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The Arcade Fire Tickets You Didn't Get Now Available For $500 Or So

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John Del Signore

Published Oct 17, 2013

Modified Oct 17, 2013

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Published Oct 17, 2013

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Did you get shafted by Ticketmaster on the impossible-to-score "secret" Arcade Fire shows this weekend? Yeah, what else is new. The bots beat out everyone at Gothamist HQ, but it's all good—there are plenty of tickets available on the secondary market. You could snag a pair on eBay now for the low, low price of $490! They're print-at-home tickets, so what could go wrong? Here are some more options:

• This is a big band playing a rare, intimate show. ($500)
• I am selling them for $350 each or best offer.
• Willing to trade as well for something else super interesting happening in the city. (LIKE WHAT?)
• Looking for $200 per ticket. This will be the show of the year.
• Will sell for $175. (A STEAL)
• Avoid StubHub fees! ($525)

Everyone above can go die in an arcade fire. (Sorry.) Speaking of StubHub, prices currently range from $179 to $999 PER ticket. Also, it seems like Ticketmaster crashed because of all the hipsters trying to get into 299 Meserole for the concert. Judson Church seems like a lifetime ago.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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