KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Scalpers have begun reselling tickets for the highly anticipated My Chemical Romance (MCR) South East Asia 2026 concert in Kuala Lumpur, shortly after GoLive Asia and Hello Universe Malaysia’s ticketing website and app suffered a major crash earlier today.
Platforms such as Carousell have since been flooded with listings from individuals attempting to resell tickets at a wide range of prices.
Some listings went as high as RM650 for a single Zone C ticket — originally RM499. A post in Carousell Singapore offered a ticket at Zone — originally RM699 — at S$300 (almost RM1,000).
Standing tickets are also being resold, with prices reaching up to RM970 despite selling for RM599.
Sellers have turned to platforms like X and Facebook as well, with some posts offering negotiable prices. However, several of these posts have been taken down or blocked.
Many Malaysians have voiced frustration over the situation, with one user commenting, “If you’re not really going to watch the performance, why did you even buy the tickets that you don’t need?”
Scalping has long plagued Malaysia’s concert scene, where, for instance the Coldplay’s 2023 concert in Kuala Lumpur, tickets were being resold at two to six times their original value.
This comes as the organisers announced that the concert has been sold out, with 60,000 tickets snapped at around 3pm — around four hours after sales started.
Earlier this week, Malay Mail reported that Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil had confirmed that a dedicated national anti-scalping law is moving closer to reality.
Fahmi disclosed that his deputy, Teo Nie Ching, recently held discussions with stakeholders, including local event ticketing companies and the Association of Live Event Organisers (ALIFE), on proposed measures targeting scalping explicitly for live events held locally.
As Malaysian law does not explicitly ban ticket scalping, legal action against scalpers has been limited. Hence, the resale of tickets above face value is still technically legal.
Some of these measures, Fahmi explained, include ID verification, which would require ticket holders to present the same identification document used at the time of purchase to match the name printed on the ticket.
Apart from Malaysia, MCR will also be performing in Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore with its last tour stop being in Jakarta.
MCR last performed in Malaysia at Stadium Merdeka in 2007.
