Young said he was inspired by The Cure’s Robert Smith, who took a similar stance for the band’s North America tour back in 2023, calling platinum and dynamic tickets “a greedy scam” that artists can choose to opt out of (at the expense of some of their ticketing revenue).

Following Robert Smith's claim high ticket prices are a "scam" which is "driven by greed," Neil Young has said he'll stop selling 'Platinum' tickets.

"Ticketmaster's high priced Platinum tickets were introduced to the areas where scalpers were buying the most tickets for resale. The money went to me. That did not feel right," singer writes