New Delhi:
BookMyShow would possibly cancel Coldplay tickets that had been “offered unethically”. The web aggregator filed a First Data Report or FIR on Wednesday towards scalping and black advertising of tickets for the highly-anticipated live performance in Mumbai and mentioned that it was monitoring “situations of ticket reselling for this tour via black market channels”.
“Our stance stays clear and unchanged – BookMyShow vehemently condemns and opposes ticket reselling which is deemed unlawful and is punishable by regulation in India,” it mentioned.
It reiterated that it has no affiliation with any such “unauthorised ticket-selling/reselling platforms and/or any third-party people/platforms for the aim of reselling Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025 in India”.
The FIR has been filed days after the Financial Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police interrogated BookMyShow executives over an alleged rip-off involving the sale of the tickets.
The platform mentioned it addressed all issues “a lot earlier than any formal grievance was raised towards us”.
“We’ve supplied particulars of all resellers which have come to our consideration, together with impartial people reselling tickets for this tour throughout social media platforms reminiscent of Instagram, WhatsApp and past, as additionally digital platforms reminiscent of Viagogo, Stubhub Holdings and extra, to assist authorities in a radical investigation,” it added.
The band has three reveals on the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on January 18, 19 and 21 subsequent 12 months as a part of its “Music of the Spheres World Tour 2025”. The ticket sale hit controversy after issues had been raised about ticketing scams as hundreds of thousands of followers scrambled for a restricted variety of tickets. The reveals had been offered out in minutes.
Those that missed out had been infuriated after they noticed tickets value Rs 6,000- seem on resale web sites at inflated costs.
BookMyShow has been insisting it had “no affiliation” with unauthorised ticket promoting because it acquired a large public backlash and its executives obtained summoned for questioning..
“Because the promoter and official ticketing platform bringing Coldplay to India, we at BookMyShow have labored exhausting to make sure each fan had a good likelihood to safe tickets, by pricing them affordably as additionally capping buy at 4 tickets per person throughout all reveals, offering clear, step-by-step reserving guides and sustaining clear communication via all our official channels. We stay dedicated to making sure a good and real expertise for all our shoppers,” BookMyShow asserted.
The corporate additionally clarified that Coldplay’s performances in India will proceed as deliberate. “Experiences opposite to this are factually incorrect,” it mentioned.