On February 16, according to the China Performance Industry Association's industry research, dozens of groups of artists, including Hong Kong and Taiwan artists such as Jay Chou, Mayday, Zhou Huajian, Ren Xianqi, Liu Ruoying, and mainland artists such as Li Yuchun, Mao Buyi, Zhang Yixing, Xu Song, Zhang Jie, Hua Chenyu, Xue Zhiqian, Xu Wei, etc., all have concert plans for the year.
Along with the concert, there are also large-scale music festivals, and only two music festival brand leaders have now confirmed large-scale music festival projects in more than ten cities.
The relevant news then rushed to the hot search, triggering discussions among netizens:
The China Performance Industry Association also mentioned that this year, especially since the second quarter, concerts and music festivals will enter a relatively intensive period, and there have been different degrees of tension in the scheduling of large-scale venues in various places. The industry predicts that the competition in the concert market in 2023-2024 will be very fierce. At the same time, ticketing and scalpers have taken advantage of the situation, and relevant information such as robbery, ticket bagging, and paying a deposit can "get the ticket" and other related information has appeared, and many consumers have been deceived. Consumers are also reminded that concert information must also pay attention to official sources, purchase tickets from formal channels, and be vigilant against consumption risks.
The date of the concert has not yet been decided, and the scalper is already selling tickets
Recently, it was reported that the 10th anniversary concert of the popular group TFBOYS will be held in Gongti in August.
Although the time and place of the concert have not been officially announced, fans have begun to worry about whether they can grab tickets, attracting a large number of sellers who claim to be senior ticket staff who are actually scalpers rushing to "get on the link", and promotional information such as robbery, in-house tickets, and prepaid deposits and autographs frequently appears under relevant Weibo topics, and you can "get the tickets" by packing tickets and paying a deposit. In the Weibo topics related to TFBOYS, "fidelity on behalf of the agent", "stable ticket for many years" and "booking guarantee tickets" are scattered in the comment area of each topic post. Many sellers swear that "the order is guaranteed to have a ticket but the price will be increased", but they are vague about after-sales: "Accept the price difference to issue the ticket, and you will not be satisfied with the full deposit." ”
On February 7, Beijing Times Fengjun Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd., the company behind TFBOYS, issued a statement that the concert is already being planned, but whether it can be held is still uncertain, and the time and venue of the concert have not been determined.
According to the staff of the ticket company, all tickets were sold only after the organizer set the official announcement. Tickets and locations for TFBOYS' 10th anniversary concert have not yet been decided.
"Ticket grabbing" scams are frequent
The reporter searched for "concert robbery" through the e-commerce platform, and there were all kinds of performances. In fact, the business of "ticket grabbing" has been around for many years.
In order to curb scalpers, major ticketing websites will protect the rights and interests of consumers through real-name ticket purchase, time-limited ticket grabbing and other forms. Although this move curbed scalpers to some extent, almost at the same time, it also spawned the concert ticket rush business. As early as 2018, a survey showed that substitute robbery was a hot emerging profession in the concert market that year, and it was all operated by professional teams. According to industry insiders, the reason why many generations of robbery behaviors are popular is that the computer has been modified and there is special software to grab tickets. Users only need to provide the basic information of the performers, and the "Ticket Grab" team will change the delivery address after grabbing the ticket, and the transaction will be completed.
But in this market, there are also people who use this to deceive, and there are consumers who have recently been recruited. Some consumers introduced, open a platform's ticket link, click in, the entire interface and the formal ticket platform on the market is no different, the order, payment interface is not rough, but also can show the successful purchase of tickets, there is a ticket SMS, but the so-called customer service, after-sales can not get through, the money can not be returned.
Do not trust "internal employees" and "scalpers"
Zhang Yiming, general manager of Beijing Huale Extraordinary Culture Communication Co., Ltd., said in an interview with reporters that the organizers are also very helpless about "ticket grabbing", and all they can do is to formulate rules more carefully and fairly. For example, in response to the problem of ticket grabbing, first increase the cost of purchase, and try to unify the platform for ticket sales, such as all on barley to grab, one person can only grab two, relatively speaking, it is more fair; Secondly, if it is a very popular project, it is necessary to achieve the real-name system, "that is, you buy it yourself and see it." Although there is no guarantee that every ticket can be sold to absolute fans, and there is no way to be grabbed by scalpers, it can be relatively fair and just, and then the rules can be made clearer. ”
On the one hand, the audience who have been suppressed for three years listened to the voice of idols live with anticipation; On one side, it is difficult to find a ticket for a popular concert. Nevertheless, consumers are reminded that performance tickets should be purchased through regular ticketing websites or mobile apps, and should not trust private ticketing channels such as "internal employees" and "scalpers" to avoid being deceived. If you really need to buy second-hand tickets, please choose a trading website that requires real-name authentication and rely on a third-party payment platform, or conduct offline transactions in the same city, and do not trade with strangers on social platforms such as WeChat and Weibo. If you have any questions about the booking information, contact the customer service of the regular ticket company in time, and once you find that you have been deceived, you should report to the police in time and keep relevant evidence.