The London New Year Eve fireworks required a ticket for the best areas, with your name on it and with photo ID check. I think the reason for the photo ID check

The London New Year Eve fireworks required a ticket for the best areas, with your name on it and with photo ID check. I think the reason for the photo ID check is for a security background check against that name, so I would assume they would be very serious when checking the ID. Anyway around that?