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Jury dismisses woman's lawsuit against Kid Rock
4/18/2008, AP
A jury has dismissed a lawsuit against Kid Rock brought by a woman who claimed the rocker roughed her up outside his Michigan recording studio. A jury on Friday dismissed a...
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Kid Rock Not One for Autographs?
3/21/2008, E! Online
Does the idea of signing autographs leave Kid Rock feeling a little punchy? Less than two weeks after making a charity appearance at a Georgia Waffle House to make amends...
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Kid Rock pleads not guilty over fight
3/3/2008, Reuters
U.S. musician Kid Rock pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges stemming from a fight at a restaurant near Atlanta in which he allegedly punched and kicked a victim and hit...
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Kid Rock pleads not guilty to battery
3/3/2008, AP
Kid Rock has pleaded not guilty to a charge of battery from a fight at a Waffle House in Atlanta. Robert James Ritchie, better known as the musician Kid Rock, was not...
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Kid Rock Not Copping to Battery
3/3/2008, E! Online
Kid Rock's not waffling on his plea when it comes to a battery charge. The rap-rocker pleaded not guilty Monday to a misdemeanor count of simple battery stemming from a...
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Kid Rock living it up on "Revival" tour
2/1/2008, Reuters
A few shows into his Rock and Roll
Revival tour, Kid Rock is proud of -- and a little surprised by
-- what he's wrought on the road.
"After the first show, we were all...
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Cars the real stars of GM Style event
1/13/2008, AP
DETROIT (AP) — Adam Levine, lead singer of Maroon 5, summed up the reason his hitmaking pop group agreed to appear at the GM Style event Saturday night: "They said:...
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Album sales plunge in '07 as digital growth slows
1/3/2008, Reuters
If only Christmas came a few times
a year for the fast-fading U.S. music industry.
Total album sales plunged 15 percent in 2007, and retailers
waited until October for the...
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Armstrong, Williams on holiday USO tour
12/21/2007, AP
Robin Williams and Lance Armstrong took a swipe at the French, Kid Rock strummed "Sweet Home Alabama," comedian Lewis Black grumbled about the falling snow, and Miss USA...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Kid Rock
12/6/2007, AP
A federal judge has dismissed a Louisiana musician's copyright infringement lawsuit against Kid Rock, ruling Troy Landry didn't prove that the rapper's "Somebody's Gotta...
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Judge Rocks in Kid's Favor
12/6/2007, E! Online
The judge wasn't feeling this one.
A federal court dismissed a Louisiana songwriter's copyright infringement lawsuit against Kid Rock on Thursday, ruling that the...
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Writers' strike cuts into musicians' TV time
11/16/2007, Reuters
By the second week of the
Hollywood writers' strike, at least a dozen acts had been
bumped from bookings on late-night TV, which began airing
repeats immediately after...
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Lawsuit Tossed After Kid Rocks Boat
11/15/2007, E! Online
If he wanted results, Kid Rock should have shown up to sing.
Frustrated by the Rock N Roll Jesus purveyor's failure to appear for a scheduled deposition last month, a...
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Sorry, Kid; The Boss Bounces Back
10/24/2007, E! Online
The Boss is having another Magic moment on the charts.
In one of the slowest October sales weeks in chart history, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Magic...
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Kid Rock's Battery Recharge
10/22/2007, E! Online
The cops don't waffle when it comes to busting Kid Rock.
The artist who can currently claim the number one album in the country was arrested early Sunday morning, in...
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Kid Rock Finds Jesus at No. 1
10/17/2007, E! Online
Kid Rock might not have been born in Bethlehem, but he's certainly the king of kings on this week's chart.
The Kid's latest, Rock N Roll Jesus, led four Top 10...
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Kid Rock moves away from tabloid talk
10/10/2007, AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Despite selling millions of records and notching several hits, Kid Rock is better known these days for his tabloid antics than his music.
As anyone...
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Kid Accuses Pam of Miscarrying the Truth
10/3/2007, E! Online
A little white lie never hurt anybody, but Kid Rock has accused Pamela Anderson of telling a far more grievous fib.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Rock accuses...
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Kid Rock: 'MTV doesn't like black people'
9/14/2007, Yahoo! Music
Kid Rock has appeared on morning radio talking about the major stories from Sunday's MTV's Video Music Awards, including Britney Spears, Kanye West, and of course his brawl...
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Rock Rolls Lee Over Smackdown
9/14/2007, E! Online
"This was a long time coming."
That's the word from Kid Rock, who finally opened up about his highly publicized tussle with fellow Pamela Anderson ex Tommy Lee...
