The Cure

The Cure's Robert Smith has said he is "sickened" by high Ticketmaster fees for the band's upcoming North American tour.

I WILL BE BACK IF I GET ANYTHING SERIOUS ON THE TM FEES… CITIES IN STATES THAT HAVE LAWS PROTECTING SCALPERS). Smith added: “I will be back if I get anything serious on the tm fees… IF I GET ANYTHING COHERENT BY WAY OF AN ANSWER I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW. He continued: “To be very clear: the artist has no way to limit them. Smith has since elaborated on the ticketing strategy, acknowledging “real problems” with the system and that it wasn’t “perfect”, but did clarify that the band had a “final say” over pricing.

TO BE VERY CLEAR: THE ARTIST HAS NO WAY TO LIMIT THEM,“ Robert Smith says of Ticketmaster service fees which in some cases appeared to be more than the ...

[attempts to keep their tickets off the secondary market](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-cures-robert-smith-talks-tickets-scalpers-more-i-realise-there-are-problems/). THEN..." "I AM AS SICKENED AS YOU ALL ARE BY TODAY'S TICKETMASTER 'FEES' DEBACLE," he wrote. CITIES IN STATES THAT HAVE LAWS PROTECTING SCALPERS). IF I GET ANYTHING COHERENT BY WAY OF AN ANSWER I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW." Or in the case of

The Cure frontman Robert Smith lashed out at Ticketmaster late Wednesday over fees the company is charging fans for tickets to the band's upcoming tour.

IF NO ARTISTS PARTICIPATED, IT WOULD CEASE TO EXIST.” It also said tickets would be non-transferable to crack down on resale and scalping. “I AM AS SICKENED AS YOU ALL ARE BY TODAY'S TICKETMASTER 'FEES' DEBACLE.

His comments follow reports of fees exceeding the prices of some tickets for The Cure's Shows Of A Lost World US tour.

"In the meantime, I am compelled to note down my obvious recurring elephant in the room thought… IN THE MEANTIME, I AM COMPELLED TO NOTE DOWN MY OBVIOUS RECURRING ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THOUGHT... I WILL BE BACK IF I GET ANYTHING SERIOUS ON THE TM FEES... I’ve done this SPECIFICALLY to improve the quality of my fans’ experience by doing it myself with my team who care as much about my fans as I do,” she continued. “And to those who didn’t get tickets, all I can say is that my hope is to provide more opportunities for us to all get together and sing these songs. "It’s truly amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets, but it really p*****s me off that a lot of them feel like they went through several bear attacks to get them. In response, Ticketmaster informed the band that “All tickets for The Cure Shows Of A Lost World Tour will be made available during tomorrow’s Verified Fan Sale”. "These tickets vary in price driven by demand from fans, similar to airline tickets and hotel rooms," it has previously stated on listings for a Harry Styles tour. The concept of dynamic pricing has been previously defined by Ticketmaster as based on demand. IT IS A GREEDY SCAM - AND ALL ARTISTS HAVE THE CHOICE NOT TO PARTICIPATE... IF NO ARTISTS PARTICIPATED, IT WOULD CEASE TO EXIST X https://t.co/Kj7hjkRGn1 “I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘Fees’ debacle,”’ Smith wrote on his Twitter account.

The Cure fans are mad at Ticketmaster fees and so is Robert Smith, who also took aim at scalpers.

I WILL BE BACK IF I GET ANYTHING SERIOUS ON THE TM FEES… IF I GET ANYTHING COHERENT BY WAY OF AN ANSWER I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW. In the first of his tweets shared last night (March 15), Smith wrote, “I AM AS SICKENED AS YOU ALL ARE BY TODAY’S TICKETMASTER ‘FEES’ DEBACLE.

The Cure's Robert Smith said he was 'sickened' to see hefty fees added to prices for the group's tour, adding to the criticism around Ticketmaster.

[Live Nation, which has posted record earnings](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/live-nation-2022-year-end-results-launches-fair-ticketing-act-1235533747/) since the pandemic lifted and projects even higher profits for 2023, has launched what it calls the “ [FAIR Ticketing Act](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/live-nation-2022-year-end-results-launches-fair-ticketing-act-1235533747/),” the main tenets state that “artists should decide resale rules,” which would be an effort to allow artists to take the lead in preventing exploitative prices on the secondary market; “make it illegal to sell speculative tickets,” addressing scalpers’ habit of tricking fans into buying tickets that do not yet exist; “expand the BOTS Act,” to combat the widespread use of ticket-buying bots on the secondary market; “crack down on resale sites that are safe havens for scalpers,” which would force secondary-market sites to police the activity on their platforms more aggressively; and “mandate all-in-pricing nationally,” which would address the processing and other fees that often are not revealed until very late in the sale process. [Live Nation CFO Joe Berchtold appeared before a highly critical Senate committee](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/congress-sentate-committee-hearing-taylor-swift-ticketmaster-live-nation-1235501279/) in January, although that hearing largely amounted to an airing of grievances and posturing for constituents by certain senators. It is a greedy scam – and all artists have the choice not to participate… [Ticketmaster](https://variety.com/t/ticketmaster/) ‘Fees’ debacle,”’ Smith wrote in part of a [ long string of all-caps Tweets](https://twitter.com/RobertSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor). “TM have just told me ‘all tickets for the Cure shows of a Lost World tour will be made available during tomorrow’s Verified Fan sale,’” he wrote. “All the ‘secondary ticket market’ sites showing insanely price Cure tickets are a con,” he wrote on March 13.

“I AM AS SICKENED AS YOU ALL ARE BY TODAY'S TICKETMASTER 'FEES' DEBACLE,” Smith tweeted. “TO BE VERY CLEAR: THE ARTIST HAS NO WAY TO LIMIT THEM. I HAVE BEEN ...

“I AM AS SICKENED AS YOU ALL ARE BY TODAY’S TICKETMASTER ‘FEES’ DEBACLE,” Smith tweeted. I WILL BE BACK IF I GET ANYTHING SERIOUS ON THE TM FEES… Then, in a series of tweets, he [acknowledged some problems](https://www.stereogum.com/2216944/robert-smith-acknowledges-problems-with-the-cures-us-ticketing-strategy/news/) with that strategy, mainly that it’s extremely difficult for many fans to actually acquire access to the ticket sale.

Comme vous l'êtes tous, je suis dégoûté par le fiasco des frais de Ticketmaster», a écrit Robert Smith.

Ce faisant, les détenteurs de billets conservent le droit de revendre leurs billets, mais seulement au prix payé initialement. Selon Robert Smith, l’artiste ne peut empêcher l’ajout de ces frais. Le chanteur du groupe The Cure, Robert Smith, est en colère contre Ticketmaster à cause des frais que le géant mondial de la vente de billets a ajoutés au prix des places des concerts de la tournée de la formation britannique.