Social Media’s Fake Concerts

Concerts as hoaxes are all the rage on social media sites such as Facebook. In April, WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio, reported that police and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst were trying to get the word out that the band’s “concert” at a Dayton gas station wasn’t really happening regardless of the fake flyer, faux tickets and thousands of “attendees.”

Limp Bizkit is reportedly just the beginning as People magazine had a list of others such as Three Days Grace playing at a Burger King in New Paltz, N.Y., July 4; Smash Mouth teaming up with Eagle Eye Cherry and Chris Gaines (Garth Brooks’ alter ego) at a Planned Parenthood in Austin, Texas, with 2,000 people “attending” June 4; and Criss Angel, Papa Roach, Drowning Pool and HIM have a pseudo-event at a Taco Bell in Nashville with 8,200 attendees July 10.

The list goes on. It’s not certain if fans “attending” are actually duped or are just trolling the police and media.