The Tragically Hip lead singer Gord Downie. (Photo: www.rock107.ca)
Many Tragically Hip fans were left empty handed this morning as tickets for some of the band’s upcoming summer concerts sold out almost immediately.
Within minutes of the start of today’s public sale, it appeared that all available tickets for three arena shows at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre had been snapped up, along with shows in Hamilton and the band’s final stop in Kingston.
Local Hip super fan Mitchell Evans says he logged on to Ticketmaster early trying to get tickets for Ottawa and Toronto.
Thousands of disappointed fans took to social media to express their suspicion that many of the tickets were bought by resellers hoping to capitalize on the intense interest in these shows.
Those sentiments were recently voiced at Queen’s Park by Prince Edward Hastings MPP Todd Smith who said the laws do not work in favour of ticket goers.
Evans agrees something has to be done at the government level because the average person like himself cannot afford the prices on the secondary market.
This tour is widely expected to be the final one for the iconic Canadian band, given lead singer Gord Downie’s battle with incurable brain cancer.
Less than half an hour after the public sale began for the Toronto shows, more than 2,500 tickets were listed for marked up prices on StubHub.
(With files from the David Friend of The Canadian Press)
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