Photo: Robert Smith | By Judy Kurtz, In The Know / The Hill | The co-founder of The Cure says he’s “sickened” by Ticketmaster’s fees to see the band’s upcoming tour, saying that “the artist has no way to limit them.”
Robert Smith, the lead singer of the English rock band, responded to fan complaints about exorbitant service costs for tickets to the “Shows of a Lost World” tour, which went on sale this week.
“I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘fees’ debacle,” Smith wrote to his more than 200,000 Twitter followers on Wednesday.
“To be very clear: The artist has no way to limit them. I have been asking how they are justified,” the “Friday I’m in Love” singer said.
“If I get anything coherent by way of an answer I will let you all know,” Smith, 63, said.
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Ticketmaster didn’t immediately respond to ITK’s request for comment.
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Read the full story here (remember President Biden is trying to get rid of “junk fees”):
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3903490-the-cures-robert-smith-says-hes-sickened-by-ticketmaster-fees-the-artist-has-no-way-to-limit-them/
[Thanks to Alex Teitz for contributing this article! http://www.femmusic.com]
Photo: Robert Smith – The Cure
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March 23, 2023| Music-Related Business| Barb Dye