As we approach the three-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's safe to say that we are very much continuing to live in an era of massive inflation and a floundering live music industry. In the wake of Taylor Swift's Eras tour fiasco, Zach Bryan put it aptly: all my homies hate Ticketmaster.
While Bruce Springsteen is happy to do what everybody else is doing, the Cure claim to be resisting monopolistic ticket price conformity with their newly announced North American tour with the Twilight Sad.
When they shared the dates yesterday (March 9), the band announced that "apart from a few Hollywood Bowl charity seats, there will be no 'platinum' or 'dynamically priced' tickets on this tour." Now they've issued another statement regarding ticket pricing alongside a reminder that registration for their Ticketmaster Verified Fan presale is now open.
"We want the tour to be affordable for all fans, and we have a very wide (and we think very fair) range of pricing at every show," the Cure wrote. "Our ticketing partners have agreed to help us stop scalpers from getting in the way; to help minimize resale and keep prices at face value, tickets for this tour will not be transferable. If something comes up that prevents a fan from being able to use a ticket they have purchased, they will be able [to] resell it on a face value ticket exchange."
They continued, "Unfortunately, despite our desire to protect our low ticket prices for fans, the states of NY, IL and CO make this very difficult. They actually have laws in place that protect scalpers! For shows in these states we urge fans to buy or sell tickets to one another on face value exchanges like twickets.live and cashortrade.org. Fans should avoid buying tickets that are being resold at inflated prices by scalpers, and the sites that host these scalpers should refrain from reselling tickets for our shows."
Ticket prices for the Cure's tour have yet to be announced, but the Verified Fan sale begins Wednesday (March 15) at 10 a.m. local time. Registration for access to buy these tickets is open up until Monday (March 13) morning.
See the statement from the band below.
While Bruce Springsteen is happy to do what everybody else is doing, the Cure claim to be resisting monopolistic ticket price conformity with their newly announced North American tour with the Twilight Sad.
When they shared the dates yesterday (March 9), the band announced that "apart from a few Hollywood Bowl charity seats, there will be no 'platinum' or 'dynamically priced' tickets on this tour." Now they've issued another statement regarding ticket pricing alongside a reminder that registration for their Ticketmaster Verified Fan presale is now open.
"We want the tour to be affordable for all fans, and we have a very wide (and we think very fair) range of pricing at every show," the Cure wrote. "Our ticketing partners have agreed to help us stop scalpers from getting in the way; to help minimize resale and keep prices at face value, tickets for this tour will not be transferable. If something comes up that prevents a fan from being able to use a ticket they have purchased, they will be able [to] resell it on a face value ticket exchange."
They continued, "Unfortunately, despite our desire to protect our low ticket prices for fans, the states of NY, IL and CO make this very difficult. They actually have laws in place that protect scalpers! For shows in these states we urge fans to buy or sell tickets to one another on face value exchanges like twickets.live and cashortrade.org. Fans should avoid buying tickets that are being resold at inflated prices by scalpers, and the sites that host these scalpers should refrain from reselling tickets for our shows."
Ticket prices for the Cure's tour have yet to be announced, but the Verified Fan sale begins Wednesday (March 15) at 10 a.m. local time. Registration for access to buy these tickets is open up until Monday (March 13) morning.
See the statement from the band below.
Jack Antonoff spoke out about sky-high ticket prices last month, asking people to "chill on the artists" as the source of the problem. "We know who's making it impossible," the superproducer said.
