Neil Young will stop selling platinum-priced tickets for his future concerts, the musician confirmed on his website, calling the practice "a bad thing that has happened to concerts worldwide." Young said he was inspired by The Cure's Robert Smith,

Neil Young joins the growing number of artists trying to improve upon what he calls “the bad thing that has happened to concerts world-wide”—that is, inflated ticket prices, particularly under Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing system.

"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