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Pearl Jam sold out: Fans scoop up Wrigley Field tickets with record speed

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FILE--Members of the grunge group Pearl Jam celebrate their MTV award for best group video, one of four awards the band won, for their video teen suicide lament, "Jeremy," at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1993. They are, left to right, Stone Gossard, Dave Abrunnsee, Jeff Ament, and lead singer Eddie Vedder. (AP Photo/ Kvork Djansezian)

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February 8, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Tickets to the Pearl Jam concert at Chicago's Wrigley Field in July sold out in hours Saturday, according to Live Nation, setting a new record.

The tickets for the July 19 show went on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for the general and were all gone by approximately 11:30 a.m.

Live Nation says it was the fastest concert sellout for Wrigley Field in history.

Wrigleyville residents got to buy tickets earlier in the week.

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