KUALA LUMPUR: Dejected Malaysian fans have taken to social media to request for an additional concert date from British rock band Coldplay after facing difficulties in securing tickets for their debut performance in Malaysia on Nov 22.
All tickets to the concert were sold out within three hours, including the exclusive presale tickets for CIMB cardholders, which were completely sold out within a few hours on May 16.
Following hours of waiting in virtual queues only to end up empty-handed, numerous fans turned to social media, urging Coldplay to add another show.
Several launched online petitions to push for a second concert.
Entrepreneur Iman Tang was one of them who posted a link to the petition on his Instagram.
"Over 700,000 people queued for Coldplay tickets for the Nov 22 concert in Bukit Jalil Stadium. All tickets were sold out within hours online.
"We need a second night concert! Do you want a second night? If yes, please do sign the petition and send to Chris and mates. Vote now!," the caption read.
The petition called "Coldplay for 2nd show in Malaysia" on petitions.net read: "Dear Chris & Mates, Thank you for coming to Malaysia, all tickets sold out and we Malaysian hope you do consider second show for us.Thank You. If Agree please do sign and send to Coldplay."
Close to 12,500 people have signed the petition as of 12 noon today.
Chris Martin is the lead vocalist, pianist, rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the rock band.
It was reported that some ticket scalpers were taking advantage of hardcore fans of Coldplay by reselling tickets to the British rock band's concert for more than double the price.
Checks on social media revealed that some unscrupulous individuals are purchasing more tickets than the needed amount only to resell them.
Yesterday, Communications and Digital minister Fahmi Fadzil said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has been ordered to take action over the online resale of tickets following a report of one scalper asking for RM43,000 for a ticket.
Ticket prices for the first-ever Coldplay concert in Malaysia range from RM228 to RM3,088.
Meanwhile, Elza Irdalynna on Twitter said: "I'm tired of sitting around hoping things would change. I'm gonna make a petition video to demand #FairplayforColdplay. DM me join."
On an Instagram story, a user wrote: "I'm doing a petition video that I hope will reach @coldplay. I want to rally fans who are devastated by the injustice we faced the past two days fighting against scalpers, resellers and bots.
"In the video, we will present our case to plead that Coldplay demand organisers take action against scalpers by cancelling those tickets and reopen those seats for sale, fairly and legitimately this time.
"Even if we petition for a second show, we can't guarantee this issue won't happen again. We need to address the root problem which is the flawed ticketing system."