‘It’s over, the previous days are gone,’ says Neil Young as he lambasts Ticketmaster
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Neil Young has lambasted Ticketmaster over its live performance ticketing insurance policies, saying “concert tours are no longer fun” as a consequence of what he sees as exploitative pricing.
Young wrote on his web site: “It’s over. The old days are gone. I get letters blaming me for $3,000 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. Concert tours are no longer fun. Concert tours were not what they were.”
He additionally shared a information article in regards to the Cure, the band who’ve additionally been extremely essential of Ticketmaster.
At 77, Young stays an outspoken critic of the modern music trade, in addition to a proponent of inexperienced power and different causes. In January 2022, he eliminated his music from Spotify in protest over their internet hosting of Joe Rogan’s podcast, accusing Rogan and Spotify of “spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them”.
Young carried out stay for the primary time in additional than three years in February, at a rally for forest preservation in British Columbia, performing Comes a Time and Heart of Gold.
In November, he stated of future touring: “We’re trying to figure out how to do a self-sustaining, renewable tour. Everything that moves our vehicles around, the stage, the lights, the sound, everything that powers it is clean. Nothing dirty with us. We set it up; we do this everywhere we go. This is something that’s very important to me, if I’m ever going to go out again … and I’m not sure I want to, I’m still feeling that out.”
Neil Young has lambasted Ticketmaster over its live performance ticketing insurance policies, saying “concert tours are no longer fun” as a consequence of what he sees as exploitative pricing.
Young wrote on his web site: “It’s over. The old days are gone. I get letters blaming me for $3,000 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. Concert tours are no longer fun. Concert tours were not what they were.”
He additionally shared a information article in regards to the Cure, the band who’ve additionally been extremely essential of Ticketmaster.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
At 77, Young stays an outspoken critic of the modern music trade, in addition to a proponent of inexperienced power and different causes. In January 2022, he eliminated his music from Spotify in protest over their internet hosting of Joe Rogan’s podcast, accusing Rogan and Spotify of “spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them”.
Young carried out stay for the primary time in additional than three years in February, at a rally for forest preservation in British Columbia, performing Comes a Time and Heart of Gold.
In November, he stated of future touring: “We’re trying to figure out how to do a self-sustaining, renewable tour. Everything that moves our vehicles around, the stage, the lights, the sound, everything that powers it is clean. Nothing dirty with us. We set it up; we do this everywhere we go. This is something that’s very important to me, if I’m ever going to go out again … and I’m not sure I want to, I’m still feeling that out.”
