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'Kicked out of ~~worse~~ better' implies that the speaker [Jon] has been moving down the rankings of places.
But I think the real intent is self-deprecating, to say he's happy to play shitty venues to reach his audience, and won't be bought by fancy trimmings to perform for a bunch of elitist snobs or to temper his message to avoid offending them.
Or that perhaps what is generally considered "un-shitty" is not where he's going to do his best work. Prestige has it's advances, but it can end up as a pair of golden handcuffs.
I used to listen to John Oliver recording news podcasts in a basement under Murdoch HQ, and he did some absolutely phenomenal work in that time.
For example he coined the term "fuck-eulogy".