Jay-Z‘s 9/11 charity show at Madison Square Garden this Friday, with proceeds going to the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children Benefit Fund, sold out in just a few moments when tickets went on sale Tuesday morning.
Great news, right?
Except many of the purposely economically-priced tickets were snatched up by scalpers re-selling them online for hundreds of dollars!
One website had tickets going for $45,000!
Not cool!
“We are truly disheartened that certain individuals would choose to benefit from what is meant to be a 100% charitable event,” said Jay-Z. “We do not support any profits made from reselling any ticket that was meant to be purchased by honest fans.”
Efforts were made to avoid a scalping situation by having the tickets sold as close to the concert date as possible, but it just didn’t work out as planned, leaving many fans disappointed by the lack of affordable tickets available.
The show will be airing on the Fuse network for those who weren’t able to snag tickets.
Shame on you, scalpers!
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