Cuddly UK DJ, music-maker, and often-fascinating collaborator Fred Again dropped into the Cow Palace on Friday night for the ninth stop of his “10 Shows in 10 Cities in 10 Weeks” sprint, promoting new release USB002. San Francisco (well, technically Daly City) only got four days’ notice, but that didn’t stop the main arena from selling out in minutes. The ticket was officially $87, but you know how it goes: The second the AXS queue spat people out, StubHub lit up like a slot machine.

To good-natured Fred’s credit, his team tried to keep the grifting to a minimum; resale was capped at face value +10% on AXS, and they threatened to cancel any profiteered third-party sales. But I was wondering how it would even be enforced? Meanwhile, on StubHub and the Rave-Exchange Facebook group, listings

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