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Tommy Lee Digs "Kid Pebble"
9/11/2007, E! Online
Tommy Lee thinks the media is making a mountain out of a molehill. So he's making a pebble out of Kid Rock.
The Mötley Crüe drummer has wasted no time in...
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Kid Rock faces up to six months in jail after Tommy Lee punch-up
9/10/2007, Yahoo! Music
Kid Rock could face up to six months in jail after his fight with Tommy Lee at last night's MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas.
The pair were involved in a scuffle in the...
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Kid Rock cited after MTV awards tussle
9/10/2007, AP
Kid Rock was cited by police for misdemeanor battery after a tussle with Tommy Lee in the audience at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The 36-year-old rock-rapper received the...
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Kid Rock, Tommy Lee Rock 'n Brawl at VMAs
9/9/2007, E! Online
Britney Spears' designation as water-cooler fodder for the VMAs just got usurped—luckily for her.
Tommy Lee and Kid Rock battled it out at the MTV Video Music...
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Uncle Kracker arrested on sex charge
8/17/2007, AP
Uncle Kracker, a former disc jockey for Kid Rock, was released on $75,000 bond following his arrest early Friday on a second-degree sex offense charge.
Authorities said...
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Uncle Kracker Tagged for Sex Crime
8/17/2007, E! Online
No stranger to shame, indeed.
Uncle Kracker was released on $75,000 bond Friday afternoon, hours after being arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, for allegedly...
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Kid Rock releasing first album in 4 years
7/27/2007, Reuters
There's quite a bit more rock than
rap on Kid Rock's first studio album in four years, tentatively
titled "Rock'n'Roll Jesus," which will arrive October...
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Rock Rolls Accuser with Lawsuit
3/23/2007, E! Online
Kid Rock is no devil. But he certainly has a cause.
As promised, the Cocky singer has sued a Michigan woman who accused him of assaulting her at his Brandon Township home...
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Prosecutors: Kid Rock No Devil
3/19/2007, E! Online
Has somebody been messin' with the Kid?
Authorities in Michigan have declined to file charges against Kid Rock for allegedly assaulting a female fan at his Brandon...
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Pam. Kid. Done.
2/1/2007, E! Online
Let the single mingle begin. Or, at the very least, continue.
A Los Angeles judge has finalized the terms of Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock's divorce, with both stars set to...
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"How I Spent Xmas," by Ben & Jen, Brangelina and Kid Rock
12/27/2006, E! Online
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck took the traditional route this year when it came time to inject a little Christmas spirit into their lives.
The couple had their...
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Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock to divorce
11/28/2006, AP
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock each filed divorce papers Monday seeking to end their marriage of less than four months. Anderson's representative would not comment on the...
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Anderson and Kid Rock marry - again
8/17/2006, AP
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock said "I do" at a fabled Nashville honky-tonk in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A Nashville judge performed the ceremony — one of...
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Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock to tie the knot
7/19/2006, AP
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock, now vacationing in St. Tropez, France, will marry July 29 on a yacht near the glamorous hotspot, Us Weekly magazine reported Tuesday on its Web...
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Pam, Kid Back On--and Getting Married
7/18/2006, E! Online
Pamela Anderson is getting "remarried"--for the first time--to Kid Rock.
The on-again, off-again couple will cement their on-again status July 29 in a wedding ceremony on a...
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Kid Rock To Join Muzik Mafia For Nashville Show
5/9/2005, USRN
Kid Rock will be in Nashville Tuesday (May 10) night to join good friends and fellow musicians John Rich and Big Kenny, a.k.a. Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, and Cowboy Troy,...
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Kid Rock Uninvited To Bush Bash
1/15/2005, USRN
Kid Rock has reportedly been uninvited to perform as part of the festivities surrounding the second inauguration of George W. Bush. A spokesperson for the Presidential...
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Conservatives Angered By Planned Kid Rock Gig At Bush Inaugural
1/10/2005, USRN
Kid Rock, one of the few modern rock stars to come out in support of President George W. Bush, can't catch a break from the right despite that. According to...
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Kid Rock Less Interested In Rapping These Days
11/12/2003, USRN
Kid Rock has surprised fans on his new album Kid Rock by focusing more on rock and country and less on the hip-hop/hard rock blend he staked his reputation on. He told...
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Kid Rock And Sheryl Crow Planning Joint Recording Project
11/10/2003, USRN
Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow have no plans to end their creative association, which resulted in the hit duet "Picture." Crow cowrote and sings on "Run Off To L.A." on the new...
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Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock And Others Added To AMA Performers
10/7/2003, USRN
Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, OutKast, Ricky Martin, American Idol stars Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken are the latest performers to be added to the lineup of the 31st Annual...
