New laws aimed at stamping out ticket touts are being rushed through Parliament following the decision to hold a general election. But the crackdown will be too late for heavy metal fans who could be turned away from one of the biggest gigs of the year after buying tickets from secondary sellers.

Metallica has applied strict conditions to tickets for its upcoming tour, which comes to the SSE Hydro in Glasgow in October, in a bid to beat the touts. These include a requirement to present photo identification at the door to match the name on the ticket.

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The Herald has found that tickets for the sold-out show are being listed online for up to £550 – five times the original face value – through a number of resellers such as Get Me In, a subsidiary of the venue’s official ticket seller Ticketmaster.

What is more, secondary sellers who fail to disclose these resale restrictions are breaching the Consumer Rights Act, according to the campaigning group FanFair Alliance and the MP Nigel Adams. The SSE Hydro’s own website states that ticket holders will be asked for photo ID to match their ticket, and that anyone breaching the rules will see their tickets cancelled. Ticketmaster states that the original buyer of the ticket “may be required to attend and present ID on the night”, but secondary websites Viagogo and Get Me In make no mention of the restrictions.

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Mr Adams described the situation as a “disaster waiting to happen” in the House of Commons this week, while Adam Webb of FanFair Alliance said it encapsulates “how dysfunctional” the secondary market has become.

“It is a market where buyers have absolutely no idea who is selling them a ticket and, frequently, whether the ticket they buy will even get them into a show,” he said. “Metallica appear to have gone out of their way to protect fans from touts, and the terms and conditions look very clear cut.

“On secondary sites those T&Cs are either vague or entirely absent. So buying a ticket on any of these platforms looks, at best, like a calculated risk.”

The Digital Economy Bill will impose unlimited fines on touts who use computer bots to hoover up tickets and will require resellers to provide specific ticket information, such as reference and booking numbers, to prevent fraudulent sales.

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But many gig-goers will miss out on these key protections ahead of sold-out events in Scotland this year, despite efforts to get the bill passed into law before Parliament dissolves on 3 May.

When Celine Dion announced her first concert in Scotland for 21 years earlier this month, tickets sold out immediately. But one seller on Viagogo was offering a ticket with a face value of £170 for the SSE Hydro gig in August for £87,999.12. The Queen + Adam Lambert experience at the same venue also sold out quickly only for tickets to appear on secondary websites for up to £500 shortly afterwards. They had an initial value of between £78 and £90.

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Touts have come under heightened scrutiny in recent months after one of the biggest firms in the reselling marketplace, Viagogo, refused to co-operate with a parliamentary inquiry into so-called “scalping”. The Swiss-based firm snubbed a select committee hearing in March shortly after it had allowed touts to profit from a Teenage Cancer Trust gig put on by Ed Sheeran.

Face-value tickets for the concert cost between £45 and £110, but were selling for up to £5,000 on Viagogo, which takes a cut of up to 25 per cent on all ticket sales. Sheeran’s tour promoter, Stuart Galbraith, told MPs that he had written to secondary ticketing websites to warn them that resold tickets would not be valid for the star’s tour gigs - but that the websites had allowed the tickets to be listed anyway.

The Victim of Viagogo group, set up in February through Facebook, has claimed £53,000 in compensation due to allegations of “unclear pricing and ticket information”, according to the group’s founder Claire Turnham. She received a refund after Viagogo admitted that a “glitch” led to her being overcharged by £1,150 for Ed Sheeran tickets in January.

“We’re still seeking £53,000 due to unclear information given about ticket pricing that meant customers paid far more than they intended,” she said. “The refunds have mostly been issued by Viagogo, but not consistently - some people have to keep going back using information gathered through our group. Some banks have been helpful, others not so much, and we’ve had to go to the Ombudsman in some cases.”

Neither Ticketmaster nor Viagogo responded to requests for comment. A spokesman for the SSE Hydro said it understood the “frustration” when fans miss out on tickets.

“We are part of an industry that acknowledges that there is and always will be a resale market, so as a venue we welcome any initiatives that provide transparency for fans,” he said. “Our partnership with Ticketmaster recognises the need to give customers an option and choice whether to purchase tickets in a secure way when the primary supply is no longer an option.

“Many fans like and expect the ability to be able to buy and sell tickets if they choose to – especially if there is no option to refund or exchange tickets.”

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FanFair Alliance has urged fans to avoid re-selling sites and to consult its guide to beating the touts. Signing up for artist alerts, checking for pre-sales and using face value resale services like Scarlett Mist are just some of the strategies recommended by the group.