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Kid Rock Slams Ticketing Industry for Unfair Practices During Senate Testimony: It’s ‘Full of Greedy Snakes and Scoundrels’

Kid Rock testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, alleging fraud and abuse in the live entertainment ticketing sector.
He linked the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger to reduced artist leverage and higher costs for fans.
Rock called for breaking up the ticketing monopoly and granting artists more control over sales.
Rock criticized the secondary ticket market for inflating prices and harming fans.
He suggested technology as a solution to verify humanity and curb abuses.
Rock urged Congress to subpoena industry contracts for mountains of fraud and abuse.
He proposed concrete reforms: artist control over sellers, resale caps, and banning speculative ticketing.
Rock tied the issue to a broader pattern of industry manipulation for profit.
He referenced past congressional testimony to frame the ticketing debate as a longstanding concern.
The testimony took place amid ongoing scrutiny of live-event pricing and market consolidation.

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