Just last week, Live Nation has announced that the famous British band Coldplay will be having their first ever concert here in Kuala Lumpur. The band is scheduled to have their show on November 22 at Stadium Bukit Jalil as part of their Asia world Tour. With that said, many Coldplayers were excited to finally be able to catch their idols live. Unfortunately, plenty of netizens have shared their grouses on their socials, mentioning that didn’t manage to buy tickets for the upcoming concert.
Ticket scalpers allegedly selling Coldplay tickets for RM43,200, shocks netizens
According to local newspaper Sin Chew Daily, it was reported that many ticket scalpers have begun listing their buys onto websites like Carousell. While there are some scalpers that would list the tickets in a slightly affordable manner, many would choose to mark up the price, with some going up to RM5,000 for a cat 6 ticket that was originally sold for RM398.
Source: Provided to Wau Post
Following that, a Twitter account named Coldplay Asia World Tour Update shared a shocking tweet where it revealed that ticket scalpers have decided to sell a cat 1 ticket that was originally priced at RM1,288 to a whopping RM43,200.
In their post they said,
“If you are not interested in going to the concert, then please don’t buy it. There are plenty of fans who have been waiting for their concert for years.”
Source: Twitter
Upon finding out that the price has been marked up to 33 times more than the actual price, plenty of netizens have left their comments and here’s what some of them said:
“If you’re considering buying such expensive tickets from ticket scalpers, I’d suggest you buy an airplane ticket and watch their concert elsewhere with a normal price.”
Source: Facebook
“This is impossible, the price is about the same as a car.”
Source: Facebook
“Would people really buy a RM43,000 ticket from a scalper?”
Source: Facebook
“I would rather watch it online after the concert.”
Source: Facebook
Source: Facebook
Subsequently, Live Nation has announced that the tickets have been sold out at 1pm and urged concertgoers to not purchase from unauthorised resellers, mentioning that they will not be held responsible for any mishaps of the ticket.
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