Trump signs executive order on ticket resellers, joined by Kid Rock
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Apr 1, 2025
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday, aimed at ticket resellers and bots. He was joined by musician Kid Rock.
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President Trump signed a fresh wave of executive orders Monday, and among them, one that could change the way you buy tickets to your favorite concerts and events
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And I'd like to take my ticket prices lower. But if I set my ticket prices low, these box immediately eat them up
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And they resell for hundreds of dollars more. And I'm just making these bad actors rich
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Musician and longtime supporter kid Rock stood by Trump's side as he signed an executive order aiming to crack down on price gouging and middlemen in the entertainment industry
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This move follows growing outrage in recent years, like the 2022 incident when tickets went on sale for Taylor Swift's era's tour
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Fans were unable to purchase tickets at one point due to high demand and technical issues worsened by resellers and bots
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If Ticketmaster sells a ticket, if you buy a ticket and go to a show, you're in a lot of ways they're worst customer
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They make another 17, whatever percentage every time that ticket resell. So they don't want to enforce the Bots at necessarily because they're making more money off it
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The artists don't see any of that money, but that's not what I'm advocating for us for me to make more money
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I want the fans to have fair ticket prices. Under the executive order agencies are mostly being tasked to enforce existing laws
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like the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, being directed to enforce the Better Online Ticket Sales Act
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which bans the use of bots to scoop up and resell tickets at inflated prices
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It also instructs the Treasury Secretary and Attorney General to ensure resellers are complying with tax
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and other federal regulations. It bothers a lot of other artists. The artists, and they go out with a $100 ticket in themselves for $2,000 the following night
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In 180 days, the Treasury, Department of Justice, and FTC are expected to deliver a report
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detailing the actions they've taken and what could come next. With Straight Arrow News, I'm Kennedy Felton
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