Live Nation CEO addresses The Cure Ticketmaster price row: ‘You don’t have to underprice yourself’

Live Nation’s CEO Michael Rapino has weighed in on the recent controversy surrounding Ticketmaster and The Cure’s upcoming American tour, NME reports. After fans reported massive hidden fees when buying tickets for the tour, the band’s singer Robert Smith called out Ticketmaster, calling their scheme “a bit of a scam”.

Taking a stab at the vendor over a fee collected on their “Verified Fan” tickets for The Cure’s US tour, the Boys Don’t Cry singer called on the company to keep prices down. Having pledged to keep ticket prices low to make them more affordable for fans, Smith took to Twitter, saying: “I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘fees’ debacle. To be very clear: the artist has no way to limit them.”