22 September,2024 02:30 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Coldplay
Due to a massive demand, Coldplay added a third date to their India tour. The announcement came an hour after the initial tickets went for sale. The announcement was made through the official social media handle of Coldplay.
The tickets for the new show, set to be held on January 21 at Mumbai's DY Patil Sports Stadium, will go live at 2 pm on BookMyShow.
"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," Coldplay said in an X post, alongside the booking link.
Fans were asked to click on Book Now starting 1.30 pm and at 2 pm people were put in queue. Within 2 minutes of the booking opening, over a million people were put in queue. This was after two earlier shows scheduled for January 18 and 19 were completely sold out.
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According to reports, the server of BookMyShow website and app on Sunday crashed as it opened the sale for the British band's concerts scheduled for next year.
Soon, hashtags 'Coldplay', 'BookMyShow', and 'Crashed' started trending on X.
Coldplay had already announced two shows on January 18 and 19, 2025, at the DY Patil Sports Stadium.
Several fans shared screenshots of their frozen computer screens and smartphones with the app experiencing a lot of traffic.
According to BookMyShow, the sale for the tickets of the two shows on January 18 and 19, 2025, at Mumbai's DY Patil Sports Stadium, was supposed to open at 12 noon. Many said the tickets remained unavailable for booking well over 12.15 pm.
The ticket prices range from Rs 2,500 to Rs 12,500, with Rs 35000 for lounge area, according to the platform's website.
In less than an hour, the server got back up and BookMyShow shared a message of facing "heavy traffic" on every account trying to book a ticket, with the wait list going as high as 842,745 (data on BookMyShow website as per 1.39 pm).
"Because of heavy traffic, queue is moving slower than expected. Thank you for your patience!" read a message on the platform.
A few helpful fans suggested others waiting to refresh the page.
"If you are in the queue for coldplay tickets and it's going slow, refresh your page. It's going to be quicker #Coldplay #BookMyShow (sic)" said an X user.
The Mumbai concert will mark Coldplay's first visit to India in eight years.
The Grammy-winning band previously performed in Mumbai as part of the Global Citizen Festival back in 2016. "Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025" will commence on October 30 at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, and will conclude on August 31, 2025, with a show at the Wembley Stadium in London, the UK.
