Will be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm guessing tickets close up will be in the $300 range. We'll see how far off we are.

"WE HAVE PRICED TICKETS TO BENEFIT FANS AND OUR EFFORTS TO BLOCK SCALPERS AND LIMIT INFLATED RESALE PRICES ARE BEING SUPPORTED BY OUR TICKETING PARTNERS."

Apparently tickets are non-transferable and only resale at face value.

Would love to see them on a Saturday night in Dallas where I first saw them in '89 on the Prayer Tour.

Dr.Rumack said:

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Will be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm guessing tickets close up will be in the $300 range. We'll see how far off we are.

"WE HAVE PRICED TICKETS TO BENEFIT FANS AND OUR EFFORTS TO BLOCK SCALPERS AND LIMIT INFLATED RESALE PRICES ARE BEING SUPPORTED BY OUR TICKETING PARTNERS."

Apparently tickets are non-transferable and only resale at face value.

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Marketing teams can be amazing. Ticketmaster has taken a problem they've contributed to and convinced the masses they have solved it with "no resale, no transfer".

And customers fall for it hook, line and sinker.

No resale, no transfer is really bad for the consumer.

High on my list of fav acts to see before they hang it up.

Yep, when the preacher announced "you may kiss the bride" that was the cue to start playing "just like heaven" at our wedding.

Unfortunately they're not touring anywhere near me that wouldn't necessitate an entire trip out of the experience. And I just can't make that work this year. The Cure are the band that is my biggest holy-**** moment ever in music. I can still remember the day I got the soundtrack to The Crow. We were headed out of town to a soccer tournament and stopped at the mall so I could get a new cd to listen to on the way. I put the cd in my disc man and my mind was blown by track one, Burn. On an album with NIN, Rage Against The Machine, Pantera, STP, Violent Femmes, and Helmet it still outshines all of them. I would listen to Burn, then another song, then I'd listen to Burn again, rinse and repeat. That song to this day is one of the most important songs I've ever heard, it's a top 5 track for me. I love a ton of their catalog but that one is my jam above all others.

I love how registration goes til noon today on their website but is closed out now three hours before

I'm on a waitlist. My buddy got a code for Albuquerque which he says gets him in ten minutes before the public on sale. Weird…

maroon barchetta said:

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Where was The Cure during the pandemic?

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Fascination Street?

Waitlisted.

One of my favorite bands of all time and I bleeping missed it entirely.

I wonder if there will be any way at all to get some tickets.

Garrelli 5000 said:

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Yep, when the preacher announced "you may kiss the bride" that was the cue to start playing "just like heaven" at our wedding.

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That's pretty damn cool.

Damn. Registration has ended. I didn't know about this, but would have been cool.

I have seen them twice , the last time at Mitchell Pavilion on The Woodlands. I would love to see them again but is $300 the going rate now for concert tickets?

$300 was just my ballpark guess. Floor seats for Depeche Mode are $1k this tour.

You can get DM floor seats for around $400 from resellers. Face value weren't that bad the day they came out. I got front row side balcony for $90

MiniShrike said:

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One of my favorite bands of all time and I bleeping missed it entirely.

I wonder if there will be any way at all to get some tickets.

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Same here and I knew about the registration but got the window wrong.

Robert Smith tweeted quite a bit tonight about the whole thing. Basically it sounds like if you aren't registered you are probably screwed and most every one I've seen got waitlisted so there will be no general public on sale.

I'll be checking on cashortrade or I guess possibly TM for face resale. Doesn't sound like the whole process quite worked out the way Robert envisioned. Strangely the Dallas show is the only one of the tour that doesn't have presale tomorrow and the Houston show appears to have a link since it is through AXS that may have a non-required code sale on Friday but I'm not certain about the last part.

WE KNOW IT IS A FAR FROM PERFECT SYSTEM - BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IF THERE AREN’T ENOUGH TICKETS ONSALE, A NUMBER OF FANS ARE GOING TO MISS OUT WHATEVER SYSTEM WE USE; AT LEAST THIS ONE TRIES TO GET TICKETS INTO THE HANDS OF FANS AT A FAIR PRICE…

— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 15, 2023

WE WERE CONVINCED THAT TICKETMASTER'S "Verified Fan Page” AND "Face Value Ticket Exchange” IDEAS COULD HELP US FIGHT THE SCALPERS

— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 15, 2023

Using Verified Fan scalping is regularly reduced by 80%, with typically fewer than 5% of tickets on the secondary market after a Verified Fan campaign. Listed below are a few of the artists who have effectively used VF to limit resale.”

— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 15, 2023

TM HAVE JUST TOLD ME "ALL tickets for The Cure Shows Of A Lost World Tour will be made available during tomorrow’s Verified Fan Sale" SEEMS THE RESPONSE TO REGISTRATION HAS BEEN PRETTY OVERWHELMING - THANKS! HOWEVER, I REALISE THERE ARE PROBLEMS, SOME MORE REAL THAN OTHERS...

— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 15, 2023

I appreciate the effort to cut down on scalpers but this is the first time I've seen such a thing and some serious bullsh:

HAVE BEEN TOLD "We will continue to sell tickets to those who are verified until there are no more tickets to sell" -X

— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) March 15, 2023

If I can buy 2 extra to the Houston show I will sell/transfer to whoever claims them first

Another Doug said:

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If I can buy 2 extra to the Houston show I will sell/transfer to whoever claims them first

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I'm in!

the cure deliberately kept ticket prices low and @Ticketmaster was like “lol bet” and charges more in fees than the band is for the actual show pic.twitter.com/Ig0U5Ywcpw

— frank costanza’s lawyer (@_carrrmen) March 15, 2023

Tickets weren't bad.
I got decent lower bowl was like $110 face, $175 after fees.

I only could get 4 and my code no longer worked after that. Probably going to use all 4, but I will post here if I have end up with an extra pair.

I was able to get 3 on the lawn in Dallas. The actual seats went quick. By the time I tried to verify 3 seats they were gone. Only singles within 10 minutes.

johnnyblaze36 said:

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the cure deliberately kept ticket prices low and @Ticketmaster was like “lol bet” and charges more in fees than the band is for the actual show pic.twitter.com/Ig0U5Ywcpw

— frank costanza’s lawyer (@_carrrmen) March 15, 2023

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haha funny, except for TM doesn't get a dime of facility charges.. that goes to the venue.

So TM did not charge a fee more than the ticket.

Good catch.

Verified but waitlisted buddy was finally able to grab 4 lawns to Dallas after an 80 minute wait so I'm in at $46.50 total. I can't complain.

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I only could get 4 and my code no longer worked after that. Probably going to use all 4, but I will post here if I have end up with an extra pair.

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There's not going to be able to be a way for you to get the extra pair to anybody else unless you walk in with them.

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Another Doug said:

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I only could get 4 and my code no longer worked after that. Probably going to use all 4, but I will post here if I have end up with an extra pair.

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There's not going to be able to be a way for you to get the extra pair to anybody else unless you walk in with them.

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I think that's his plan.. he might have an extra 'pair' out of 4, which means he's still going.