Music Concert Ticket Fraud Mitigation, Promoter: Buyers Still Need Literacy

Ferry Dermawan, co-founder of Plainsong Live (Instagram @ferrydermawan)

JAKARTA - Ticket fraud cases at music concerts are nothing new in Indonesia. However, what happened at Coldplay's concert last week made the conversation about the matter busy again.

Unmitigated, a young woman named Ghisca Debora, who is a suspect and has been handled by the Central Jakarta Police, earned Rp5.1 billion from Coldplay's concert in Jakarta.

Responding to this, Ferry Dermawan, co-founder of Plainsong Live as promoter of the 2023 Joyland Festival Jakarta, said that ticket buyers need more literacy to avoid fraud cases.

"Actually, we can't prevent that, but we still need literacy for ticket buyers," said Ferry Dermawan in Senayan, Central Jakarta, Monday, November 20.

Learning from the event he made, which will be held on November 24-26, Ferry admitted that he received many reports related to ticket duplication by irresponsible parties.

He asked people who really want to come to music concerts not to be tempted by the cheaper prices offered.

"The problem is that we have received a lot of reports, those who buy tickets, when checked the price is cheaper, it just doesn't make sense from the process at all," said Ferry.

"It's true that the fraudster bought the ticket, but he sold the barcode to several people. So yes, we found how come it's the same, the ticketing number is the same," he continued.

For the 2023 Joyland Festival Jakarta, Ferry Dermawan reiterated that all information regarding tickets is only available through their official website.

"All the information and also the purchase of tickets can be seen at joylandfest.com. Don't buy them elsewhere, because we've got quite a lot of reports," said Ferry Dermawan.