Hong Kong supergroup Mirror takes on scalpers with real-name rule for buying concert tickets
- Popular Canto-pop group made decision after authorities and fans asked them to help prevent scalpers from exploiting popular demand for concert tickets
- Tickets not yet publicly available for band’s first concert at Hong Kong Coliseum, with prices starting at HK$480 and one scalper reportedly seeking HK$438,000
Hong Kong boy band Mirror has responded to calls by fans and the authorities to take a stance against scalpers after announcing that anyone looking to buy tickets during a public sale for their upcoming concerts will need to register using their real names.
Just months ahead of their first shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum, which will run for 12 nights during July and August, the popular Canto-pop group said they would require buyers to register their real names because of the overwhelming demand for tickets.
“We hear you!” the band wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday, after fans had made repeated calls online for a real-name ticketing system.
“Although we have faced numerous difficulties in the past, we will do our best. We hope more fans can come and support us,” the band said.
“We have seen overwhelming support for our concerts. We noticed that it is hard for Mirror fans to secure a ticket to support us. We plan to hold two additional shows and run a real-name ticketing system for the public sale tickets using Urbtix.”
Urbtix is one of the city’s major ticketing systems, providing services to programme organisers using venues managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.