11/05/2024
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Robert Smith opened up about the notorious stance he took against predatory ticketing practices for The Cure‘s North America Tour last year, recalling his goals to keep tickets cheap as well as his viral Twitter threads calling out the ticketing business from Ticketmaster to scalpers to other artists.
“It was one of those moments I thought, ‘No, I’m not letting this go,’” Smith told the New York Times in an interview on Friday. “And so I didn’t.”
Smith’s strategy remains the gold standard for how artists can keep concert tickets affordable.
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