Posted on 05/18/2023 9:44:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
When you try your best, but you don’t succeed.
That could be the case for frustrated Coldplay (pic) fans in Malaysia, who are finding it hard to get hold of tickets for the rock band’s concert after they were all were snapped up within three hours on Wednesday.
Pre-sale tickets which were exclusive to CIMB cardholders on Tuesday were also sold out within hours.
The demand for tickets is so hot that one buyer on e-commerce marketplace Carousell in the country is offering to pay RM111,111 for the concert tickets.
The buyer is seeking tickets in Category 1, which originally cost RM1,288 each, and Category 2 (RM758 each). There was no mention of the number of tickets wanted, based on checks by The Straits Times.
With the hot demand, scalpers are having a field day, with one offering tickets as high as RM43,000 each on Carousell. The post later stated the ticket was “locked” at RM55,200, but it appears to have been deleted since.
The popular British band will be playing at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 22. It is Coldplay’s first concert in Malaysia during their Asia leg of the Music Of The Spheres World Tour.
That’s a good one!!!
It sounds like Malaysia is “The Land That Time Forgot.”
Are they all wearing cargo pants and listening to the Spice Girls?
But the best Taylor Swift tickets can go for almost that much.
Tours used to be “in support of” albums, but now that people get their music for free it’s how artists support themselves and their lifestyles and entourages.
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