants?”
Ms Mordaunt replied: “There is one further DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) questions before the summer recess and I would encourage him to raise that matter with the Secretary of State.”