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Kid Rock Covers Bad Company On New Single
10/3/2003, USRN
Kid Rock has announced that the first single from his new, self-titled album will be a cover of the Bad Company classic, "Feel Like Makin' Love." The tune should start...
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Tim McGraw, Kid Rock Perfom At Weekend Harley Bash
9/2/2003, USRN
Tim McGraw, Kid Rock, and Elton John played to thousands of ardent fans attending the 100th birthday celebration of Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday (August...
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Kid Rock Surprises Uncle Kracker Crowd At Michigan State Fair
8/29/2003, USRN
Kid Rock was a surprise guest Thursday (August 28) at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit--and he wasn't there for the rides or the farm animals. Rock made a cameo during a...
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Kid Rock To Attend Motorcycle Fundraiser
8/23/2003, USRN
Kid Rock continues his fascination with motorcycle riding. He'll be at a bar in Flint, Michigan near his hometown this weekend (August 23) to be the Grand Marshall and...
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Kid Rock Finished Recording New Album, Mixing Next
7/30/2003, USRN
Kid Rock has finished recording the tracks for his next album, which is scheduled to be released this fall. The as-of yet untitled project will be the follow-up to his...
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Kid Rock Entertains At His Guitarist's Wedding
7/7/2003, USRN
Kid Rock helped provide the entertainment at the wedding of Jason Krause, the guitarist in his Twisted Brown Trucker Band, on Friday (July 4) in Detroit. Rock and TBT...
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Kid Rock, Linkin Park, And Others Changing Tune On Downloading
7/3/2003, USRN
Kid Rock, Linkin Park, Metallica, and Green Day are just a few of the bands who have changed their tune on the subject of music downloading. The aforementioned acts have...
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Kid Rock, ZZ Top's Reverend Billy F. Gibbons & Steve Earle Make The Scene For Pearl Jam
6/30/2003, USRN
When Pearl Jam played their second show at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, on Thursday (June 26), they were joined by a couple of friends. Kid Rock, ZZ...
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Kid Rock And Pam Anderson On The Outs?
6/23/2003, USRN
Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson's engagement and relationship are on the rocks, according to a People magazine report. When Anderson appeared at a recent Florida benefit for...
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Kid Rock, Nappy Roots, Bubba Sparxxx Set For USO Tour
6/19/2003, USRN
Kid Rock has joined the present USO (United Service Organization) tour of Iraq, Project Salute 2003, according to SOHH.com. The tour, which will make undisclosed stops...
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Nickelback And Kid Rock's Elton John Cover On 'Charlie's Angels' Soundtrack
6/3/2003, USRN
Nickelback and Kid Rock teamed up for a cover of Elton John's classic song "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)," which will appear on the soundtrack to the movie...
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Kid Rock Goes Platinum 17 Times
5/1/2003, USRN
On Kid Rock's debut album Devil Without A Cause, the title track proudly boasts "I'm going platinum"--and that's what Rock has done, 17 times over. Devil Without A Cause has...
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Kid Rock, Korn's Fieldy, Bizkit's DJ Lethal On DMC's Solo Album
4/28/2003, USRN
Kid Rock, Korn bassist Fieldy, and Limp Bizkit DJ Lethal, contributed to the forthcoming DMC solo album, Chex, Thuggs And Rock & Roll, set for release in October. Rock is a...
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Kid Rock's True Love Reflected In 'Picture'
4/15/2003, USRN
Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow's hit duet, "Picture," continues to rapidly climb both the country and adult contemporary singles charts, but it might never have seen the light of...
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Eminem, Kid Rock, White Stripes & Others Up For Detroit Music Awards
4/11/2003, USRN
Eminem, Kid Rock, and the White Stripes face off Friday (April 11) at the annual Detroit Music Awards (DMA), taking place at the State Theatre in downtown Detroit.
Eminem...
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Kid Rock Jams With Tim McGraw
3/24/2003, USRN
Kid Rock took a break from working on his next album on Friday (March 21) to hang out and play some music with country star Tim McGraw. Rock showed up at McGraw's show that...
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Eminem, Kid Rock, White Stripes, Funk Brothers Up For Detroit Music Awards
3/20/2003, USRN
Eminem, Kid Rock, the White Stripes, and the Funk Brothers are among the nationally known nominees for the 2003 Detroit Music Awards. The presentation is set for April 11 at...
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Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow To Perform At CMT Flameworthy Awards
3/12/2003, USRN
Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow will perform their hit "Picture" at the Country Music Television (CMT) Flameworthy Video Music Awards. The duo's performance is in connection to the...
