Overview

• Kid Rock posted a profanity-laced video accusing Live Nation and Ticketmaster of enabling inflated resales and failing to curb bots.
• He urged fellow artists to support the September lawsuit filed by the FTC and seven states targeting alleged resale practices, singling out Pearl Jam by name.
• The singer credited President Trump’s March executive order with prompting investigations by the FTC and the DOJ.
• He proposed “proof of human” verification technology and resale price caps of about 10–15 percent as potential fixes.
• The DOJ’s 2024 antitrust case remains active, and neither the companies nor the artists he mentioned had issued new comments at publication, according to the reports.