Ontario attorney general may look into sales of Tragically Hip tickets

TORONTO – Ontario’s attorney general says she’s prepared to try and find out why so many Tragically Hip fans couldn’t buy tickets for their summer concerts — unless they wanted to pay many times face value on resale sites.

Fans across the country complained the tickets were sold out almost instantly when they went on presale Monday.

Many rushed to social media to complain about exorbitant prices on secondary resale sites that climbed into the thousands of dollars.

The Tragically Hip announced last week that lead singer Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer and would embark on a brief summer tour in parts of Canada.

Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur says she sympathizes with fans who would have to pay such tremendous prices to see the band.

She says the ministry needs to look at what is happening now with the resale prices and insists she wants to fix the situation.

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