It seems that sometimes people use the active voice "sell out" & sometimes they use the passive voice "be sold out" to express the idea of "(of tickets for a concert, sports game, etc.) to be all sold". The tickets sold out within hours (active voice i.e, The tickets did sell out within hours). Source. This week's performances are completely ... More @Wikipedia
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