Not standing for it, Smith actually got Ticketmaster to issue ticketholders partial refunds for some of those fees. He's given Ticketmaster all sorts of hell in recent weeks while battling the company to get them to put tickets on sale under the exact terms he outlined and demanded.Īfter negotiating prices he felt were reasonable for The Cure's upcoming tour (with tickets mostly being priced in the $20-$40 range), Ticketmaster began charging some fans more in total fees than the original cost of the ticket, thus doubling the price at checkout. Perhaps nobody is more aware and willing to take a defiant stand against a dynamic pricing business model he feels is a "greedy scam," than The Cure's Robert Smith. READ MORE: Live Nation Nearly Tripled Its Revenue From 2021 to 2022 as Ticket Prices Soar Touching on the financial end, the singer added, "We’ve put a lot of pressure on ourselves too because we were like, ‘People are spending money that they don’t have to come and hang out with us and we better give them something that’s worth that’. We don’t take it lightly, we know, honestly, especially now, it’s a huge sacrifice to come to a show because Ticketmaster need to get their shit together," she said (via Consequence). “I wanna say one more time how special it is that you’ve all made it tonight. Addressing the crowd on April 15, Williams relayed her understanding that these takes it takes a lot for any one fan to be able to come out to a show and support a band they love.
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