BookMyShow has submitted a complaint against digital platforms re-selling Coldplay's concert tickets. Moreover, such tickets may be cancelled.

The highly anticipated Coldplay concert in Mumbai in January 2024 has been embroiled in a legal controversy due to the black marketing of tickets. It has led to a massive outrage on social media as people could not buy tickets to the concerts despite the British rock band increasing one more day of performance.

Earlier this week, the Mumbai police recorded the statement of Anil Makhija, the chief operating officer of BookMyShow, in connection with a complaint

Mumbai: A legal manager from Book My Show has filed a complaint with the Vile Parle police, alleging that tickets for the Coldplay concert were being sold by an unidentified individual through unknown mobile numbers, fake Instagram pages, and fraudulent websites.

With so much happening in such a short time, disappointing Coldplay fans have questioned if the concert is cancelled?

Police in India's financial capital Mumbai have sought a statement from the CEO of a ticketing platform that sold the tickets to a Coldplay concert in the city, after complaints that many tickets were sold in the black market,

Fans eagerly awaiting the return of Coldplay to India were shocked to find tickets being resold online for as much as $11,000, prompting police to seek a statement from the CEO of the shows’ vendor over allegations of fraud.

BookMyShow COO questioned by EOW over Coldplay ticketing scam, CEO fails to appear, Mumbai police investigates further.

When 13 million people tried to buy tickets for the band’s Mumbai shows, the ticketing site crashed. Many who came up short cried foul, both online and to the authorities.

Coldplay's January 2025 concerts in India have sold out, prompting many Indian fans to seek tickets for shows in Abu Dhabi. Easy visas and similar pricing make Abu Dhabi a popular choice.

In the wake of allegations levied against event platform BookMyShow of encouraging ticket scalping, rumours were rife that pop group Coldplay’s India shows had been cancelled. The speculations particularly gained attention after reports of Ashish Hemrajani—the CEO of the platform’s parent company Big Tree Entertainment—skipping the second summons issued by the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing hit headlines.