In October, the once and occasionally still great rock band Weezer will perform their new album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, in its entirety at the Sinclair in Harvard Square. This being a much more intimate venue than the band would normally play, the show sold out within an hour after going on sale last Friday. Bad news for the legions of fans left out in the cold, perhaps—but one magnanimous entrepreneur, seized by the spirit of good will that flourishes among dedicated fans, took to Craigslist last night to unburden himself of his own tickets. All he wanted in return was a mere four times the face value of the $65 ticket.


“I am selling 2 tickets to the extremely exclusive Weezer concert at the Sinclair in Cambridge on Sunday, October 26th,’’ the ticket-scalping do-gooder wrote, presumably on the way to volunteer at a soup kitchen. “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).’’

He was even willing to meet in person to facilitate the deal—what a mensch! “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.’’

Yes, please, do feel free to call with any questions! Here’s one: Seriously, dude?

The posting was up for mere hours before Craig Silva, a Boston-area Weezer fan, noticed it and took to Twitter, as one does, to gripe futilely about the injustices of the universe.

Whoever is selling 2 @Weezer tickets on Craigslist for $500 is the scum of the earth. http://t.co/cBhvywGwWR pic.twitter.com/JT6MPouY9F — Craig Silva (@craignb) September 29, 2014

I tweeted to The Sinclair that, you know, perhaps they might want to figure out who the guy was and reward him accordingly—i.e., like, say, ban him from the club for life? Soon thereafter Silva was able to figure out the name and phone number of the Craigslist ticket fairy.


Much is made about how Twitter enables us to interact with the brands and services that we use, but for the most part we’re all just yawping feebly into the void. Not this proud day, for a heroic resolution soon came to pass:

That sound you heard right there was a shriveled heart breaking inside a threadbare-cardigan-clad chest.

Despite his obviously unimpeachable desire to help other fans see their favorite band, this sort of thing apparently, it turns out, runs afoul of the club’s rules

“Tickets are essentially a revocable license and this person was clearly violating the terms set forth in that agreement,’’ Bowery Presents’ Josh Bhatti, who runs The Sinclair, explained.

The terms of service when one purchases a ticket read as follows:

Tickets are WILL CALL ONLY. Original ticket purchaser must present valid ID at box office after doors night of show to redeem tickets and must enter immediately with entire party upon entry. No transfers/exchanges.

“It helps to ensure that fans get their hands on the tickets and pay the price that the artist wanted, not something inflated,’’ Bhatti said. “This person was gratuitously trying to scalp and we viewed it as a violation.’’

Scalping, helping—who’s to say what he was really doing here? But in the meantime let this be a lesson to us all, both ingenious disrupters and regular old-fashioned fans alike: For the former, don’t leave identifying details on your scalping post; and for the latter, if you see something, tweet something— and let the swift hand of justice bring down its hammer.