Thousands of people lied to get free tickets to Ariana Grande’s benefit concert
Ariana Grande announced she will be joined by several popular artists for a benefit concert in Manchester, in support of the people killed and injured in last week’s suicide bombing.
Ticketmaster, the company in charge of ticket sales, announced 14,200 free tickets will be put aside for the people who attended Ariana’s Manchester Arena show.
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After the announcement, the company received 25,000 application for free tickets, which mean over 10,000 of them were falsely made.
Ticketmaster reacted to the fake applications with the following statement: “Sadly, over 10,000 unscrupulous applications have been made.”
“At Ticketmaster, we are doing everything we can – including extending today’s deadline – to ensure that tickets go to the actual fans and not the opportunists or touts who have also been applying for free tickets.”
The benefit concert will take place at Old Trafford Cricket Ground and is expected to raise £2 million for the victims and the families affected by the Manchester Attack.
Among the artists to join Grande on stage are Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry.
A further 35,000 tickets for the event were released to the general public on Ticketmaster for £40 each. All the tickets sold out in under 20 minutes.
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