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Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow's 'Picture' Receives Country Music Nominations
3/5/2003, USRN
The Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow ballad "Picture" received an Academy Of Country Music (ACM) award nomination on Tuesday (March 4). The duo received the nod in the vocal...
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Rock Subs For Kravitz In Crow's Grammy Duet
2/25/2003, USRN
Sheryl Crow performed "You're An Original" with Kid Rock (Robert Ritchie) accompanying her on guitar and vocals at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (February...
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50 Cent Stays 'Rich' On Album Chart, Dixie Chicks Hang On At Number Two
2/20/2003, Yahoo! Music
Rapper 50 Cent got a sweet Valentine's gift, as his Get Rich Or Die Tryin' holds on to the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the second week in a row....
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Kid Rock Top Dog In Lawsuit
2/5/2003, Yahoo! Music
Kid Rock, real name Robert Ritchie, won a suit filed against him by three Detroit area promoters claiming part ownership of Kid Rock's Top Dog label late Monday (February...
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Kid Rock And Sheryl Crow Set for 'Picture' On Leno
1/21/2003, USRN
Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow will buddy up on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno January 24 for a rendition of "Picture." The country-tinged song is being played all over radio, and...
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Sheryl Crow Comfortable With Kid Rock And Country Cross-Over
1/17/2003, USRN
Kid Rock's "Picture," his duet with Sheryl Crow, is getting all sorts of airplay--from Modern AC stations to pop stations to country stations. On the red carpet at Monday...
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Kid Rock, Shelby Lynne Lend Vocals To Allison Moorer's Live Album
1/7/2003, USRN
Allison Moorer recorded her next album, a live project, at a Nashville club Saturday (January 4), drawing guests from the world of pop and rock. Moorer's sister,...
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Nickelback, Kid Rock, Pantera's Dimebag Record Elton John Classic
12/16/2002, USRN
Nickelback has joined forces with Kid Rock and Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell to record a version of Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting."
"It's done,"...
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Kenny Chesney Records, Writes With Kid Rock
11/5/2002, USRN
Kenny Chesney recently wrapped up filming his pay-per-view special in Denver and headed west to Los Angeles to visit with fellow singer Kid Rock. The two re-cut "Lukenbach,...
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Sheryl Crow Makes Surprise Kid Rock Concert Appearance In L.A.
11/4/2002, USRN
Sheryl Crow surprised more than just the audience Sunday (November 3) at the Hollywood Bowl when she came on stage to sing with Kid Rock. Rock and his Twisted Brown Trucker...
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Kid Rock Bus Bust: Drugs Found, But Rock Not Aboard
10/21/2002, USRN
Drugs were found on Kid Rock's tour bus by police after his West Palm Beach gig opening for Aerosmith on Sunday (October 20), but the rap-rocker was not on the bus at the...
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Kid Rock-Pam Anderson Nuptials Out Of The Bag Thanks To Hank Jr.
10/17/2002, USRN
Hank Williams Jr. let the cat out of the bag by telling the audience at a Dallas concert that he was going to the Kid Rock-Pam Anderson wedding next month in Las Vegas. The...
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Kid Rock Has Paradime For Kracker
10/8/2002, USRN
Kid Rock has had to make quick change in his Twisted Brown Trucker Band for the next leg of his tour. With Uncle Kracker spending time on the road to promote his newly...
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Kid Rock, Dave Matthews & Others Rock Farm Aid 2002
9/22/2002, USRN
"Kick-ass music and a kick-ass cause" was how actor and emcee Matthew McConaughey described Farm Aid 2002, as the nine-hour concert kicked off Saturday (September 21) at the...
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Kid Rock Ready For Farm Aid 2002
9/20/2002, USRN
The hills south of Pittsburgh will fill with music on Saturday (September 21) when this year's Farm Aid concert takes place at the Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake. Farm...
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Kid Rock & Lynyrd Skynyrd Set For Special Detroit Shows
9/18/2002, USRN
Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd kick off a two-night stand on Thursday (September 19) at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. It marks the first time the modern rocker and his heroes...
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Kid Rock Forced To Replace Sheryl Crow On Next Single
9/13/2002, USRN
Kid Rock is hoping to make the ballad "Picture" the next single from his current album, Cocky. However, he'll have to do it without Sheryl Crow, who duets with him on the...
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Uncle Kracker Ponders Going 'Postal' Over Solo Career & Kid Rock Duties
8/22/2002, USRN
Uncle Kracker is set to release his new album, No Stranger To Shame, on September 24, and he's trying to balance promotion for the album and being an integral member of Kid...
