Kid Rock has pushed back against claims from the “fake liberal media” that $5,000 tickets are being sold for his upcoming ‘Freedom 250 Tour’.
A longtime supporter and friend of U.S. President Donald Trump, Kid Rock has recently been involved in government efforts to address ticket scalping and price gouging. In September 2025, the FTC filed a lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, accusing the companies of “deceptive pricing tactics” and profiting hundreds of millions from tickets obtained illegally by brokers, which reportedly led to billions in inflated costs and extra fees for consumers.
Rock commented on the lawsuit via social media last October:
“What [Trump] did was he ordered the FTC & the Department of Justice to go investigate and see what the hell is going on with ticketing. Well, guess what? They investigated and what happened? They filed a f**king lawsuit against Ticketmaster, because clearly they found out that those motherf**kers are crooks, and they’ve been crooks for decades. F**king over the public. F**king over artists.”
Despite his earlier criticisms and recent testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee on the issue, Kid Rock has decided to work with Ticketmaster for his upcoming ‘Freedom 250 Tour.’
Last week, he outlined several points explaining why he sees this partnership as a positive step:
- Kid Rock‘s Freedom 250 Tour is using Ticketmaster‘s Face Value Exchange to keep tickets in the hands of real fans — not scalpers.
- Tickets can only be resold for the original price paid, including fees and taxes. No markups.
- If you cant make the show, the only place to resell is on Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster does not charge any fees to resell or to purchase resold tickets.
- Ticket transfer is turned off in most places — that’s how we stop tickets from being flipped on other sites for profit.
- If you’re bringing friends, you’ll enter the show together with your group.
- Face Value Exchange makes sure every resale ticket is 100% legit and gets fans through the door.
- If you buy on any other site, there is no guarantee you’ll get in the door – and most likely you won’t.
- Some states, like Illinois, don’t allow artists like me to restrict resale, so transfer has to stay on — but Ticketmaster will still keep prices at face value on its site.
- This isn’t perfect, but it’s a real step to shut down scalpers and protect fans. No extra cost to fans — same tickets, same prices, just fairer access.
- Bottom line: buy tickets, go to the show, and if plans change, sell them the right way so another fan gets in.
However, he has since faced backlash over ticket pricing for ‘Freedom 250 Tour,’ with front-row seats at several venues listed at $5,000 and second-row tickets at $4,000. Prices decrease for seats further back. For example, first-class seating for the May 8 show at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek in Raleigh, NC, carries these rates, which appear consistent across most tour stops.
Posting on social media yesterday, February 20th, Rock responded to his critics, saying:
“Here we go again.”
“The fake liberal media says I’m charging $5,000 for front-row tickets.”
“They know damn well that’s not the full story.”
“Those are extremely limited First Class seats like I explained — FOUR tickets per row, first five rows only (5k per seat row 1, 4k row 2, 3k row 3, 2k row 4, 1k row 5) — Again ONLY 4 seats in rows 1 through 5 (20 “first class” seats in venues that hold 15k to 25k people)”
“But instead of reporting facts or that lawn seats are only 50 bucks or how we are cutting out the scalpers, they twist it for headlines / clicks and to attack me – nothing new here.”
“I WILL pray for them but I know that sooner or later God will cut ‘em down.”
Kid Rock ‘Freedom 250 Tour’ Dates:
- 05/01 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion (feat. Brantley Gilbert & Them Dirty Roses)
- 05/08 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek (feat. Brantley Gilbert & Them Dirty Roses)
- 05/09 – Charlotte, NC – Truliant Amphitheater (feat. Brantley Gilbert & Them Dirty Roses)
- 05/15 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (feat. Parker McCollum)
- 05/16 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (feat. Parker McCollum)
- 05/30 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre (feat. Big & Rich & Them Dirty Roses)
With Jon Pardi:
- 06/05 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
- 06/06 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
- 06/19 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
- 06/20 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
