Kid Rock meets Pam Bondi

Photo Credit: Kid Rock (Instagram)

Kid Rock Recently met with President-elect Trump’s pick for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to ‘open a can of whoop ass’ on the live concert industry.

Ticket prices for major shows like The Eras Tour and the upcoming Oasis reunion shows in the United States are selling for crazy prices online. Kid Rock says he met with the AG pick to discuss plans to “open a can of whoop ass on the bots, scalpers, venues, ticketing companies, managers, and artists alike who rip off and deceive the public.”

Digital Music News reported on how easy it was to obtain a bot to purchase tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour; for as little as a $50 investment, online bots can snap up tickets faster than any fan in a Ticketmaster queue. Fan frustration with ticketing entities like Live Nation’s Ticketmaster are also at an all-time high with complaints about ‘dynamic pricing’ driving most of the discourse online.

In May, the U.S. DoJ launched an antitrust investigation into Live Nation and Ticketmaster for monopolizing the live entertainment ticketing industry. That action could continue under Pam Bondi, if Kid Rock’s latest tweet is anything to go by.

“What a treat to break bread with our soon to be Attorney General Pam Bondi,” the post on Instagram begins. “I look forward to working with her and the whole administration to help fix the fiasco of buying concert tickets. Gonna open a cat of whoop ass on the bots, scalpers, venues, ticketing companies, managers, and artists alike who rip off and deceive the public with the horse shit that has gone on for decades and only gotten worse.”

“Whoever in charge that wants to help fix this, get your ass to the table, otherwise, f*ck around and find out,” the singer signs off. It’s worth noting that Pam Bondi isn’t the only incoming administration official who may tackle monopolistic practices. Trump’s pick to serve as Assistant Attorney General and head to the DoJ’s antitrust division is Gail Slater. Slater has earned praise from anti-monopoly advocates and could potentially place the Live Nation/Ticketmaster case at the forefront of issues to be addressed by this administration’s DoJ.