The Cure’s Robert Smith Slams Ticketmaster Fees and Says He Is Sickened As the Tour Goes On Sale

The Cure is one of the most famous music bands in the world so when the fans heard that the band is going on tour, the excitement is on the roof. However, since the tickets are on sale on Ticketmaster, the price is concerning to a lot of fans and they have been complaining online about it. Now the lead singer of The Cure, Robert Smith has responded to it directly on Twitter. The complaints were mainly about the fees that Ticketmaster collected during the band’s “Verified Fan” sale for tickets for the upcoming tour. Responding to this, the lead singer and songwriter Smith wrote on Twitter, “I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘Fees’ debacle”. When some of the fans urged him to look into the matter and have some control over it, he further went on to explain and say “To be very clear: The artist has no way to limit them. I have been asking how they are justified. If I get anything coherent by way of an answer I will let you all know.”

Earlier this week, the band announced the ‘verified fan’ concept and Smith himself announced that the band took a decision to use Ticketmaster’s “verified fan” system in order to get more face value for the fans along with presenting them with a unique concept of connecting more intimately with the band. In his new tweet, Smith says that he and his band have refused to participate in the company’s vigorous pricing and the “platinum” tickets. He then further called the concept “a greedy scam” as recently it has sky-rocketed the recent Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour tickets.

I AM AS SICKENED AS YOU ALL ARE BY TODAY'S TICKETMASTER 'FEES' DEBACLE. TO BE VERY CLEAR: THE ARTIST HAS NO WAY TO LIMIT THEM. I HAVE BEEN ASKING HOW THEY ARE JUSTIFIED. IF I GET ANYTHING COHERENT BY WAY OF AN ANSWER I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW. X

— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 16, 2023

It is not the first time Ticketmaster has been called out by artists. Recently the company has been under fire for how they practice their business. They have faced multiple lawsuits and a Senate hearing. On top of that, the company has been accused of practicing “unprecedented” fraud which forced them to shut out the legitimate ticket holders, from Bad Bunny’s concert that happened in Mexico City.

Since Ticketmaster has been in legal trouble unethical practice of selling tickets and manipulating the prices, and now that the band member has called them out on social media, it will be interesting to see how that will fold out.

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