Coldplay concert tickets resell for up to 9 lakhs, fans label BookMyShow as a 'scam'
Re-selling websites like Viagogo are now offering tickets at exorbitant prices, some going as high as ?7.7 lakh, despite warnings that resold tickets may be invalid. Fans accused BookMyShow of enabling scalping.
The fact that lakhs of fans waited in a virtual queue for hours to get tickets to Coldplay's Mumbai shows demonstrated the band's popularity in India. The Grammy-winning rock band is scheduled to perform three gigs in Mumbai in January 2025 as part of their Music of the Spheres World Tour. There was such high demand for Coldplay tickets that the band added a third gig on January 21 to their prior schedule of January 18 and 19.
Where are Coldplay tickets being resold for up to 9 lakhs?
Credit; Viagogo Screengrab / Tickets reselling on Viagogo fro upto 9 lakhs
Despite the third show, thousands of Coldplay fans were unhappy since they could not get tickets. Although Coldplay tickets are officially sold out on BookMyShow, the sole authorized ticket sales platform, re-selling websites have offered them at exorbitant prices.
Viagogo resells Coldplay tickets for up to ?9 lakh. This is despite BookMyShow's warning against purchasing tickets from illegal platforms.
Viagogo, an online marketplace, offers tickets for the January 18 event starting at ?38,000 and up to ?3 lakh. Tickets for Coldplay's performance in the "Lounge" section of the DY Patil Stadium were originally priced at ?35,000 on BookMyShow.
Viagogo offers prices as high as ?9 lakh. One hopeful has listed Level 1 tickets for a staggering ?9.6 lakh. Despite BookMyShow's warning that tickets purchased through re-selling services will be considered illegitimate, these listings remain up.
How did fans react on the internet?
Several fans accused BookMyShow of creating a system that favoured illicit scalpers. Several fans chastised BookMyShow for not connecting tickets to booking ID, allowing anyone to buy a ticket and resell it at a large profit later.
How does @viagogo get Coldplay tickets at the same time as @bookmyshow but at black market prices several times higher? Clearly there's a nexus and BMS is selling them to Viagogo. This is screaming scam! pic.twitter.com/ZgHmE8JMpp
¡ª Vijaynarain (@Vijaynarain) September 22, 2024
Others claimed that BookMyShow had "hoarded" tickets for high-net-worth individuals, influencers, and internal workers, resulting in an artificial supply deficit.
WTF @bookmyshow WTF IS THIS!!! @coldplay cancel your show here in India. Your ticketing partners have internally given out tickets to blackmarket! #Coldplay #Coldplayindia pic.twitter.com/fjUvHxrYtH
¡ª Mayur Milan (at ?) (@mayormilan) September 22, 2024
How the fcuk have the tickets gon elive on @viagogo before @bookmyshow ??#Coldplay #BookMyShow pic.twitter.com/JztXzaCoHA
¡ª Akshay (@a_akshayy) September 22, 2024
Influenzas getting tix before general public
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Also read: Coldplay announces third concert in Mumbai amid massive demand, people wait in queues of lakhs
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