Kid Rock thanks Trump for an executive order targeting ticket scalping. He describes how bots buy good seats and resell them at 400-500% markups, with artists getting nothing from the inflated prices.
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Yeah. Anybody who's. It doesn't matter. Your politics. First of all, thank you, Mr. President, because this has happened at lightning speed. I know you put. I want to make sure Alina Haba. Alina Haba gets her credit too, because I know she worked very hard on this. But thank you for making this happen so quick. Anyone who's bought a concert ticket in the last decade, maybe 20 years, no matter what your politics are, knows it is a conundrum. You buy a ticket for 100 bucks. By the time you check out, it's 170. You don't know what you charge for. But more importantly, these people, bots, you know, they come in to get all the good tickets to your favorite shows you want to go to, and then they're relisted immediately for sometimes a 4 or 500% markup, and the artists don't see any of that money. And, you know, ultimately I think this is a great first step. I would love down the road if there'd be some legislation that we could actually put a cap on the resale of tickets. And I'm a capitalist and a deregulation guy, but they've tried this in some places in Europe and it seems to be the only thing that's us as artists be able to get the tickets into the hands of the fans. It's prices we set. I'll be the first one to say, and I know the President doesn't like when I say this, but I'm a little overpaid right now. It's kind of ridiculous. I would rather be, you know, a hero to working class people and have them be able to come attend my shows and give them a fair ticket price. I can't control that right now. So hopefully this is a step to really be able to make that happen.
