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Dainik Bhaskar had exposed the black marketing of the Coldplay concert to be held in January 2025 by conducting a sting operation. 3500 tickets of the concert are being sold for 70 thousand rupees. Some time ago, a complaint was filed against Book My Show app in this matter. Now Book My Show app has filed a complaint against many people who are illegally selling tickets at high prices through Instagram and fake websites.
Pooja Nimish Mishra (38), general manager of the law department of Book My Show's Andheri office, has filed a complaint against several fake sellers on October 2. He alleges that for the past several days he has been receiving complaints through e-mail that Coldplay concert tickets are being sold at arbitrary amounts through fake websites. They have also received many screenshots, which include numbers and chats of about 27 people who are selling tickets.
Mid Day report quoting police officials said that some time ago, Book My Show had received an e-mail from a person named Ashwin, who demanded many tickets and said that he had asked many people for tickets. Took the money and assured to give the ticket. However, the people associated with the app refused to give him the ticket. In the second mail, a person named Arjun has sent screenshots of some WhatsApp chats, in which blackmarketing of tickets is taking place. That mail also mentions 27 blackmarketing people and several Instagram accounts that are selling tickets.
Book My Show filed a complaint on 25 September
Earlier on September 25, Book My Show had filed a complaint against those selling fake Coldplay concert tickets and issued a statement saying – Book My Show is for the sale and resale of tickets for Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour 2025 in India. Not associated with Viagogo and Gigsberg and any third party.
Allegations of fraud of Rs 500 crore on Book My Show app also
BYJM (Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha) has also registered a complaint with EOW accusing Book My Show of fraud. Book My Show is accused of money laundering and fraud of Rs 500 crore in the name of ticket selling.
Party member Tejinder Singh Tiwana has said that Book My Show was supposed to give tickets to the people who first visited the app, however, the app created a special link for blackmarketing agents, so that they could buy tickets and sell them at expensive prices. . Those who bought tickets were put in a virtual queue, due to which they could not book tickets. Book My Show app has earned Rs 500 crore from this rigging.
Statements of CEO and COO of the app recorded
In this case, EOW has recorded the statement of Book My Show CEO, co-founder Ashish Hemarajani and COO Anil Makhija.
Stage-audience arrangement layout and ticket rates for Coldplay's DY Patil Stadium concert.
Coldplay's performance in India after 9 years Coldplay band performed at the Golden Citizen Festival held in Mumbai in 2016. 80 thousand people became a part of this show, which included many Bollywood celebs. Now after 9 years the band is coming to India again. Coldplay's songs Hymn for the Weekend, Yellow, Fix You are very popular in India.
Coldplay had also performed in Mumbai in 2016. The band is coming to India again after 9 years.
Started in London, won 7 Grammy Awards Coldplay band was started in the year 1997 in London. Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Barryman, Will Champion and Phil Harvey are members of this band. Coldplay has received the Grammy Award 7 times in 39 nominations.
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