Lily Allen certainly has good intentions but sometimes forgets that, in Los Angeles, she is tailed by more paparazzi than actual fans. So, when Lily whipped up a variation on the Nine Inch Nails’ move of hiding tickets in an LA drainpipe and posting a “treasure map” online, things went a bit wrong.

Popbitch tells us that Lily had attempted to unleash her fans on this sort of scavenger hunt for the VIP tickets to her LA concert. All went smoothly until it was revealed that tickets fell into the wrong hands, so to speak:

Lily Allen, master of new media tricks, tweeted clues so fans could get free tickets to her gig at the Wilton, LA, last week. Except, as Lily Allen’s LA fanbase is smallish, many of those following her clues, and thereby gaining front row VIP places, were paparazzi who had not been allowed access to her show but fancied earning themselves the chance to get close and take some unflattering photos.

Hey, these guys could actually be fans of Lily’s music, right? Well, maybe.