The official line on Charlie Sheen's ill-defined touring show is that he's been selling out venues around the country. It's a great comeback story for the recently fired star of "Two and a Half Men" if it were true.CNBC contributor Jane Wells reports that, in fact, many tickets to Sheen's shows are still available. The tour kicks off this Saturday in Detroit, where, Wells found, there were many tickets to be had. Secondary ticket sellers seem to have bought the bulk of the inventory, but are apparently finding demand to be less than expected: When Wells checked on StubHub, she discovered that "many tickets are selling for LESS THAN FACE VALUE. Secondary research by this reporter indicated that many good tickets including deluxe "Meet & Greet" packages that allow buyers to interact directly with Sheen are still available for shows in New York, Boston, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As of Friday, there were still 1,449 tickets available on StubHub for the Detroit show that's at least 28% of tickets remaining unsold.
It seems pretty obvious why audiences aren't flocking to see Sheen live. For one thing, we've seen plenty of him (some might say too much) on free media for the past month and a half. For another, potential attendees have no idea what, exactly, the show would consist of. Sure, there are many fans of the man's acting, but if he's not delivering sitcom lines, what is Sheen going to do? Sing? Do standup? Perform dramatic monologues? Rant at the audience like he did in his Sheen's Korner videos?
So far, Sheen or his reps have not responded to Wells's story.
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