Coldplay Adds Third Show In Mumbai After Huge Ticket Demand, Fans Say 'BookMyShow Is Behaving Like IRCTC'
Coldplay announced a third gig on January 21 after the first two of their concerts in Mumbai sold out in record time.
Grammy-winning band Coldplay started ticket booking for their Mumbai shows on Sunday. Soon after, the online platform BookMyShow crashed. Even when it came back online, fans found themselves in a long queue, showing just how much excitement there is for the concert.
Coldplay announces thrid show in Mumbai
Fans on the online ticket platform expressed disappointment about long virtual queues. Therefore, two new shows of the band were added to BookMyShow.
BookMyShow added a second date, January 21, 2025, due to a huge demand from fans for tickets. BookMyShow posted an updated poster along with the news on Instagram.
“A NEW SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED FOR 21 JAN 2025!! 1. Head on to the event page on #BookMyShow and hit the ‘Book Now’ button at 1.30 PM IST. 2. You will be added to the waiting room. 3. You will be assigned a queue number at 2 PM IST. 4. Ticket sales go live at 2 PM IST sharp,” it read.
🚨A NEW SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED FOR 21 JAN 2025!! 🚨
— BookMyShow.Live (@Bookmyshow_live) September 22, 2024
1. Head on to the event page on #BookMyShow and hit the 'Book Now' button at 1.30 PM IST
2. You will be added to the waiting room
3. You will be assigned a queue number at 2 PM IST
4. Ticket sales go live at 2 PM IST sharp… pic.twitter.com/MXUzcD52Y5
Later, Coldplay added a third show to the Mumbai leg of their Music of the Spheres World Tour 2025 due to "phenomenal demand," just hours after fans voiced frustration over long virtual queues. Starting at Rs 2,500, tickets for the event will cost Rs 3,000, Rs 3,500, Rs 4,000, Rs 4,500, Rs 9000, Rs 9500, and Rs 12,500.
Due to phenomenal demand, a third Mumbai date has been added at DY Patil Stadium for 21 January, 2025. Tickets on sale at 2PM IST today, at https://t.co/4CTfg2kbGU pic.twitter.com/ScYDrRkDIc
— Coldplay (@coldplay) September 22, 2024
Here is how fans reacted to the overwhelming queue for Coldplay tickets:
#DominosIndia #Coldplay pic.twitter.com/apmxAl0KR2
— dominos_india (@dominos_india) September 22, 2024
You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me#Coldplay pic.twitter.com/22zuQk6qVz
— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) September 22, 2024
Indians are standing in queue of 1 million people to buy Coldplay tickets but when it comes to voting for our Vishwaguru Aadipurush Ji, they go on vacation.
— Abhishek ✨ (@ImAbhishek7_) September 22, 2024
When will Indians wake up from this colonial mindset? 😡🚩🌿 pic.twitter.com/PgOTJkmujR
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More population in queue for Coldplay concert in Bombay than entire population of certain countries. pic.twitter.com/Sanh9eBQBd
— Nevin (@nevinthomas) September 22, 2024
U have logged in to Book My Show through the Mobile App and in the Queue to buy Coldplay Tickets and someone calls u pic.twitter.com/Hsk2eHK97i
— Joy (@Joydas) September 22, 2024
Coldplay Infinity Tickets
A handful of Infinity Tickets, which cost the equivalent of Euro 20 (about Rs 2000) each, will be offered by Coldplay in an effort to make the event more affordable. When they go on sale on November 22, 2024, fans will be able to buy them together and enjoy the musical experience as a pair.
Coldplay—which consists of drummer Will Champion, bassist Guy Berryman, guitarist Jonny Buckland, and lead vocalist Chris Martin—last performed in India in 2016 as part of the Global Citizen Festival, which was held in Mumbai.