FAKE TICKETS, SCALPING STRIKE A SOUR NOTE

Ahead of some big international gigs in India, we talk to artists and organisers about the rising threat of fake ticketing and black marketeering

- Yashika Mathur

The coming weeks will see some of the biggest names in international music—Bryan Adams, Maroon 5, and Coldplay—perform in India. While the news is music to fans' ears, there's a growing concern that dampens their excitement—the menace of fake ticket sales and ticket scalping (buying tickets in bulk and selling them at a higher price).

During singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh's much-anticipated Dil-luminati concert in Delhi in October, the foul play left many of his fans deeply disappointed, with some paying hefty amounts to buy fake tickets and others falling prey to scalpers. Dosanjh addressed the issue at his Jaipur concert a few days later and apologized to his fans.