Kid Rock is taking goal on the concert-ticket trade, and plans to work intently with the one that might have the most important say within the matter when the brand new administration takes over the White Home in January.
The “American Dangerous Ass” just lately met with president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Legal professional Common, Pam Bondi, with plans to “open a can of whoop ass on the bots, scalpers, venues, ticketing firms, managers and artists alike who rip off and deceive the general public.”
As Consequence identified earlier this yr, tickets at present cost two to three times as a lot as inflation-adjusted tickets from just a few many years in the past. On high of that, there’s been quite a lot of high-profile ticket fiascos lately, together with fan frustration with Reside Nation and Ticketmaster over Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour,” and complaints over “dynamic pricing” for Bruce Springsteen’s 2023 tour.
Bondi just isn’t the one potential cupboard member who can have a significant affect on the ticket trade. Earlier this yr, the US Justice Division sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster for monopolization. Trump’s decide to function Assistant Legal professional Common and to move the Justice Division’s antitrust division, Gail Slater, has earned reward from anti-monopoly advocates, and will very effectively make the authorized motion towards Reside Nation and Ticketmaster a priority.
As Child Rock said, he’s not solely going after the ticket-selling firms, however the artists, venues, and scalpers, as effectively. Together with a photograph of himself with Bondi, Child Rock posted the next message on Instagram:
“What a deal with to interrupt bread with our quickly to be Legal professional Common @pambondi. I stay up for working together with her and the entire administration to assist repair the fiasco of shopping for live performance tickets. Gonna open a can of whoop ass on the bots, scalpers, venues, ticketing firms, managers and artists alike who rip off and deceive the general public with the horse shit that has gone on for many years and solely gotten worse. Whoever in cost that wishes to assist repair this, get your ass to the desk, in any other case, Fuck Round and Discover Out. Child Rock #MAGA.”
Pam Bondi, who was Florida’s lawyer common from 2011 to 2019, must be confirmed by the Senate earlier than formally changing into Legal professional Common of america. She just lately changed Trump’s preliminary nominee, embattled Florida congressman Matt Gaetz.
Child Rock, in the meantime, was just lately introduced as a co-headliner with Nickelback on the 2025 “Rock the Country” traveling festival tour, that includes such acts as Hank Williams Jr., Lynyrd Skynyrd, 3 Doorways Down, Travis Tritt, Staind’s Aaron Lewis, and extra. Weekend passes in every metropolis for that tour vary from $140 to $150.
See Child Rock’s aforementioned Instagram publish beneath.
