Fans eagerly awaiting the return of Coldplay to India were shocked to find tickets being resold online for as much as $11,000, prompting police to seek a statement from the CEO of the shows’ vendor over allegations of fraud.

Coldplay fans faced a frantic scramble for tickets to the band's 2025 stadium tour on Friday morning (September 27), with many encountering significant problems. As general admission tickets went on sale at 9am, fans reported being stuck in massive queues of more than 90,000 people for each date.

Fans faced a second day of chaos trying to get Coldplay tickets with some reporting Ticketmaster issues even before the sale began and many once again criticised the ticketing giant calling them "hope

British rock band Coldplay's upcoming tour of India has triggered a police investigation and dismayed fans after scalpers bought up cheap tickets to resell online for more than $1,000 apiece.

Tickets went on general sale at 9am on Friday for the band's eagerly anticipated UK shows for 2025 at Hull's Craven Park and London's Wembley Stadium. Fans are normally able to join an online queue on Ticketmaster just before the on sale time.

If you were in India and had 900,000 rupees ($10,800; £8,000), what would you buy? A car? A trip around the world? Diamond jewellery? Or a Coldplay concert ticket? The British rock band is set to perform three shows of their Music of the Spheres world tour in Mumbai next year and the tickets are being sold for obscene amounts on reselling platforms,

By Shantasree Sarkar Millions of Indian music enthusiasts sat poised at their computers, fingers hovering over keyboards earlier in September. Moments after the virtual floodgates opened for Coldplay's highly anticipated January 2025 concerts in Mumbai,