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Evening Standard
Holly Williams

Co-op Live co-owner calls for regulation to help stop ticket touts

The boss of one of the co-owners behind Co-op Live has called for stronger powers to turn people away who have bought tickets from touts as he warned over the impact on the live music industry.

Tim Leiweke, chief executive of Oak View Group, which co-owns the Manchester arena with City Football Group and pop star Harry Styles, said the so-called secondary market for ticket resales “ruins the credibility of the industry”.

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