Charlie Sheen Is Losing At Ticket Sales (And Probably Other Stuff)

As we've been saying all along, Charlie Sheen's shows at Radio City Music Hall never sold out, despite what the NY Post, TMZ, and other outlets have been reporting. Ever since they've gone on sale it's been possible to buy tickets via Ticketmaster (see for yourself)... which has those who bought in bulk hoping to turn a profit in rough shape. According to the Daily News, there are more than 2,800 seats for Sheen's upcoming New York shows available on StubHub, and plenty more on Craigslist going for below face value. Maybe the MaSheen should consider having LCD Soundsystem open (or headline!) his shows.

A local broker told the paper, "I'm worried. I need him to do something else stupid so I can unload all these tickets. I guarantee we're going to take a loss." He purchased 85 tickets and has only moved 10 so far. Another broker who purchased $1,500 worth of tickets has only sold one, below face value, and says "no one wants to go." Needless to say, he's no longer a Sheen fan, saying, "if I opened the newspaper tomorrow and saw that he was dead, my first reaction wouldn't be 'Darn, I really liked his movies.' It would be 'Sweet! I get my money back from Ticketmaster.'" Always knew scalpers had hearts of gold.

Sheen's spokesperson refused to comment on the sold-out claims when CNN came calling. Or maybe his team is just too busy trying to find Sheen lodging for his tour—hotels have banned him in New York, according to Page Six, and he's now allegedly looking to rent a private residence here.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on March 29, 2011 4:06 PM

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SpideySense

Is he still winning? It's getting hard to tell.

Anybody who actually pays money to see this guy is so NOT winning.

robingee

Well, good. We're not feeding this ego-baby.

Michael Daniels

There's not much available... just a few orch seats, and they're all in the back (and expensive for where they're located). Not sure if maybe more sold out with the Snoop Dogg news... maybe there were more available when this was written?

Bernie_Geotz_Squirrel_Luv

Below face is still too much, isn't the cheapest ticket $75?

TheRealCannibal

sweet. that means im going for cheap

diablofreak

sheen was cashing in on his career collapse. fine. more winning for him

scalpers cashing in on him cashing in on his collapse. they deserve to lose every dollar. make your money like a normal person you friggin douchebags. i couldn't care less if they all went bankrupt because of sheen. that would be another major win for Charlie Sheen in my book.

nicemarmot

God, he was so cute in Ferris Bueller. Too bad he's a misogynistic lunatic.

TheRealCannibal

tell me about it.. same with Hot Shots...

Guest

You know he was hot in Major League too. "Wild Thing! You make my ticket sales flop." Eh, it doesn't have the same ring to it.

jibbly

I simultaneously wanted to be Wild Thing and Ducky. Oh and Bender from the Breakfast Club.

What movie characters do young, dumb, boys aspire to be now? All I can think of are those two guys from Twilight, which I've never seen but for some reason know what they look like shirtless.

Guest

"I wanna be an airbone ranger! I wanna live a life of danger!" I was a cross between Bender & Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) in high school.

The characters that most teen males relate to now are extremely lame and weak.

robingee

NO boys want to be like the Twilight guys.

jibbly

This is the moment I realize I'm an out of touch old fart.

robingee

Girls want boys to be like the Twilight guys... but guys would sooner die.

chuzzlewit

"drugs?"

Eric Gordon

Good I hope all those fucking brokers lose shit tons of money and go out of business so us regular people can afford to go to concerts again at a price not marked up 400%