What are Olivia Rodrigo's and Coldplay's $20 concert tickets, and how do you actually get one?

Heard artists are selling super cheap concert tickets now because of price complaints. How does this actually work — is it real, and how would I get one?

It's real, though limited. Several major touring acts — Coldplay ("Infinity Tickets"), Olivia Rodrigo ("Silver Star Tickets"), and Charli XCX ("Angel Tickets") among them — have introduced small batches of deeply discounted tickets, priced around $20-30, as a response to fan frustration over rising concert prices (average top-tour ticket prices have climbed from roughly $84 a decade ago to over $130 today, with some blockbuster tours averaging well over $200). The concept traces back to the Rolling Stones' long-running "Lucky Dip" program. The catch: these tickets are sold as pairs at a fixed low price, but you don't find out your actual seat location until you pick the tickets up at the venue on show day — you could end up on the floor or in a far upper section, it's random. This is deliberately designed to prevent scalpers and bots from reselling them at a markup, since the unpredictable seating makes them much less valuable to resellers. The number of these tickets per show is limited (artists and Live Nation haven't published exact counts), and availability is typically announced through the artist's official channels or Live Nation directly — there's no separate app or site to check across artists, so keep an eye on the specific tour's official ticket page or email list if you want a shot at one.