My Chemical Romance reunion show combats scalpers with security check
With the My Chemical Romance reunion show selling out ridiculously fast, people were understandably worried about scalpers scooping up tickets to resell but the venue security are putting people through rigorous checks to ensure only fans who bought the tickets through AXS are able to get in.
The venue’s security team has provided an update to fans saying the person who bought tickets must show ID and have their tickets scanned through their AXS account before they enter.
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Twitter users are spreading the message that security are taking entry to the venue very seriously tonight.
To make sure people can’t simply sell off their tickets to people outside of the venue, it’s required that people who purchased tickets to the show be present with the person going in and can match the names on their ID to the account. That doesn’t mean the person who bought the tickets needs to go, but they must be there to allow entry.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SPREAD THIS!!! pic.twitter.com/c2lNTerBIA
— Gerard Way Street Team (@GerardWayST) December 20, 2019
The person who purchased the ticket needs to be there when the tickets are scanned to verify they’re real and have the ID checked, but that person does not HAVE to be the one who uses the ticket.
— Heaven help us (@OurLady0fSorrow) December 20, 2019
Unfortunately, this has created a problem for at least one fan who wasn’t allowed in due to the tickets being bought from her parents’ account.
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Okay guys. Security is taking things really seriously. You MUST have the ticket purchaser of the account that’s there with you and a valid ID to be let in. There was already someone who couldn’t be let in since the account was under her parents’ names. Just please be aware.
— Gerard Way Street Team (@GerardWayST) December 20, 2019
On the bright side, this will stop any tickets from being resold at ridiculous prices.
They actually made tickets impossible to scalp – the QR code on your ticket changes every 60 seconds. The person who purchased the ticket has to show their ID to match the name on the account before the tickets get scanned for entry.
— Heaven help us (@OurLady0fSorrow) December 20, 2019
Check out the AXS page for more details.
Do you think this is a good policy to prevent ticket scalping at the My Chemical Romance show? Let us know what you think about the rules for getting in below.