The medicineof Robert Smith directly responded to fan complaints about fees collected by Ticketmaster during the band’s “Verified Fan” sale of tickets to its dates. upcoming tour. “I’m as hurt as you all are by the Ticketmaster ‘Fees’ debacle,”‘ Smith wrote on Twitter. “To be very clear: The artist has no way to limit them. I’m asking how they are justified. If I get anything equal through an answer I will let you all know.” Pitchfork has reached out to Ticketmaster for comment. See the original tweets below.
Earlier this week, Smith posted about the band’s decision to use Ticketmaster’s “Verified Fan” system in an effort to combat scalping and get more face-value tickets into the hands of fans. He said the band refused to participate in the company’s dynamic pricing and “Platinum” tickets, calling the program bringing tickets to Bruce Springsteen and the current E Street Band tour to burst in thousands of dollars”a greedy scam.”
Ticketmaster has come under fire for its business practices of late, facing a Senate Hearing, many casesand the “never before” fraud it claims forced them to shut out legitimate ticket holders from a Bad Bunny concert in Mexico City. Last year the Justice Department opened a antitrust investigation to Live Nation Entertainment—the company formed after Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged in 2010—for possible abuse of power. The first investigation found in 2019 that the company had repeatedly violated a 10-year consent decree to avoid monopolistic practices was signed after the merger.
The Cure reissued their 1992 LP want last year. The band’s last studio album was in 2008 4:13 Dream. Smith has since collaborated with Gorillaz and remixes Chvrches, Deftonesand High Flying Birds by Noel Gallagher.
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