TORONTO -- Many Tragically Hip fans were left empty handed this morning as tickets for some of the band's upcoming summer concerts sold out almost immediately.

Within minutes of the start of today's public sale, it appeared that all available tickets for three arena shows at Toronto's Air Canada Centre had been snapped up, along with shows in Hamilton and the band's final stop in Kingston, Ont.

Shows in Western Canada will not go on sale until later this morning.

Disappointed fans took to social media to express their suspicion that large portion of the tickets were bought by resellers hoping to capitalize on the intense interest in these shows.

"Hope the scalpers have a great time at the Tragically Hip shows!" tweeted user David Kennedy shortly after tickets sold out.

Other users remarked that there seemed to be relatively few happy tweets from fans who were actually able to buy tickets.

"So did literally no one get Tragically Hip tickets??" asked user Ali Neil on Twitter.

This tour is widely expected to be the final one for the iconic Canadian band, given lead singer Gord Downie's battle with incurable brain cancer.

Less than half an hour after the public sale began for the Toronto shows, more than 2,500 tickets were listed for marked up prices on StubHub.