Ticket sales for Coldplay's 'Music of The Sphere's' 2023 tour in Manchester saw many desperate fans missing out, and today (August 26) tickets are being re-sold at an extortionate price.
Just two hours after sales opened for the Etihad Stadium dates, a further two more dates were added due to increasing demand. The band is now scheduled to play in the city on May 31, June 1, June 3 and June 4.
Ticketmaster's resale platform is already listing some seats for more than £500 each, meaning some people are making an astonishing £400 profit per ticket. Ticketmaster, SeeTickets and Ticket Factory all have official pre-sale platforms.
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Despite the overpriced resale tickets listed, Ticketmaster's website still claims that its fan-to-fan marketplace only allows fans to sell original tickets 'at the price they paid or less', but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Seated tickets for Coldplay's show on Wednesday, May 31 are being re-sold by fans for £503.04 each, and they're not premium or VIP. Yesterday as we blogged the demand for tickets the original going rate for seats like this was around £148.50, for level two front row. Prices for normal seats at 10am started from £27.50.
Ticketmaster have also released more tickets today (not on resale) which start at an inflated £300 each and is claimed to be 'based on demand', despite hundreds of not being able to get hold of tickets yesterday even after queuing for three to four hours.
Resale tickets are also listed for the Saturday night show (June 3) at £225.34 each for general standing. A resale ticket can be identified by the purple 'shuffle' icon, fans with a Ticketmaster account can log on and put original tickets up for sale, if tickets listed don't sell then you are still valid to use them as your own on the night.
The majority of the time it's a useful platform for the public to get their money back if they can no longer make the event, but it seems many people bought tickets for Coldplay yesterday with the intention of making extra money.
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