Coldplay Concert Tickets Sale Faces Technical Glitch (Image:Coldplay)
Fans eagerly waiting to buy tickets for Coldplay‘s India concert were left disappointed when BookMyShow’s website and app crashed on Sunday (today). The ticket sale was supposed to go live at 12 PM but was delayed due to technical issues. The website and app were inaccessible for about 18 minutes which frustrated many users and some users faced issues booking tickets on the app as well. It was said that those who tried to book tickets have been added to the queue and confronted technical issues while completing the process.
#BookMyShow Server Has been Crashed B cuz OF #Coldplay
Le Movie Lover & Other User – 👇 pic.twitter.com/Y950GZjRWL
— 𝐎 𝐯 𝐢 𝐲 𝐚 𝐧𓅆 (@Oviyan0) September 22, 2024
Ticket prices range from Rs 2,500 to Rs 12,500, with options for Rs 3,000, Rs 3,500, Rs 4,000, Rs 4,500, Rs 9,000, and Rs 9,500. The highest price for tickets is Rs 35,000 for the lounge seats which come with an elevated viewing space and food and beverage services. Each transaction is limited to a maximum of four tickets. Many users claimed that error messages flashed while they were trying to book the tickets via the app.
🚨ATTENTION COLDPLAY FANS🚨
We heard you and want every fan to have a fair chance of getting tickets to experience the show! ✨
One user can book a maximum of 4 TICKETS across all shows!
Tickets go live at 12 PM SHARP!
Stay tuned.#MOTSWT #BookMyShowLive #BookMyShow…— BookMyShow.Live (@Bookmyshow_live) September 22, 2024
On the contrary, some said that the app crash seems to be their marketing strategy as these things are done to create unreal hype for the show through media coverage, social media trending and hashtags.
This BookMyShow Ticket booking site crash for Coldplay concert is a Marketing trick.
These kinds of things are done to create unreal Hype for the show through media coverage & social media trends.
If you are falling for this fake hype… Then I have sympathy for you 😭… pic.twitter.com/LDThmT3TiR
— Veena Jain (@DrJain21) September 22, 2024
Genius marketing tricks
— Vikas Patil (@VikasKA01) September 22, 2024
Coldplay’s highly-anticipated return to India after nine years is part of their Music of the Spheres World Tour. They will perform at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on Saturday, January 18, 2025 and Sunday, January 19, 2025.
