chi chi izundu has this report. # you've gotta roll with it....# just last august, when one of the biggest bands in the world announced they were getting back together and going on tour, the scramble to get tickets was huge. for them to suddenly change it and move the goalposts is really frustrating. it puts pressure on you, you think you've got to do it, because i by the time i actually got there, i think the tickets were £453. while you were in the queue for that time, there was no indication of how much the tickets would be once you actually got to the end point. and that seems quite unfair, and i think that there's probably a lot of people that have spent beyond their means. fans were annoyed because of something called dynamic pricing. that's where prices increased as demanded, as people queued for hours to try and get their hands on those tickets. and then when the tour sold out, tickets appeared on resale sites for thousands of pounds. but the government says it wants to clamp down on some of those practices. the department for culture, media and sport is launching a consultation. it's proposed a number of things, including capping the amount you can resell a ticket for up to 30% above the original price. that is to try to clamp down on touts hiking up prices by sometimes thousands on resale sites. they want to limit the number of tickets a reseller can actually list for sale on resale sites, and they want to increase the accountability of ticket resale websites and apps so that they are held legally responsible for the accuracy of information provided to fans. when it comes to dynamic pricing, the consultation is calling for evidence on that and other pricing practices in the live events industry. but there have been calls for tougher regulation in ticketing. we need to see action from the government sooner rather than later to stop these poor practices. so exploitative practices like dynamic pricing, for example. if this consultation means that things like that come to an end, it can only be a good thing. and it can only be a good thing for fans as well, because it means they should be able to see theirfavourite musician, their favourite sports team, whatever it might be, without fearing they are going to lose hundreds, thousands of pounds, or need to pay hundreds and thousands of pounds to try to secure those tickets. # i'm in love with the shape of you. # we push and pull like a magnet do. this 12—week consultation isn'tjust about gigs. it's also calling for information about ticketing with theatre, comedy and sport. so, with a packed year of live events ahead, fans will have to wait and see if any of these become law. chierican singer chappell roan has been named bbc�*s sound of 2025. roan's 80—influenced synth pop with lyrics centred on queer relationships has exploded in popularity in recent months. every concert on her us tour last year had to be upgraded to a bigger venue. the bbc sound of 2025 is voted for by 180 musicians and critics. let's speak to our music correspondent, mark savage. it's been quite a meteoric rise for chappell roan?— for chappell roan? yes, everything _ for chappell roan? yes, everything got - for chappell roan? yes, everything got a - for chappell roan? yes, everything got a rocketl for chappell roan? yes, - everything got a rocket boost last year after she had been plugging away at her career for ten years. she was actually signed to her first record ten years. she was actually signed to herfirst record deal when she wasjust 17. signed to herfirst record deal when she was just 17. she lived in a small town in missouri in america. she posted a couple of songs to youtube and

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chi chi izundu has more. # you've gotta roll with it...# just last august, when one of the biggest bands in the world announced they were getting back together and going on tour, the scramble to get tickets was huge. fans were annoyed because of something called dynamic pricing. that's where prices increased as demand did, as people queued for hours to try and get their hands on those tickets. by the time i actually got there, i think the tickets were £453. while you were in the queue for that time, there was no indication of how much the tickets would be once you actually got to the end point. and that seems quite unfair, and i think that there's probably a lot of people that have spent beyond their means. and then when the tour sold out, tickets appeared on resale sites for thousands of pounds. but the government says it wants to clamp down on some of those practices. the department for culture, media and sport is launching a consultation. they're proposing a number of things, including capping the amount you can resell a ticket for up to 30% above the original price. limiting the number of tickets a reseller can actually list for sale on a resale site, and increasing the accountability of ticket resale websites and apps so that they are held legally responsible for the accuracy of information provided to fans. i think music fans across the country will be really familiar with this. gone are the days when people used to stand outside stadiums with a few tickets to resell them at slightly inflated prices. now what we're seeing is ticket touts buying up tickets in very, very large numbers online, often using automated bots and then reselling them on to fans at vastly inflated prices. it's been going on for years. it's been fleecing fans, and we say that time is up for ticket touts. when it comes to dynamic pricing the consultation is calling for evidence on that and other pricing practices in the live events industry. consumer groups and ticketing platforms say this is good for fans. so the fact that the government have announced this consultation is really, really good news. for too long, fans have been left out of pocket, sometimes paying hundreds or thousands of pounds to get hold of these tickets. and if this consultation means that we finally see regulation in the industry and an end to these poor practices, it can only be good news. # i'm in love with. the shape of you...# this 12—week consultation isn'tjust about gigs. it's also calling for information about tickets with theatre, comedy and sport. so with a packed year of live events ahead, fans will have to wait and see if any of this becomes law. chi and cocaine, will open in glasgow next week. it's hoped it'll reduce the number of overdoses by providing a safe and supervised place to use drugs, and support to people wanting to tackle their addiction. critics though have called the move a �*travesty�*. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. hey, girls, thank you very much. in the east end of glasgow, a place where people recovering from addiction can get a warm drink, food, support and advice. paul and barry volunteer here. they're both in recovery after years of abusing drugs. talking about like heroin and that. i started taking like 14, 15 a day and just get worse. it just progresses. you're smoking it one minute and the next minute you're jagging it and then in the prison, for years. been very lucky to come out of the overdoses. and what i see with a consumption room is so many people are dying on the streets. and what we need to remember is that's somebody's son or daughter or uncle. you need to remember that and giv