The Cure’s Robert Smith lashed out at high Ticketmaster fees: “It’s a greedy scam”

The Cure is one of the most emblematic musical bands of the rockand before the recent announcement of his next tour in the United States, robert smith he became one of the first celebrities to break his silence on Ticketmaster’s high fees for concerts.

It was through your account Twitter where the musician was puzzled about the mechanism that was chosen so that fans could purchase their tickets.

As pointed out by Smith, the group was warned about the resale business in various parts of North America, so, apparently, ticket master he told them he had certain strategies to prevent tickets from being distributed illegally and unfair prices.

“We had the final say on all our ticket prices for the upcoming tour and we didn’t want those prices to be instantly distorted and horribly by scalping (…) We were told: ‘Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan platform has been used over 400 times to qualify buyers and reduce the % of tickets on the secondary market,’ Robert wrote.

In this sense, the guitarist and singer deepened that after these arguments, both he and the performers of hits such as Just like heaven, Lovesong either pictures of you were convinced that the strategy of ticket master It could help them regulate the resale situation.

However, the famous was disappointed that at the time the tickets went on sale, everything was far from what was expected, since thousands of fans began to denounce extremely high prices for the shows.

“We do not agree with the dynamic price, price increase or platinum ticket because, is it a scam? that’s a separate conversation (…) We know it’s far from a perfect system, but the reality is that if there are not enough tickets on sale, a number of fans will miss the show regardless of the system we use. At least this one was trying to bring tickets to the fans at a fair price,” she mentioned.

Smith questioned whether the band would have to look for other alternatives such as performing more concerts or in larger venues, adding that the company told them it would only sell tickets to those who are verified.

Likewise, regarding his disagreement over the excessive fees, the artist delved a little further into the subject and stressed once again that the way in which the way in which ticket master I was organizing the events.

“What I mean is that I had a separate conversation about the platinum zone, to see if I had misunderstood something, but no. It’s a greedy scam and all artists have the option not to participate. If no artist participated, it would cease to exist. I’m just as fed up as you are about today’s debacle of ticketmaster. To be very clear, the artist has no way to limit them. I have been asking how they are justified, if I have something coherent by way of an answer I will let everyone know, ”she placed.

The group’s fans quickly reacted and several of them thanked the famous for taking a position on one of the most controversial issues in the music industry.

“We still appreciate what you did. My ticket fares were high but otherwise the ticket price was the lowest I’d seen in decades.” “This is true. I felt like I was spending money from 1989 today to buy these tickets. Thanks for that. The rates are, of course, unpleasant, but overall, I can’t wait to see you live again.”, are some of the mentions that appear.