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Kid Rock Dragged After Offering Massive Discount To His MAGA Festival Due To Abysmal Ticket Sales
Because Mr. Rock is struggling so mightily to sell tickets to his weird Trump-worshipping festival he's slashed them by 50%âwhich he claims is a gesture to help people afford "rising transportation costs" but...we can probably all guess the real reason.
Kid Rock's Rock the Country festival is billed as a 250th-anniversary celebration for America, headlined by a star-studded roster of luminaries in country music, the genre that Kid Rock likes to pretend he comes from despite being the son of a rich Michigan car dealership magnate who made rap/rock songs until about 15 minutes ago.
Anyway! In an exemplary display of the kind of delusion only MAGA devotees are capable of, Kid Rock was charging as much as $5000 for the best seats to Rock the Country.
Ticket sales were dead sluggish right from the jump, and that was before major headliners like Jelly Roll and, weirdly, Ludacris dropped out after the event was labeled a "MAGA festival" online, along with Shinedown, Morgan Wade, and Carter Faith.
So perhaps Kid Rock had no choice but to slash the tickets in half in hopes of righting the ship.
The festival's Instagram post reads, in part:
"Hey you American Loving people! We have a few super important updates for you! đșđž"
"Fuel costs are up and we want to help! âœïž In response to rising transportation costs, you can enjoy up to 50% off general admission passes to any of 7 small town stops for a limited time only..."
"...Take advantage of this offer, fill up your tank and weâll see you this summer!"
The post goes on to announce that Kid Rock has apparently cajoled Jelly Roll into returning for some of the tour stops, and convinced Miranda Lambert to debase herself by joining too. Congrats, Kid!
But online, pretty much NOBODY is buying Kid Rock's reasoning for slashing the prices, and there was a LOT of mockery in response.
"No handouts! They should pull themselves up by the bootstraps to pay full price." âu/kasiagabrielle
"Maybe he should downgrade to smaller venues."
"Like a gas station parking lot or the eating area of an Arbys."âu/HappyHarryHardOn
"But this man hosted the most successful Superbowl Alternative Half Time Show of all time!" âu/VinylHighway
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But of course, there's an elephant in the room.Those "transportation costs" Kid Rock referenced are rising for one reason and one reason only: because Kid Rock's beloved president invaded Iran for literally no reason.
(Well, not NO reason. It HAS effectively distracted us from the Epstein files, at least temporarily. Credit where it's due!)
And many on social media were not about to let Kid Rock and his fellow MAGA devotees forget who's responsible for these gas prices.
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â'In his latest push to sell out the shows, he has cut ticket prices in half, citing rising transportation costs across America.'" How did that happen?"âu/Sorry-Belt-3514
Of course, the few fans of the festival who DO exist missed this point entirely, but that doesn't mean they weren't just as critical of this big ticket discount.
Fans flooded the event's Instagram post to complain that they should be given a refund for the full-price tickets they already bought.
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Poor MAGA. First they get a president who does absolutely nothing he promised to do and EVERYTHING he promised NOT to do, and then they get bilked by Kid Rock for concert tickets.
They just can't win!
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Army Secretary Sparks Outrage After Shutting Down Army Social Media Accounts For Honoring Tammy Duckworth's Military Service
SFL, an outreach unit that supports and promotes services and programs for soldiers, veterans, and their families, recognized her in a post that was later deleted. The post recounted Duckworthâs life story, beginning with her childhood in Asia, and featured a photo of her in military fatigues.
You can see it below.
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But the post soon caught the attention of Duckworth's critics, particularly former army veteran and GOP influencer Chase Spears, who called Duckworth a "hostile partisan" and said she "is a vet, but one who has dedicated her career to division and infantile displays in the halls of Congress."
Spears added:
"There are so many warriors worthy of being praised, men and women who didn't sell their souls along the way. But this is who [Dan Driscoll's] Army continues going out of its way to pay homage to."
You can see his post below.
Shortly afterward, a Defense Department source said Army official Driscoll ordered the shutdown of all social media accounts tied to the SFL unit.
An Army spokesperson said the account was taken offline because it wasnât properly managed by qualified personnel, noting this was part of a broader effort already underway.
Under a 2025 directive and a memo issued in December, the Army has been closing hundreds of poorly managed, inactive, or unofficial accounts and requiring that any remaining public-facing accounts be overseen by designated public affairs professionalâor be deactivated and archived.
Many reacted angrily to the news.
Neither Driscoll nor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth care for Duckworth, who voted against confirming their appointments in the Senate last year.
Meanwhile, Hegseth and Driscoll have been engaged in a growing power struggle, intensified by the firing of senior Army leaders.
The rivalry deepened after Driscollâan ally of JD Vanceâwas tapped to help negotiate with Ukraine, while Hegseth has reportedly grown more wary in recent weeks following President Donald Trumpâs dismissal of Cabinet officials like Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem.
