Neil Young Will No Longer Sell ‘Platinum’ Tickets On Future Tours, Inspired By The Cure’s Robert Smith

Neil Young Will No Longer Sell ‘Platinum’ Tickets On Future Tours, Inspired By The Cure’s Robert Smith

In a post on his NY Archives site on Saturday (March 15), Neil Young vowed to eliminate the sale of high-priced "Platinum" tickets during his future tours. The move is inspired by the Cure's Robert Smith, who openly criticized Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing model while fighting to keep ticket prices low on his band’s recent tours.…

In a post on his NY Archives site on Saturday (March 15), Neil Young vowed to eliminate the sale of high-priced “Platinum” tickets during his future tours. The move is inspired by the Cure‘s Robert Smith, who openly criticized Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model while fighting to keep ticket prices low on his band’s recent tours. Despite initially using “Platinum” pricing on his upcoming Love Earth Tour to deter scalpers, Young declared that such tickets are detrimental and will not be featured in his upcoming concerts. “Ticketmaster’s high priced Platinum tickets were introduced to the areas where scalpers were buying the most tickets for resale,” Young wrote. “The money went to me. That did not feel right. Very soon, Platinum tickets will no longer be available for my shows.” While Young’s tickets will still be available for resale at face value through Ticketmaster, he writes, “I have decided to let the people work this out. Buy aggressively when the tickets come out or tickets will cost a lot more in a secondary market.” (Rolling Stone)

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