Tickets for Coldplay's June 15 Winnipeg show sold-out in less than two hours Saturday morning.
The sale officially opened at 10 a.m. and the more than 12,000 seats were gone by noon.
Tickets ranged in price from $49.50 to $97.50.
Organizers knew the demand for a chance to see Britain's seven-time Grammy winning band would be high. Coldplay released their latest offering, Viva La Vida, in June 2008. The album is already 4x Platinum in Canada.
"We would love it if they came back. There is definitely enough demand to support a second show," True North general manager Kevin Donnelly told CTV News.
The band will not be able to do a second show in this circuit because of other tour dates; but there is a chance Winnipeggers who were not able to get tickets Saturday can still see the show.
Donnelly says the day before the concert there are sometimes extra seats that open up, if the size of the stage the performers are using turns out to be smaller than planned for.
He says organizers sometimes book more space than is needed.
"For example with the Eagles, last night we opened up 200 more seats and they all sold out," Donnelly said.
Donnelly also warns ticket buyers to beware when looking for tickets online at sites other than Ticketmaster.
"They're not the place to go. They're not valid tickets," he said.
He says scalpers are selling tickets to almost every show they offer, including this summer's Coldplay concert.
When the tickets went on sale Saturday, thousands had already been sold online, most at huge mark ups, and some for non-existent seats.
"It comes back to us, because he's going to be at our doorstep the night of the show saying, why can't I get in, I paid $750 a ticket. So now we're faced with the customer service fallout."
There is one other option to get a chance to see the show. Visit CTV's Click-and-Win Contest.
