Coldplay Concert Controversy: Amid the controversy over black market sale of Coldplay concert tickets, Mumbai Police summoned BookMyShow’s CEO on Friday, as reported by ANI. The summons followed a complaint filed by advocate Amit Vyas.
The Mumbai-based lawyer, who is also the Founder Partner of Vertices Partners, alleged in his PIL that BookMyShow and event organiser Live Nation Entertainment are involved in a large-scale ticket scam. Amit called it the “blatant violation of consumer rights and various provisions of Indian Criminal Law.”
Besides the CEO of Big Tree Entertainment Private Limited, which is the parent company of BookMyShow, company’s technical head has also been summoned. They will appear before the investigating officer of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Saturday, to record the statement and assist the investigation.
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Coldplay Concert Controversy: What Really Happened
Coldplay’s concert tickets went on sale on September 22 at 12 pm. However, due to heavy traffic and technical glitches, the website got crashed. Within few seconds, both the shows were sold out only to reappear on third-part websites such as Viagogo and Gigsberg, for resale at shocking prices.
Looking at people’s disappointment and constantly raised fingers, BookMyShow issued a statement earlier this week, urging people to not fall to these scams. It further clarified that it is not associated with any ticket-selling or reselling platforms “BookMyShow has no association with any ticket selling/reselling platforms such as Viagogo and Ginsberg or third party individuals for the purpose of reselling of Coldplay's Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025 in India,” the statement read.
About Coldplay’s concerts
The musical band was initially scheduled to perform in India on January 18-19. However, owing to the overwhelming response from the country’s audience, they added an extra show on January 21, 2025. The event will be organised at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Sports Stadium as part of the Music Of The Spheres World Tour.
The British rock band comprises of Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion, is known for giving hits such as Fix You, Viva La Vida, and Hymn for the Weekend.