As a non-resident of Vigo, the ticket system seems pretty fair to me. After all, the city council is mostly footing the bill, so they rightfully give locals an advantage. Tickets go on sale a week before the show. They are personalized, so no ticket scalpers hiking prices. Four thousand tickets are for sale in person, while another 1,000 are available online. Since people probably aren't going to drive all the way from Madrid to wait in line the week before the concert, most of those in-person sales are probably from residents of Vigo or nearby areas. People that could get the day off to wait in line (which for the Black Keys, apparently started at 4:30 AM!). We are lucky to have family there who waited in a short line in the afternoon to get our tickets.
The concert was held in an amphitheater in Castrelos Park at 10PM. Beforehand, the surrounding bars and cafés were bustling with rock-n-roll types, not a free terraza seat in sight. We got there around 9:15, not sure how crowded it was going to be. The upper part certainly was full. Its stone benches were free on a first-come-first-serve basis whereas the grassy pit below required the 15€ entrance fee. We ended up somewhere in the middle with a good view. And the pit was actually not as packed as I had expected. Before the concert, the mayor of Vigo came out to give his little spiel. That man is a character and deserves a post of his own. Next it was time for the Black Keys! It was still light out when the band started playing. Their original set was about an hour long, then after making us wait they returned for a two-song encore. Throughout the show, they played all of their hits (which is what I know of them, honestly) plus two songs from their upcoming album. Rock'n'roll! The music sounded awesome, and I enjoyed bouncing around, singing along, and jamming right along with them and 5,000 others.
