The Remedy‘s Robert Smith has confirmed the band have cancelled 7,000 tickets discovered on secondary resale web sites in a bid to sort out touts.
As a part of the on-sale course of for his or her forthcoming North American tour, the frontman opted out of Ticketmaster’s “platinum” and “dynamically priced” ticket choices, and restricted ticket transfers in markets the place he was legally allowed to take action in locations like New York, Illinois, and Colorado, which have all enacted laws defending resellers.
Following the band’s transfer to do that, Smith tonight (March 31) introduced: “Approx 7k tickets throughout approx 2200 orders have been cancelled. These are tickets acquired with faux accounts / listed on secondary resale websites.”
‘IHBT’ #? “Approx 7k tickets throughout approx 2200 orders have been cancelled. These are tickets acquired with faux accounts / listed on secondary resale websites. TM have recognized particular areas from secondary postings” #ShowsOfALostWorld2023
— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 31, 2023
Earlier at this time he additionally warned ticket patrons from making an attempt to bypass ticket switch guidelines.
“OFFERING TO SELL/SEND ACCOUNT LOGIN DETAILS TO GET AROUND TM TRANSFER LIMITATIONS… ANY/ALL TICKETS OBTAINED IN THIS WAY WILL BE CANCELED, AND ORIGINAL FEES PAID ON THOSE TICKETS WILL NOT BE REFUNDED,” Smith added.
“..ORIGINAL FEES PAID ON THOSE TICKETS WILL BE DONATED TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, AND THE TICKETS THEMSELVES WILL BE RESOLD TO FANS.”
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BEWARE ANOTHER SCALPER SCAM: OFFERING TO SELL/SEND ACCOUNT LOGIN DETAILS TO GET AROUND TM TRANSFER LIMITATIONS… ANY/ALL TICKETS OBTAINED IN THIS WAY WILL BE CANCELED, AND ORIGINAL FEES PAID ON THOSE TICKETS WILL NOT BE REFUNDED… #ShowsOfALostWorld23— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 31, 2023
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…ORIGINAL FEES PAID ON THOSE TICKETS WILL BE DONATED TO @amnesty AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, AND THE TICKETS THEMSELVES WILL BE RESOLD TO FANS #ShowsOfALostWorld23— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 31, 2023
The Remedy singer has taken Ticketmaster to process in current weeks over its “unduly excessive” service charges for tickets to his band’s upcoming North American tour. Some followers claimed that Ticketmaster charges, together with service charge, facility cost and order processing charge, exceeded the worth of the particular tickets.
Earlier this month Smith persuaded Ticketmaster to concern small refunds to verified ticket patrons over the “unduly excessive” service charges.
He wrote on Twitter on March 16 following the launch of The Remedy’s US tour tickets: “After additional dialog, Ticketmaster have agreed with us that lots of the charges being charged are unduly excessive, and as a gesture of goodwill have supplied a $10 per ticket refund to all verified fan accounts for Lowest Ticket Worth (‘LTP’) transactions.”
The band introduced a 30-date tour throughout the US, which is about to kick off at Smoothie King Middle in New Orleans on Might 10 earlier than closing out on the Miami-Dade Area in Florida on July 1, earlier this month.
In associated information, Neil Younger has now weighed in on the present state of touring following Ticketmaster’s controversy with The Remedy.
