When they reach Detroit, and go to the radio station they face another setback. Even though they won the contest, they forgot to stay on the line and leave their names with the station, so their tickets were given to the next caller. But the boys are still confident that they can get into the concert, and each of them agrees to separate and figure out individually how to get into the concert. At this point, the film splits into separate vignettes for each of the boys. Hawk tries to buy from a ticket scalper, and ends up participating in a male stripper contest to raise money.
Trip becomes an unlikely hero after trying to take tickets from a little kid at a convenience store.
The remainder of the film deals with the resolution of all of these subplots, and the four friends' final attempt to attend the concert. Trip tries to hustle a young KISS fan out of his concert ticket, not realizing that he has a huge older brother. If all of this seems to be greatly contrived, it is. The film is a good example of the Ferris Bueller's Day Off syndrome. For all of the things that happen in this film to actually occur in the given time frame, there would have to be about 36 hours in a day.