MAGA culture warrior Kid Rock is not the first musical artist I’d expect to be out there busting trusts, but credit is due: The man born Bob Ritchie has been a vocal supporter of the Federal Trade Commission’s deceptive practices lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, in which the government argued that the live music behemoths have quietly colluded with scalpers to collect more profits on aftermarket ticket sales. He was in the Oval Office with Donald Trump when the president signed an executive order directing the FTC to launch an investigation. In a video posted in October, he urged his political adversaries Pearl Jam — who famously crusaded against Ticketmaster in the ’90s — to throw their support behind the case.
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