Internet Justice Served On Weezer Scalper

By Scott Bernstein Sep 30, 2014 • 7:50 am PDT

Internet Justice Served On Weezer Scalper
On October 26 Weezer will play their new album, Everything Will Be Alright In The End, in its entirety at the 525-capacity The Sinclair in Cambridge. The chance to see Weezer in a small venue obviously appealed to the band’s fans, who quickly snatched up tickets last week. This led to one of the purchasers trying to score a huge markup in re-selling the tickets, but as Boston.com detailed, the story had a happy ending for those who hate scalpers.

The ordeal started on Sunday night, when someone who was lucky enough to pick up a pair of tickets to the show shared the following post on Craigslist:

I am selling 2 tickets to the extremely exclusive Weezer concert at the Sinclair in Cambridge on Sunday, October 26th. The show was an instant sell out and tickets are basically nowhere to be found which is why I am asking $250 each ($500 for the pair). We will have to meet up the day of the concert as the tickets are at will call and cannot be picked up until then. I can accept cash payment as well as paypal or venmo. Please feel free to call/text anytime if interested or if you have any questions

The $500 the person was seeking is well above the $65 face value for each ticket. A Boston-area Weezer fan Craig Silva took to Twitter to show his disgust at the scalper:

Boston.com writer Luke O’Neil, who wound up penning an article on the incident, tweeted at Silva and the venue with the suggestion of figuring out who the scalper is:

Silva found out some details on the guy trying to sell the tickets and shared them on Twitter:

Craig’s tweet led to the venue cancelling the tickets, which we should mention were “will call only,” and announcing the cancellation in a clever way:

O’Neil spoke with Bowery Presents’ Josh Bhatti, who runs The Sinclair and explained “Tickets are essentially a revocable license and this person was clearly violating the terms set forth in that agreement.” The tickets were sold as “will call only” with no transfers or exchanges allowed. “It helps to ensure that fans get their hands on the tickets and pay the price that the artist wanted, not something inflated. This person was gratuitously trying to scalp and we viewed it as a violation,” Bhatti added.

Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo applauded the efforts of those who helped thwart the scalper:

We love to see internet justice dished out to those who try to take advantage of live music fans.

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