March 15th was presale day for the upcoming Cure tour. It was announced rather last minute considering the tour stars in May.
The Chicago concert is June 10th at the United Center (last time we saw them was June 10, 2016).
I registered simply out of curiosity – wanted to see what tickets would cost – but got wait-listed. Thank goodness I wasn’t actually planning on going! Besides risking my ears, I didn’t want to chance catching COVID. Unless they play an outdoor venue, I won’t be seeing them live again and I’ve made peace with that. I’m not happy about it, but it’s also not worth it to my health to see them again if I can’t do so in a safe environment.
Robert Smith has gone to battle against Ticketmaster but they are so shady they keep screwing things up and I don’t think it’s unintentional. They want to make artists regret trying to help fans get tickets at reasonable prices. The whole process from what I’ve read has been a shitshow. Some fans got access to tickets at multiple venues whereas some got no chance at all and it was very unfair.
Here’s an example of what went down:
Fan #1 put their first and only pick as Chicago.
Fan #2 chose Minneapolis as their first pick and Chicago as their second.
Fan #2 was sent a code to get tickets at Minneapolis and bought a few. A little while later they were sent another code to get tickets at Chicago.
Meanwhile Fan #1 never got a code at all!
How is that fair?
There’s a girl I know who sees them at every venue possible and I’m sure registered for the max venue picks (five, I believe) and got zero chances to get tickets. Now her only option is to either buy resale from the states where it’s allowed (Illinois unfortunately being one of them) or get a ticket through the official fan exchange.
Because the only way to buy/sell tickets in most states is through this official fan exchange, if someone bought four tickets and they are not able to go, then the other three ticket holders can’t go either because the person who bought the tickets has to show ID & credit card to get into the venue. There’s no way for them to list them for sale on the fan exchange and ensure those three people are the ones to buy them either.
Someone suggested people should only buy tickets for themselves but how does that make sense if you want to go with other people? There’s no way for multiple people to buy seats next to one another which is why one person buys them.
Ticketmaster has also cancelled legit tickets claiming the person violated their terms of service when they did absolutely nothing. They didn’t list their tickets for sale because they were planning on attending. Tell me that isn’t also intentional on TM’s part. I do not trust that company one bit.
I wish we all had the fortitude to refuse to buy concert tickets at all until things change. The fact that Ticketmaster is also a large reseller creates a conflict of interest. They have the incentive to not let fans buy tickets at face value and funnel them directly to the resale site at much higher prices. It’s criminal, and if the government doesn’t step in it’s going to continue to happen because there will always be people who will willingly fork over obscene amounts of money to see their favorite band live.
In any case, this seems appropriate today.
