Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie announced last week that he had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer before the band revealed a run of summer tour dates starting June 22 after the release of their new album, Man Machine Poem on June 17. Now, the group has added some tour dates to that run due to “overwhelming demand,” along with a slew of fan complaints that tickets, which went on sale yesterday morning, were bought up by site bots like StubHub before they could purchase them online.
As CBC News reports, StubHub released a statement about the tour, noting their previous charitable donations and saying, “As a free and open marketplace, StubHub is committed to ensuring fans have access to buy and sell tickets to the events they want to see.”
Pre-sale for the new dates, which can be seen below, go on sale today, May 31, at 10am local time. Listen to a recent interview with Relix editor-in-chief Dean Budnick about why it’s so hard to get tickets in today’s ticket market here, and see a couple choice fan Tweets concerning the online ticketing game below.
Tragically Hip Tour Dates
new dates in bold
July 22 Victoria, BC–Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
July 24 Vancouver, BC–Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
July 26 Vancouver, BC–Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
July 28 Edmonton, AB–Rexall Place
July 30 Edmonton, AB–Rexall Place
August 1 Calgary, AB–ScotiaBank Saddledome
August 3 Calgary, AB–ScotiaBank Saddledome
August 5 Winnipeg, MB–MTS Centre
August 8 London, ON–Budweiser Gardens
August 10 Toronto, ON–Air Canada Centre
August 12 Toronto, ON–Air Canada Centre
August 14 Toronto, ON–Air Canada Centre
August 16 Hamilton, ON–FirstOntario Centre
August 18 Ottawa, ON–Canadian Tire Centre
August 20 Kingston, ON–Rogers K-Rock Centre
Seems like you needed to use a combination of astrology, voodoo, and divining rods to get Hip tickets this morning. #yeg #TragicallyHip
— JonnKmech (@JonnKmech) May 30, 2016
Dear folks scalping tickets for the Tragically Hip's final tour: In your quiet moments are you content? Are you proud of your contribution?
— Stuart Henderson (@henderstu) May 30, 2016
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