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Aerosmith/Kid Rock/Run-D.M.C. Tour Gets Underway
8/13/2002, USRN
Aerosmith hits the road Tuesday (August 13) for another round of summer tour dates. Along for the ride this time are two special guests--rap-rocker Kid Rock and hip-hop...
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Kid Rock Joins Kenny Chesney In Classic Rock Jam
7/8/2002, USRN
Kid Rock might be on a break from touring before a jaunt with Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. begins in August, but that doesn't mean he's laying low. Rock hopped on stage Friday...
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Kid Rock Kicks Out The Jams For Pam's B-Day
7/4/2002, USRN
You'd expect Kid Rock to sing to fiancee Pamela Anderson on her birthday, and he did so in public on Monday night (July 1) in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak.
Dropping in...
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Kid Rock & Pam Anderson Host Detroit Red Wings Celebration
6/18/2002, USRN
From one "American Bad Ass" to some others: Kid Rock threw what was easily the most raucous party of the Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championship celebration on Monday...
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Hank Jr. And Kid Rock: Worlds Apart, Bound Together By Music
6/4/2002, USRN
One of the more interesting musical pairings as of late is between Hank Williams Jr. and Kid Rock. The two have recorded and performed live together, most recently on the...
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Hank Jr., Kid Rock Pair Up For Award Show Performance
5/6/2002, USRN
Hank Williams Jr. and Kid Rock are confirmed to perform together on the upcoming Academy Of Country Music Awards later this month. The two will sing "The 'F' Word," a song...
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Kid Rock Reschedules Postponed Show For June 12
5/6/2002, USRN
Kid Rock has rescheduled his postponed show in Knoxville, Tennessee for June 12 at the Civic Coliseum. Rock had to pull out of Thursday night's (May 2) show due to a severe...
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Kid Rock Sued Over Alleged Boys Don't Cry Copyright Infringement
4/23/2002, USRN
Kid Rock, real name Robert Ritchie, was sued by Microhits Music for copyright infringement in regards to the Detroit rocker's song "Cowboy." The suit was filed April 17 in...
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Kid Rock & Pamela Anderson Engaged
4/12/2002, USRN
Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson are tying the knot. The "American Badass" popped the question to the sexy siren on Thursday night (April 11) just outside of Las Vegas.
After...
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Kid Rock Says Radiohead's OK For Computers, Not Parties
3/28/2002, USRN
Radiohead is one of the most critically acclaimed modern rock bands of the decade, but don't count rap-rocker Kid Rock as a fan. The "American Bad Ass" recently told LAUNCH...
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Kid Rock, Eminem, White Stripes & Others Nominated For 2002 Detroit Music Awards
3/25/2002, USRN
Kid Rock, Eminem, Uncle Kracker, Madonna, and D12, as well as upstarts the White Stripes, have all been named as nominees for 2002 Detroit Music Awards. The ceremony takes...
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Kid Rock, Incubus, And Stone Temple Pilots To Rock Beale Street Music Festival
3/24/2002, USRN
Kid Rock, Incubus, and Stone Temple Pilots and are just some of the acts that will take to the stages at the annual Beale Street Music Festival May 3-5 in Memphis. The...
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Kid Rock Welcomes New Rock From Strokes & White Stripes
3/22/2002, USRN
Kid Rock has another hit on his hands as "Lonely Road Of Faith" sits in the top 20 of Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The rap-rocker, however, told LAUNCH that...
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Aerosmith To Receive Icon Award, Kid Rock, Janet, Pink & Train To Perform
3/20/2002, USRN
Aerosmith will be the second recipient of the mtvICON Award, which will be presented to the group on April 14 in Los Angeles and broadcast on the cable music channel on...
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Kid Rock Hosts Special Guests At Homecoming Show Outside Detroit
3/18/2002, USRN
The special guests came out Sunday (March 17) for the second of Kid Rock's two homecoming shows at the Palace Of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Ted Nugent hopped on...
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Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus, Kid Rock, Bush & More To Rock Atlanta's Music Midtown Festival
3/13/2002, USRN
Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus, Kid Rock, Bush, and No Doubt are just some of the acts confirmed to perform at Atlanta's ninth annual Music Midtown Festival May 3-5. This...
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Kid Rock, Creed, & Others Get Into The Ring On WWF Compilation
3/4/2002, USRN
Kid Rock, Creed, Limp Bizkit, Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Marilyn Manson, Cypress Hill, and others get into the ring on WWF Forceable Entry, a compilation due March 26 on...
