The Cure cancels thousands of scalped tickets for upcoming tour.

The Cure's Robert Smith has cancelled 7,000 tickets found on secondary resale websites for their upcoming North American tour in a bid to tackle touts. Smith opted out of Ticketmaster's "platinum" and "dynamically priced" ticket options, and restricted ticket transfers in markets where he was legally allowed to do so. He also warned ticket buyers from attempting to circumvent ticket transfer rules and said that any tickets obtained in this way will be cancelled, and original fees paid on those tickets will not be refunded.