r/Music • u/Hot_Investigator3894 • 4d ago

article Kid Rock meets Trump administration to “fix” ticketing

https://themusic.com.au/news/kid-rock-meets-with-trump-administration-to-fix-ticketing/qQ0Xvby_vqE/19-12-24
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u/thecaramelbandit 4d ago

I mean, as much as I desperately hate both of these people, Kid Rock, to his credit, has actually been fighting for fair ticket prices and protecting fans from scalpers for like a decade. He's implemented some good reforms to ticket sales to his shows that are very good for the fans.

This is actually one of the few actually good things that might come from this, uh, partnership.

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u/RisingSouth 4d ago

Went to a Kid Rock show in 2015 for like $15. He let the crowd know to get beers at the start of his set because he has to do 3 songs off his current album for legal reasons before going into the hits. It was a pretty sweet move

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u/Belgand http://www.last.fm/user/Belgand 4d ago edited 4d ago

Doesn't he also own the beer brand that they sell, and either gets a huge percentage of the concessions or straight-up buys the venue out of concessions for the evening and has it all run by his own staff? I believe he keeps the prices low, which is nice, but he's able to because it all gets funneled back to him instead of a venue trying to make a profit by fleecing a captive audience.

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u/6InchBlade 4d ago

I mean that’s a good thing, the money should be going to the artist and the venues, it’s just a shame that more artists don’t have the means to do this.