BookMyShow Warns Against Illegal Sale Of Coldplay Concert Tickets
If you are a Coldplay fan living in India, then we are sure that your Sunday passed by, waiting in virtual queues to book tickets for the band's concerts in Mumbai.
If you are a Coldplay fan living in India, then we are sure that your Sunday passed by, waiting in virtual queues to book tickets for the band's concerts in Mumbai in January 2025. Several Indian fans have been left without tickets. The tickets were sold out within hours, and several fans are now taking to unofficial platforms to purchase their passes. In the latest entertainment news, the official ticketing platform, BookMyShow has now issued a warning. The official handles of BookMyShow and BookMyShow Live have shared a joint post, saying, "Protect Yourself from Ticket Scams! Don’t fall prey to unauthorized platforms selling fake tickets for Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025 in India!”
The text on the post stated, "It has come to our attention that unauthorised platforms are listing tickets for Coldplay's Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025 in India, both before and after the official sale. These tickets are invalid," the post read. “Ticket scalping is illegal in India and punishable by law. Please don't fall prey to this because you will be buying fake tickets. Avoid scams! BookMyShow is the only official platform for ticket sales.”
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For the unversed, Coldplay have added a third show on January 21, 2025 to the Mumbai leg of its Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025, citing “phenomenal demand". This announcement came after fans expressed disappointment over long virtual queues on the on BookMyShow.
The server of BookMyShow website and app crashed on Sunday as soon as the tickets for Coldplay concert went live.
Several fans shared screenshots of their frozen laptop screens and smartphones with the app experiencing massive traffic.
As per BookMyShow, the sale for the tickets of the two shows on January 18 and 19, 2025, at Mumbai's DY Patil Sports Stadium, were supposed to go live at 12 noon on Sunday.
However, tickets remained unavailable for booking well over 12:15 PM.
The upcoming Mumbai concert will mark Coldplay's first visit to India in eight years.
Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025 will start on October 30, 2024 at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, and will conclude on August 31, 2025, with a show at the Wembley Stadium in London.
