Bad Bunny Free Concert in Mexico: President Urges Singer To Hold One After Ticket Fiasco

Would a free concert suffice Mexican Bad Bunny fans?

Following a controversial concert of Bad Bunny in Mexico last weekend, the Mexican Government has been swift in resolving the ruckus that took place at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.

NME reported that hundreds of Bad Bunny fans were turned away from the doors of the 87,000-capacity arena in Mexico City after their tickets were said to be counterfeit and/or duplicates.

Initial reports from Vulture say that tickets were confiscated because admission guards thought of three things - the tickets purchased by Ticketmaster were either fake, duplicates, or canceled by the ticketing giant themselves.

A recent report from Billboard says that the head of Mexico's Federal Attorney's Office for Consumers (PROFECO), Ricardo Sheffield, wanted affected concertgoers to receive a 100% refund on top of a 20% compensation.

Apart from this individual consolation to turn away ticketholders, Ticketmaster Mexico shall pay the Mexican government up to 10% of the company's total sales in 2021.

Meanwhile, Ticketmaster has apologized for the ruckus that happened.

"The inconveniences in the accesses were the consequence of the emergence of an unprecedented number of false tickets, which caused an unusual crowd of people and an intermittent operation of our system. This generated confusion and complicated the entrance to the stadium, with the unfortunate consequence of some legitimate tickets being denied the entrance," they said in a statement.

Following the inconvenience of the Ticketing giant, which is also under deep scrutiny by the United States government, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested something that Bad Bunny fans would love.

"I would tell him how deeply we were touched to see young people sad because they couldn't get in, because they had duplicated tickets, because they were victims of fraud," López Obrador said in a statement to Associated Press.

Obrador asked the Puerto Rican singer that though the government could not pay him a fee, the taxpayers were willing to pay for the lights, stage, and sound system - even going to the lengths of installing a zipline.

However, as of this writing, Bad Bunny or the singer's team has yet to respond to the plea of the Mexican government. Per early reports, the supposed biggest concert on the "World Hottest Tour" was only 60% in capacity when Bad Bunny performed, with thousands being thrown out of the venue.

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