The weekend saw lakhs of people logging into the ticket streaming platform BookMyShow to secure tickets for British band Coldplay's upcoming concert in Mumbai. The band will be returning to the country after eight years and the excitement among fans was through the roof. However, a large majority was unable to secure tickets as they got sold out within seconds. Such was the demand for the tickets that within an hour of opening ticket sale, the band added another show in the city for January 21 and DY Patil Stadium. However, even a third show was not enough. 

BookMyShow urges people to not risk booking tickets from unauthorised sites

Amid the demand for tickets, soo third-party sites started selling the tickets at inflated rates. The rates were hiked by 10-15x on these sites. However, BookMyShow had cleared that they are the only exclusive platform authorised for the sale of tickets for Coldplay. With lakhs of people unable to secure tickets, frustrtion mounted on social media, most of them directed at BookMyshow.