‘Tours are no longer fun’: Neil Young lambasts Ticketmaster for ripping off fans

Singer-songwriter says ‘the old days are gone’ amid wider consternation at ticketing company’s pricing policies

Neil Young has lambasted Ticketmaster over its concert ticketing policies, saying “concert tours are no longer fun” due to what he sees as exploitative pricing.

Young wrote on his website:

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 not what they were.