The Cure want to ensure that ticket prices remain reasonable for their next Shows of a Lost World tour, frontman Robert Smith said in a series of Twitter posts on the eve of Wednesday’s sale opening in Montreal, June 16.
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First, tickets must be purchased through the Verified Fan system, after which they cannot be transferred, which is intended to prevent resellers from making obscene profits from resale. Fans unable to attend the show can resell their tickets at cost. It is also possible to make an equivalent exchange.
Likewise, Robert Smith pointed out that his group demanded to have the final say on the price of the tickets, which will therefore not be “instantly and horribly distorted by resale,” the veteran singer wrote on Twitter. . We didn’t allow dynamic prices, sudden price increases and platinum prices because it’s kind of a scam right? Smith described resellers as “mature” professionals who buy tickets to resell on platforms like Vivid, Stubhub and Seatgeek.
The Cure’s effort to combat ticket resale comes after a season in which ticket prices for major shows were astronomically inflated due to resales and dynamic pricing that adjusts prices based on demand.