Fans of Madonna who bought Standing Pen A tickets to Sunday’s Rebel Heart Tour concert are going borderline nuts after concert organizers divided the original section alloted for Standing Pen A into two, and renamed the area closer to the stage as Standing Pen A1.
Standing Pen A costs $188, while the new A1 section is priced higher at $388.
While the new section was reported by The Straits Times last Monday, those who had bought the A1 tickets before claim they were not notified.
“They halved the area, sold the front part for a higher price and then sold more of the $188 ticket,” according to Ivan De Luna-Sison, one of a few fans who have left scathing complaints on the Facebook page of Mediacorp Vizpro. “I don’t appreciate having my ticket effectively downgraded just because the organizer is extremely greedy!”
“This is an indecent, deceitful and potentially illegal business practice — it is a betrayal of the fans’ trust and a huge disappointment to people who purchased early to get a good view of the performance,” he told Coconuts Singapore.
On its FB Page, Mediacorp Vizpro explained that they are merely the local coordinator of the concert. “Madonna Rebel Heart Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring in association with East West Best, Inc. and exclusively supported by King Lun & The UMS Group. You may send in your feedback to feedbackRHT@gmail.com.” It seems like we’re not the only ones who think it’s a wee bit shady:
Coconuts Singapore has reached out to the Mediacorp for their official statement.
UPDATE: Concert organisers Kinglun International Holdings Co. have responded to us — check out what they said below:
“Thank you for your mail.
Standing Pen A1 is a reconfiguration of the existing CAT 1 section, therefore the original position of Standing Pen A has not been shifted.
As the seating plan is not drawn to scale, it might seemed that Standing Pen A was shifted back.”
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