Followers turned away from Dangerous Bunny gig in Mexico as a consequence of ticketing points

Tons of of Dangerous Bunny followers have been reportedly turned away from his live performance in Mexico Metropolis on Friday evening (December 9) as a consequence of points with tickets that have been bought from Ticketmaster.

The sold-out gig happened on the 87,000-capacity Estadio Azteca, the place followers reported that safety had informed them that their tickets have been both pretend, duplicated or cancelled by Ticketmaster, Vulture experiences.

Some followers apparently had their tickets confiscated at check-in as a result of safety believed they have been counterfeit. Followers informed CNN, nonetheless, that their tickets carried the inexperienced test mark that proves that they're real.

Photographs and movies of the gig confirmed that it was nowhere close to capability, regardless of promoting out.

UPDATE: The live performance's begun and it’s at 60% of its full capability, that is BEYOND embarrassing and disrespectful to Dangerous Bunny and to his followers, SHAME ON YOU @Ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/UkBfwcbCIE

— jupiter | fan account (@summerricochet) December 10, 2022

Ticketmaster launched an announcement onto its social media channels apologising to any followers who had been turned away. The ticketing firm claimed there was an unprecedented variety of counterfeit tickets circulating, which brought on confusion and resulted in gig-goers being denied entry regardless of having tickets that have been legitimate. It stated that followers may report their points to Ticketmaster and declare a refund so long as that they had digital proof that they couldn’t get in.

Estadio Azteca launched its personal assertion, explaining that any duplicated tickets mechanically turned invalid, leading to any tickets from Ticketmaster being cancelled.

#AvisoImportante con respecto al concierto de @sanbenito (#BadBunny) en el @EstadioAzteca. pic.twitter.com/VjIoxBDR4V

— Ticketmaster México (@Ticketmaster_Me) December 10, 2022

Comunicado 📄 pic.twitter.com/OPKT8RKIPC

— Estadio Azteca (@EstadioAzteca) December 10, 2022

Ticketmaster additionally got here underneath fireplace just lately for its dealing with of the ticketing for Taylor Swift’s upcoming North American ‘The Eras’ tour. Many shoppers attempting to purchase tickets within the pre-sale encountered technical points, together with web site outages and prolonged wait occasions. Following this, the overall sale was cancelled as a consequence of “terribly excessive demand” and “inadequate remaining ticket stock”.

Now, over a dozen followers are suing Ticketmaster. Final week, they filed a lawsuit at Los Angeles County District Courtroom which alleges that the corporate violated the California Cartwright Act and the California Unfair Competitors Legislation in the course of the pre-sale.

The plaintiffs have accused Ticketmaster’s mother or father firm, Stay Nation, of a number of allegations together with fraud, worth fixing, and antitrust violations.

Elsewhere, Dangerous Bunny was revealed on the finish of final month to be the most-streamed artist on this planet on Spotify this 12 months, taking the title for the third 12 months in a row.