So, it has caused a craze over the Coldplay “Music of the Spheres World Tour” concerts in Mumbai but has also stirred up huge anger due to tickets. British rock band Coldplay will perform three live shows in January 2025, and it has received an excellent response from the audience for tickets.
When the tickets opened for sale on 22 September 2024, over 10 million fans attempted to grab one of the limited 180,000 available tickets on BookMyShow, the official ticketing partner. The tickets were priced between ₹2,500 and ₹12,000. However, all the tickets are sold in under minutes. Many users faced frustration due to technical snafus like server failures and time-consuming digital queues.
Adding to the bitterness, a number of tickets started cropping up on resale platforms at outrageous prices, which went as high as ₹900,000. The ticketing scalping has antagonized fans across the nation who feel that the system is cheating them. BookMyShow has disassociated itself with these non-authorized resellers and has taken legal action against them.
Fans responded vociferously through social media to the situation. Many showed disappointment and anger. Consequently, people asked if such effective measures were in place against scalping, as well as if the official website was involved in the resale of tickets1. It opened the doors for a broader approach in terms of proper regulation and technology concerning the high-demand event.
Public interest in Coldplay’s performances remains alive even though the controversy surrounding the controversy is over. Fans who already have their tickets are eagerly waiting for the shows, and other fans dream of additional concerts or a more transparent ticketing process.
This has highlighted some of the problems with managing high-demand events in the digital age and how organizers might change their ways before this event date.