Thousands of people were duped by claims rapper Eminem was bringing a massive live gig to Birmingham in 2024.
Fans of the Not Afraid star, 51, were overjoyed as an event was set up on Facebook declaring he was set to perform in the Resorts World Arena in Solihull.
This despite the fact his Revival album was released in 2017 – and that the hoax claims tickets to the ‘2024 concert’ will go on sale on December 21, 2018.
Eminem is not currently touring at all, with his last one coming in 2019 in the form of the Rapture Tour – though he has made some surprise appearances on stage with the likes of Ed Sheeran and 50 Cent.
After thousands were fooled by the event, hopeful concert-goers began realising they were tricked – and furiously kicked off on the event page.
Fans were devastated when they realised they had been duped (Picture: Redferns)
Jade Turner said the post ‘really had me bloody going … [it] really spoilt my bloody Christmas!’
Natalie Rowley agreed she was ‘proper gutted when I found out it was fake,’ with Ruby Tuesday Castle adding: ‘Fuming who would make such a lie up.’
‘Cheers Christmas ruined now,’ Cali Macmillan grumbled, while plenty more hit out at the ‘fake’ post.
Others accused whoever was behind the post of being ‘scammers’ and urged people not to part with their money, in fear people try to buy tickets for a concert that didn’t exist.
The fake post had claimed the Toy Soldiers rapper was to perform in the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham (Picture: Getty Images)
It’s not the first time this year – or even this week – that Eminem has been the subject of a major hoax.
On December 10, the star’s Wikipedia page was edited to make it appear as though he had died that day at the age of 51.
The edit was screenshotted by fans and spread across X, formerly Twitter, and naturally it didn’t take long before the hashtag #RIPEminem began trending on the site.
The hoax comes just days after a rumour spread online that Eminem had died – so at least it’s a slight step down (Picture: Getty Images North America)
Of course, the Mockingbird artist is not actually dead – Marshall Mathers had simply joined the ranks of Janet Street-Porter, Denise Welch and Lil Tay in the 2023 death hoax alumni.
Linda Robson was the latest Loose Women star to have been declared dead by a Twitter account notorious for killing off the panel, but had the last laugh with her response.
Taking to Instagram, the actress shared a video of herself lying on the sofa, arms crossed over her chest, before rising up and opening her eyes while the main theme from Psycho blared in the background.
She wrote in her caption: ‘Woke up to lots of messages and calls, apparently there has been a rumour I had passed away going around.
‘You won’t get rid of me that easy! 😉’
