BookMyShow: 1.5 lakh tickets for these 3 shows to be held at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium were sold on BookMyShow. Now people are demanding up to Rs 10 lakh for these tickets worth a few thousand rupees.
BookMyShow: International band Coldplay’s live concert is going to be held in Mumbai. The craze of its fans is such that its tickets disappeared in a few minutes on BookMyShow and the site also crashed. Seeing the huge demand for tickets, the organizers have also announced to do three shows instead of two. Now information has come to light that those who have got tickets for this Coldplay Concert. They have made them available for resale. However, they are demanding up to 234 times more money for them. There is a lot of anger among the people on social media about this.
Coldplay’s 3 live concerts to be held in Mumbai
Indian fans of Coldplay are very disappointed with the price of the tickets available for resale. People are also complaining about it through social media. People who have got the tickets are considering it an opportunity to make money. The craze for the Coldplay concert was also clearly visible on the BookMyShow website. Lakhs of people had come to the website and app for 1.5 lakh tickets of these 3 shows to be held at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Due to this the website was shut down.
People selling tickets for up to Rs 10 lakh on social media
Now these tickets are available at 10 to 20 times the rate on platforms like Viagogo. Similar expensive tickets are being made available on other social media platforms as well. A ticket of Rs 6,450 on Viagogo is now more than Rs 50 thousand. Apart from this, a ticket of Rs 12,500 is now being sold for Rs 336,620. A seller has asked for about 234 times the money i.e. Rs 1,056,320 to sell a ticket of Rs 4500. Apart from this, a ticket of Rs 35,000 is also available for Rs 10 lakh.
Someone (could be for fun) is selling a Rs 12.5k Coldplay ticket for 86.8 lakh on Viagogo#Coldplay #ColdplayMumbai pic.twitter.com/TU7jEgb2zA
— Divyam Sharma (@divyamsharma99) September 22, 2024
Appeal to Coldplay and BookMyShow to cancel such tickets
A user on social media has appealed to Coldplay and BookMyShow that such tickets should be cancelled. Another user has written that about 50 percent of people in our country book tickets just to earn money. Apart from this, many social media handles have also started contests to give tickets. It has been announced that the winner will be given free tickets.
