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Fans complain scalpers drive Jay Chou ticket prices up to S$5,500 after China concert sold out in 30 seconds

It's been three years since he had a show in China, and even accommodation prices are said to have quadrupled after concert venue announcements. 

Chinese fans of Mandopop King Jay Chou must have been so thrilled when the 44-year-old announced that he's finally taking his 'Jay Chou Carnival World Tour Concert' to the Mainland after three years. 

Well, at least until they realised how hard it would be for them to snag tickets. We mean, it's the Jay Chou, so tickets were obviously gonna be gone in a flash right? 

Getting tickets to watch Jay Chou has never been an easy feat

Despite having nine shows across four different cities, namely Haikou, Hohhot, Dayuan and Tianjin, tickets to Jay's concert were sold out within 30 seconds.  

To make things worse, scalpers jumped on the opportunity to jack up ticket prices. 

No wonder some fans flooded the Mandopop King's Instagram to lament their plight.  

"The concert tickets are impossible to get, and the scalpers are raising prices like crazy. A ticket that cost 500 yuan (S$98) is 2,000 yuan (S$390)," moaned one netizen.  

Another netizen snarled: "Us fans couldn't get any tickets, they've all been snatched by scalpers! [We] Want to cry." 

And if you thought that was bad enough, think again. Apparently, some scalpers are even selling front row tickets, which cost 2,000 yuan (S$390), at a whopping 28,000 yuan (S$5.5K). 

Jay's fans have a lot to say about their ticketing experience this time

But it looks like the scalpers aren't the only ones who're trying to milk the Mandopop King's popularity in China.  

According to Beijing magazine Caijing, after Jay's shows in Haikou were announcedairplane tickets to Haikou have been looked up 175% more times on search engines.  A hotel near one of the concert venues, Haikou's Wuyuanhe Stadium, has increased its nightly rate from 965 yuan (S$188) to 2,805 yuan (S$547).  

Accommodations that typically cost 195 yuan (S$38) have also been raised to 833 yuan (S$162). 

Boon for the local economy? 

Photos: Jay Chou/Instagram, 163.com 

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