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Kid Rock Tour Opener Blasts Off with Pyrotechnics, Classic Covers
2/25/2002, USRN
Declaring himself "trim, fit, rich and...back for Round 2," Kid Rock opened his 2002-2003 world tour Friday (February 22) night in Saginaw, Michigan, with a raucous...
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Kid Rock Tour Itinerary Altered
2/21/2002, USRN
Kid Rock kicks off his North American tour with a sold-out show at the Wendler Arena in Saginaw, Michigan tomorrow night (February 22). The tour, in support of his latest...
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Hank Williams Jr. And Kid Rock Go The Distance For A Pork Chop
2/20/2002, USRN
Hank Williams Jr. and his wife, Mary Jane, chartered a private plane in Nashville early last week and flew to Detroit to pick up Kid Rock, then on to Los Angeles to pick up...
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Kid Rock Salutes Waylon Jennings's Outlaw Spirit
2/14/2002, USRN
(2/14/02, 3 p.m. ET) – Few modern rockers are into country music as much as Kid Rock is, so it's not surprising that he was saddened by Waylon Jennings's death. Rock...
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Kid Rock And Tenacious D Hook Up For Series Of Dates
2/5/2002, USRN
Kid Rock and Tenacious D, which includes actor Jack Black, are hitting the road together for a string of dates through the Midwest. The two acts will hook up for dates in...
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Kid Rock Reveals Dates For Forthcoming Tour
1/28/2002, USRN
Kid Rock has revealed dates to go along with the previously announced cites for his tour, which starts February 22 at the Wendler Arena in Saginaw, Michigan. The tour runs...
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Kid Rock Jams With Detroit Pals At Small Club
1/28/2002, USRN
Kid Rock took Saturday night off (January 26) from rehearsals for his Cocky tour, to get down with his local Detroit pals the Howling Diablos. Rock and girlfriend Pamela...
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Kid Rock Works With Hank Jr., Dreams Of Working With Hank Sr.
1/23/2002, USRN
Kid Rock appears on "The 'F' Word" on Hank Williams Jr. 's recently released album, Almeria Club Recordings, and the rock-rapper is even talking about hitting the road with...
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Kid Rock Gets Down With Snoop, Master P Next?
1/22/2002, USRN
One of the highlights of Kid Rock's latest album, Cocky, is his collaboration with West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg on the bawdy, album-closing bonus track "WCSR," which is...
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Kid Rock Announces Venues For February Tour, Possible Support Acts
1/17/2002, USRN
Kid Rock will kick off his North American tour in support of Cocky at the Wendler Arena in Saginaw, Michigan. However, when the show will takes place remains an unknown...
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Kid Rock To Be Featured On Next Lynyrd Skynyrd Album
1/16/2002, USRN
When Lynyrd Skynyrd releases its next album, the band's good friend Kid Rock will be featured as a special guest on a remake of one of the group's classic songs.
Rock told...
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Kid Rock To Show Country Side For Next Single
1/14/2002, USRN
Kid Rock was in Los Angeles last week not only for the American Music Awards but to also to remix "Lonely Road Of Faith." The new version will reflect Rock's affinity for...
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Kid Rock Makes A Stand For Live Music At AMAs
1/9/2002, USRN
One of the more controversial appearances at Wednesday's (January 9) American Music Awards was Kid Rock's performance of "Lonely Road Of Faith." In an interview conducted...
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Kid Rock Holiday Party Draws Sports & Music Luminaries
12/28/2001, USRN
Kid Rock and hundreds of his closest personal friends--including girlfriend Pamela Anderson, his Twisted Brown Trucker Band mates, and members of the Detroit Red Wings and...
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Kid Rock, Twisted Brown Trucker Preparing For 2002 Tour
12/26/2001, USRN
Home from last week's concert for U.S. troops in Germany, Kid Rock is formulating plans for a tour that's expected to start in February to promote his new album,...
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Kid Rock's 'Cocky' Goes Platinum
12/20/2001, USRN
Kid Rock's latest album, Cocky, has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) for shipping 1 million copies. Cocky is Rock's third...
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Kid Rock's Guitar Goes Missing
12/7/2001, USRN
Kid Rock's favorite guitar is missing. His specially made Stars And Stripes Gibson SG guitar was discovered missing by customs inspectors overseas, where Rock was to perform...
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Kid Rock To Entertain Troops This Weekend
12/7/2001, USRN
Kid Rock and his band, Twisted Brown Trucker, head to Frankfurt, Germany, this weekend for a USO show for U.S. armed services on Saturday (December 8) that's being sponsored...
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Uncle Kracker Says Kid Rock Camp Happy With 'Cocky' Sales So Far
12/6/2001, USRN
No one is suggesting that Kid Rock and his camp are unhappy with initial sales of his latest album, Cocky, which has so far sold more than 337,000 copies and debuted at...
