Kid Rock Appears With Donald Trump In Oval Office As POTUS Signs Executive Order On Concert Ticket Reselling

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Kid Rock appeared with Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday evening for what has become a daily ritual for the president: the signing of an executive order.

This time, the EO was aimed at ticket scalping. The order simply directs the Federal Trade Commission to work with the Attorney General to make sure that laws are enforced.

The entertainer, appearing in a red, white and blue outfit, said the problem is in ticket resellers, using bots and algorithms, buying up blocks of prized concert tickets and driving up the price. “Anyone who has bought a concert ticket in the last decade, maybe 20 years, not matter what, knows it is a conundrum,” Kid Rock said. “… They get all the good tickets to your favorite shows you want to go to, and then they are relisted immediately sometimes for a 4[00], 500 percent markup.” He said artists don’t see ay of that money. “Ultimately, I think this is a great first step.

I would love down the road if there’d be some legislation that could actually put a cap on the resale of tickets.” Trump referred to Kid Rock as “Bob,” for his real name, Robert James Ritchie.