Neil Young Accuses Ticketmaster of 'Breaking' Concerts: 'The Old Days Are Gone!'

Another artist is added to the list, rallying against Ticketmaster and its dynamic pricing setup.

Discussion about Ticketmaster's absurd practices in selling tickets was put to light after Taylor Swift launched the presale of her ongoing tour, "The Eras Tour" last year.

According to reports, The Cure wanted their fans to avoid the same fate, so they opted out of Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing structure, however, it seems like copping tickets to any concert these days is a real feat.

Fans complained about the ticket-selling process, and how the tickets were subjected to outrageously priced service fees.

Neil Young took to the Internet to air out his frustrations about the current ticket-selling landscape in the country with a post titled "Concert Touring is Broken."

"It's over. The old days are gone," the singer-songwriter began. I get letters blaming me for $3,000.00 tickets for a benefit I am doing. That money does not go to me or the benefit. Artists have to worry about ripped-off fans blaming them for Ticketmaster add-ons and scalpers."

Dynamic Pricing

According to The Guardian, dynamic pricing is a policy implemented by Ticketmaster that inflates the price of concert tickets for concerts of in-demand artists.

However, artists can opt out of this policy, as such with The Cure. The band called it a "greedy scam" and encouraged other artists to turn away from the policy, saying that "all artists have the choice not to participate ... if no artists participated, it would cease to exist."

The Cure and Young aren't the only artists who have called Ticketmaster out for this outrageous policy.

Country star Zach Bryan also criticized the ticketing giant several times before and even began his tour without the help of either Ticketmaster or Livenation.

He also released an album titled "All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster (Live From Red Rocks)."

Comedian Theo Von also commented about dynamic pricing: "We're out here fighting the good fight with these human snakes at ticketing companies and dark-art bots on the internet. Good luck and here's to fair pricing for all."

Nothing New?

According to reports, the numerous complaints against Ticketmaster are old news.

In fact, the ticketing giant has been charging fans overpriced tickets since the early 1990s, like when Pearl Jam insisted that their concert prices should cost no more than $1.80, but the ticketing giant was charging fans almost triple the amount.

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