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Kid Rock Says 'Cocky' Will Have Staying Power
11/28/2001, USRN
Kid Rock's Cocky captures the Number Seven spot on the Billboard 200 album chart with sales of 222,875 copies in its first week. However, the Kid was no match for fellow...
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Kid Rock Looking To Go Beyond 'Cocky'
11/25/2001, USRN
Kid Rock's new album, Cocky, was released on Tuesday (November 20), but he told LAUNCH there's more material that he's dying for people to hear.
When asked if he's happy...
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Kid Rock 'Forever' Video Debuts, Tour In January
11/9/2001, USRN
The first single from Kid Rock's forthcoming album, Cocky, is "Forever." A video for the track is set to debut on several video channels today (November 9). "'Forever' is...
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Kid Rock Tiring Of Pam Anderson Rumors
11/6/2001, USRN
As Kid Rock prepares for the November 20 release of his new album, Cocky, he has also been inundated with rumors about his relationship with actress Pamela Anderson, who...
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Kid Rock Had People Worried With Approach To New Album
11/2/2001, USRN
As he prepares for the November 20 release of his new album, Cocky, Kid Rock tells LAUNCH that some of the people around him were worried about the kind of material he was...
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Kid Rock Talks Sheryl Crow Collaboration
11/1/2001, USRN
For his new album, Cocky, Kid Rock collaborated with Sheryl Crow on a tune called "I Put Your Picture Away." The "devil without a cause" told LAUNCH, "That's just a...
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Kid Rock's 'Forever' Video Shoot Goes Off Without A Hitch, Despite Cold
10/29/2001, USRN
Chill temperatures and a biting wind didn't prevent some 5,000 energetic fans from attending the video shoot for Kid Rock's new single "Forever," on Saturday (October 27) at...
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Kid Rock, Ted Nugent Join Aerosmith Onstage In Detroit
10/26/2001, USRN
Aerosmith got a little sweet emotion from "Motor City" homeboys Kid Rock and Ted Nugent during the band's Thursday night (October 25) Detroit show. As Aerosmith began to...
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Kid Rock Publicist Denies Pregnancy
10/25/2001, USRN
A spokesperson for Kid Rock has flatly denied rumors that he and girlfriend Pamela Anderson are expecting a baby.
Several New York radio stations have reported the story,...
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Kid Rock 'Cocky' About November 20 Release
10/12/2001, USRN
Kid Rock is set to release his follow-up to the compilation album The History Of Rock on November 20. The album, titled Cocky, is his first album of all new material since...
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Uncle Kracker Says Kid Rock & Company Are Feeling Pressure
8/16/2001, USRN
While Uncle Kracker has been on tour with Sugar Ray this summer, he's also been working on the new Kid Rock album, which is expected out this fall. Kracker, who began...
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Uncle Kracker Says Kid Rock Album Will Surprise And Please
8/14/2001, USRN
While his DJ Uncle Kracker has been scoring hits of his own ("Follow Me," "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"), Kid Rock has been working on his next album, the "proper" follow-up to 1998's...
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Kid Rock Impresses Sheryl Crow, Talks About Influences
8/10/2001, USRN
Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow had gone out a few times before the rap-rocker became involved with Pamela Anderson, and Rock made several appearances at Crow's impromptu New York...
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Kid Rock Goes Diamond, Mixing Next Album
8/3/2001, USRN
Kid Rock's Devil Without A Cause has hit the diamond mark for sales of 10 million copies, as certified by the Recording Industry Association Of America. Perhaps Rock knew...
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Kid Rock, Joe C., R. Kelly & Brandy On 'Osmosis Jones'
7/24/2001, USRN
Kid Rock's late sidekick Joe C. will appear with Rock on the song "Cool, Daddy Cool" on the soundtrack to the upcoming movie Osmosis Jones. Uncle Kracker, another member of...
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Kid Rock Charges Fraud In Lawsuit
5/13/2001, USRN
Kid Rock has filed a lawsuit against a Michigan businessman who claims to have signed a contact with the artist 12 years ago that would have split profits from all future...
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Kid Rock Joins Mellencamp At Tiger Jam, Third Eye Blind Also Performs
4/30/2001, USRN
Kid Rock joined John Mellencamp onstage at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Saturday (April 28) for a version of the Indiana rocker's classic song, "Pink Houses." The appearance...
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Eminem A Big Winner At Detroit Music Awards
4/9/2001, USRN
Eminem may be going before a judge Tuesday (April 10) for sentencing on the concealed-weapons charge stemming from a June 2000 incident, but he took time out to party and...
