Coldplay’s Hong Kong shows sell out within 90 minutes, including top-priced HK$6,599 ticket

‘Ultimate Spheres Experience’ tickets at HK$6,599 for April 11 performance sold out as early as 10.10am

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Signs at a bus stop in Tsim Sha Tsui advertise Coldplay’s Hong Kong shows scheduled for next April. Photo: Jelly Tse

Ambrose Li

Published: 11:40am, 10 Oct 2024Updated: 3:59pm, 10 Oct 2024

Corrected [3:02pm, 10 Oct, 2024]

[3:02pm, 10 Oct, 2024]
This article has been updated to clarify that the HK$6,599 tickets were not a new category, which an earlier version of the story had indicated.

Tickets for British rock band Coldplay’s coming concerts in Hong Kong were sold out within 90 minutes of the opening of general sales, with the most expensive HK$6,599 (US$849) option for one of the shows snapped up almost immediately.

A Post reporter who visited ticket booking platform Cityline at 10am when sales opened gained access to purchasing options only after a few minutes.

However, most dates and price categories were listed as “limited” or indicated that there was temporarily “no ticket available”.

Even when “limited” categories were selected, the website indicated that “the selected price zone cannot offer the required seats for the time being as other customers are selecting all the remaining seats”.

“Ultimate Spheres Experience” tickets priced at HK$6,599 for the show on April 11 were sold out as early as 10.10am, with the HK$2,099 seats on April 9 also snapped up and only single seats were left available at the same price range on April 12 by 10.13am.

Jonny Buckland and Chris Martin of Coldplay at a recent performance in New York. Photo: AFP

Users were given 10 minutes to scramble for tickets before they were automatically taken off the site. The Post reporter only managed to enter the site one time initially, despite repeated attempts.