Tragically Hip fans fuming after tickets sell out in less than a minute

And just like that, tickets to the Tragically Hip's finalCanadian concerts are gone.

Tickets to the Aug. 5 show at the MTS Centre in Winnipegwent on sale at 10 a.m. CT Friday and sold out in less than a minute.

GordDownie, the lead singer and lyricist, announced in May he has terminal brain cancerbut still plans to join hisbandmatesof more than 30 years for a summer tour.

'Really thought there was a chance'

Joanne Schieweis also living with terminal brain cancer andhas been trying to secure tickets for herself and her boyfriend since Monday. When Downie announced his diagnosis, Schiewepraised the Hip frontmanfor remaining strong in the face of a similarly bleak diagnosis.

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Schiewe said when she didn't secure presale tickets, she made the same plan as thousands of other fans to buy tickets Friday morning. Things didn't go as planned.

She clicked on the "Buybest available seats" optionat10 a.m. CT when the tickets went on sale onlineand was met with the unfortunate news that they were all gone.

"It's disappointing. It's something that I've wanted to go to since they announced that they were coming to Winnipeg and doing their farewell tour," she said. "I really thought there was a chance I would actually be able to get tickets."

LyneMorissettealsosaid the tickets were all gone in a flash.

"I had my computer on the Ticketmaster page,watchingthe countdown" Morissette said in an email.

"As soon as the tickets became available, my computer automatically loaded the purchase page, I clicked 'Buybest available' and nothing was left.

"I am incrediblyfrustrated.It is my daughter's 15th birthday onJune 14, and this is all she wanted for her birthday. She loves the Tragically Hip, and this will be her only opportunity to see them in concert."

Fans frustrated coast to coast

AnthonyToewssaid he tried in both the fan club and American Expresspresalesearlier this week and got shut down in both.

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"It just seemed really odd that within fiveminutes there are no tickets at all," said Toews.

Out of curiosity, he went on Kijiji to see if it was ticket scalpers who scooped up the presale seats and said he found plenty at inflated prices.

"The frustrating thing is that you think somebody out there is making money off of you know, Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer and somebody is using that to put money in their pockets," he said.

He wasn't any luckier Friday morning.

"Less than a minute, not a single ticket," Toews said.

As of 10:30 a.m. CT, tickets to the show available on StubHub were going for as much as $1,999 US.

True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Winnipeg Jets and the arena where the Hip will play in Winnipeg,said presale tickets for the band werethe most in demand yet, beating out Elton John and ClineDion.

A spokesperson said True North doesn't release the number of presale tickets made available. It cautions buyers to always purchase from Ticketmaster.