At Keane, two girls had fake tickets bought from a scalper, which is their stupid fault because tickets were not issued for Keane.

same thing happened for Scissor Sisters to a guy outside... also stupid since tickets were never issued.

never buy tix from scalpers. buy them from a fan with an extra but never buy from scalpers. its just a bad idea.

I did this for one Clap Your Hands show at the Bowery. Stupidly I didn't pay attention to the price on the tickets because afterwards I realized it was different than the actual price.

I've seen people do this at Webster Hall too. Usually the font for the fake tickets are Arial so keep an eye out.

craigslist dudes!

Nine out of 10 times, if you wait on the standby line at the bowery, you will get in.

The bouncers at Bowery routinely yell at the scalpers to chase them away, which is pretty nice of them, actually. Irving is the worst for fake tickets, though.

i agree, craigslist is the way to go (if you can). almost always a normal person.

Trevor- its called scalping for a reason, to make money! No way are they going to sell a ticket for face value!

Ssshh, but actually, 9 times out of 10, I've been able to ask the door people nicely and they just let me pay face to get in. Even without standing by beforehand. I've done this for a few really sold out shows.

Ssshh, but actually, 9 times out of 10, I've been able to ask the door people nicely and they just let me pay face to get in. Even without standing by beforehand. I've done this for a few really sold out shows.

ive bought scalped tickets a few times when i was younger and never had problems. now i rock craigslist.

I bought tix for Franz Ferdinand like 2 years ago through ticketweb and the day of the show got an email saying they oversold but would give me and my guest the tickets we paid for the next time Franz came around which was only like a month later. When we finally got around to going to the show the whole thing was a scam and I'm still not sure where the ticket money went but the box office woman said no one else had come in requesting tickets with the same situation. I still don't like buying tix from ticketweb because of that.

Two months ago, I traded tickets with some guy from Craigslist. I got Franz Ferdinand & Death Cab in exchange for another show I couldn't attend. ............ The night of the show, I get trashed with my friend near the Hammerstein (and very psyched for the show). We walk to the door, they scan the tickets, and immediately tell us "they're fake" and that we have to leave while tossing the tickets into the garbage. Convinced I was the victim of a scam, I went home (outside of NYC) in shame and disappointment plotting how I might approach this Craiglist scammer if I could even reach him at all. ............ Two days later, I found the Death Cab tickets in my room. I had accidentally brought the wrong tickets, but had never glanced at them the day of the show. They may have been in the Death Cab envelope. I have no idea what tickets I did try to use -- probably old ones for a show I didn't attend. ............ There's really no lesson here. I was just an idiot. And clearly door people just scan - they may not look at failed tickets. (Too analog.) The worst part was that because we tried to enter the show early, I could've made it back in time with the real tickets (if I knew I had them).

I heard there is a way if you use a lighter on the back of a ticket and if it burns some way they it is a real or fack ticket. Does anyone know of that and if so what do they look for?