Bad Bunny fans refused to attend his concert in Mexico City after discovering that their tickets had been duplicated or cancelled.
Hundreds of Bad Bunny fans were saddened and disappointed after being denied entry to the singer’s sold-out concert in Mexico City on Friday night.
They are the latest to have problems with the distribution giant Ticketmaster.
Vulture reported that hundreds of attendees were denied access to the Estadio Azteca venue, which has the capacity to hold 87,000 people. Supposedly, the venue informed fans that their tickets were invalid.
Full house: Bad Bunny performed to a full house as more than 87,000 fans packed the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Friday, while thousands more were turned away due to ticket issues.
In addition, the general admission part of the stadium appeared half full minutes before the Puerto Rican musician appeared on stage.
Many disappointed and angry fans have reported spending hours traveling to the Estadio Azteca in the Mexican capital and paying hundreds of dollars for a ticket.
west watcher reports that a fan said they had purchased their rejected ticket directly from Ticketmaster.
‘I paid more than 9,000 pesos for the ticket at Ticketmaster (about $455) to be told that my ticket is fake!’
Tickets: Pop Crave reported on Twitter Saturday that “thousands of Bad Bunny fans were denied access to his concert yesterday in Mexico City due to their tickets being counterfeit, duplicate, or canceled by Ticketmaster.”
Time and money: Many fans traveled far and wide and spent hundreds of dollars for a chance to see the Ojitos Lindos singer perform, only to be turned away.
Ticketmaster México later apologized and said affected fans would receive a full refund.
“Estadio Azteca headquarters issued a statement of their own saying that any duplicate tickets were invalidated, causing those with tickets purchased on Ticketmaster to be cancelled,” Vulture writes.
The 28-year-old “Efecto” singer, who was named Apple Music’s Entertainer of the Year, has not commented as of yet.
This is the latest incident of bad publicity for Ticketmaster.
No comment: The 28-year-old Effect singer, who was named Apple Music’s Artist of the Year, has not commented as of yet
Fast Action: More than two dozen Taylor Swift fans who had trouble buying tickets to her upcoming Eras Tour are suing Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, accusing them of fraud, misrepresentation and antitrust violations.
More than two dozen Taylor Swift fans are suing the outlet and its parent company, Live Nation, accusing them of fraud, misrepresentation and antitrust violations over the failed Eras Tour ticket sales.
A lawyer for the Swifties, as Taylor fans are known, said npr as many as 400 fans have shown interest in joining the court case seeking $2,500 for each violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law.
The US Department of Justice and several state attorneys general are also investigating Ticketmaster’s practices.
Investigation: The US Department of Justice and several state attorneys general are also investigating Ticketmaster’s practices.