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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Neil Young rejects dynamic pricing for concert tickets, credits the Cure’s Robert Smith for decision

Robert Smith of the Cure and Neil Young.
Robert Smith of the Cure and Neil Young. Photograph: Roberto Ricciuti/Gary Miller/Redferns/Getty Images

Neil Young has credited the Cure’s frontman Robert Smith with inspiring his decision not to allow Ticketmaster to use dynamic pricing for his forthcoming tour.

Dynamic pricing is marketed by Ticketmaster as “platinum” or “in demand” tickets which, according to the company, “give fans the opportunity to purchase the most in demand tickets to an event, at a market-driven price” – meaning a rise in prices for especially sought-after tickets.

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