Neil Younger says he was impressed by The Remedy’s Robert Smith to eradicate “platinum”-priced tickets from his upcoming live performance excursions.
Offered by Ticketmaster, platinum tickets are allotment of seats offered at premium costs that fluctuates based mostly on market situations. Ticketmaster contends that these tickets minimize out scalpers and permit extra money to enter the pocket of artists.
For The Remedy’s “Exhibits of a Misplaced World Tour,” Robert Smith notably opted out of Ticketmaster’s “platinum” and different “dynamically priced” ticketing choices. In the long run, the typical ticket worth for the “Exhibits of a Misplaced World Tour” was $68.54 — 37% lower than the typical ticket worth 2022’s different high excursions — all whereas The Remedy nonetheless managed to realize the highest-grossing tour of their legendary profession.
In a 2024 interview with The Occasions of London, Smith mentioned fashionable ticketing practices have been “pushed by greed,” including, “We didn’t permit dynamic pricing as a result of it’s a rip-off that may disappear if each artist mentioned, ‘I don’t need that!’ However most artists disguise behind administration. ‘Oh, we didn’t know,’ they are saying. All of them know. If they are saying they don’t, they’re both f***ing silly or mendacity.”
Heeding Smith’s name, Younger has now promised to eradicate platinum tickets from his upcoming live shows.
In a publish to Neil Younger Archives, Younger wrote, “My administration and agent have all the time tried to cowl my again on the highway, getting me one of the best offers they might. They’ve tried to guard me and the followers from scalpers who purchase one of the best tickets and resell them at enormous will increase for their very own earnings.”
“Ticketmaster’s excessive priced Platinum tickets have been launched to the areas the place scalpers have been shopping for probably the most tickets for resale,” Younger continued. “The cash went to me. That didn’t really feel proper. Very quickly, Platinum tickets will not be out there for my reveals.”
“I’ve determined to let the individuals work this out,” Younger added. “Purchase aggressively when the tickets come out or tickets will value much more in a secondary market.”
Tickets for Younger’s 2025 “love earth world tour” went on sale final month, so presumably this new coverage will apply for excursions going ahead.