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Kid Rock, Eminem Lead Detroit Music Awards Nominees List
4/5/2001, USRN
Kid Rock, Eminem, Madonna, Uncle Kracker, and Marshall Crenshaw are among the nominees for this year's Detroit Music Awards, which take place Friday (April 6) at the city's...
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Backstreet Boys, Marc Anthony, Kid Rock To Celebrate Aretha
4/4/2001, USRN
Marc Anthony, Kid Rock, Celia Cruz, and the Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, and Kevin Richardson have been added to the list of performers on board to celebrate...
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Aerosmith Treated With 'Kid' Gloves At Rock Hall
3/20/2001, USRN
Aerosmith, the final honorees at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony Monday (March 19) in New York, were brought on by Kid Rock. The Detroit-based rap-metal...
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Kid Rock Settles Suit With Former Manager
3/13/2001, USRN
Kid Rock and his former manager, Stephen Hutton of Uppercut Management, have reached an out-of-court settlement in a suit the manager filed against the rock-rap star last...
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Kid Rock Gets Down In 'Dirt' Movie March 9
1/19/2001, USRN
Kid Rock will appear at a theater near you on March 9 in a few scenes in The Adventures Of Joe Dirt. He plays a romantic rival and bully to the title character, portrayed...
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Kid Rock Hits Road With Fuel & Buckcherry
1/16/2001, USRN
Kid Rock kicks off a 20-date tour with support acts Fuel and Buckcherry Wednesday(January 17) in Greenville, South Carolina. The tour, which runs through February 24,...
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Kid Rock Defends Eminem
1/10/2001, USRN
The announcement of Eminem's four Grammy Award nominations last week intensified the controversy over the subject matter on the hip-hop star's smash album The Marshall...
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Kid Rock Says Show Will Go On Without Joe C.
1/10/2001, USRN
Kid Rock hosted an American Music Awards tribute to artists who died in the year 2000 Monday night (January 8). Backstage he admitted that going on without diminutive...
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Kid Rock Brings Back Rock And Honors Fallen Friend
1/9/2001, USRN
Kid Rock signaled the return of rock as he beat out friend Eminem and pop star Marc Anthony for favorite pop/rock male artist last night (January 8) at the American Music...
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Kid Rock Rocks Hometown During Holidays
12/26/2000, USRN
It was a festive holiday weekend for Kid Rock fans in his hometown of Detroit as the multi-faceted rocker popped up in a number of locales to jam with some of his...
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Kid Rock, Marilyn Manson To Perform On American Music Awards
12/22/2000, USRN
"American Badass" meets "The Beautiful People" on the American Music Awards as Kid Rock and Marilyn Manson join the list of performers on the show, which airs January 8 on...
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Kid Rock To Play Show To Benefit USS Cole
12/15/2000, USRN
Kid Rock will donate the profits from his January 21 tour stop in Norfolk, Virginia to the Navy Marine Corp Relief Society, with the intent of helping the families of the...
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Kid Rock Out, Limp Bizkit In For Wrestling's Undertaker
12/10/2000, USRN
Wrestler the Undertaker is going to be singing a new tune, or at least new entrance music, as he told LAUNCH Limp Bizkit is in and Kid Rock is out.
"Limp Bizkit is going...
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Fuel To Tour With Kid Rock, Buckcherry; Planning Home Video
12/8/2000, USRN
Fuel will kick off a winter tour January 17 in Greenville, South Carolina, with Kid Rock and Buckcherry. A full set of tour dates was not released by press time.
Fuel is...
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Kid Rock Cohort Joe C. Dead At 26
11/17/2000, USRN
Joe C. (Joseph Calleja) of Kid Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker band died in his sleep on Thursday night (November 16) at his home in Taylor, Michigan. He was 26. The...
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Kid Rock Child Suit Settled As Mother Pays Child Support
10/5/2000, USRN
The custody battle between Kid Rock (aka Robert Ritchie) and Kelley South, the mother of his 7-year-old son, has been settled with an agreement between the two parties....
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Kid Rock Praised By Rock For Life For 'Abortion'
9/15/2000, USRN
Kid Rock is receiving praise from Rock For Life for his song "Abortion," on his History Of Rock album. Rock For Life director Erik Whittington says the song acknowledges a...
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Kid Rock's 'Bawitdaba' From The Mouth Of Bette
9/11/2000, USRN
"Bawitdaba," Kid Rock's breakout 1998 hit, will play a key part in the premiere next month of the CBS sitcom Bette, starring superstar Bette Midler. Midler, who plays the...
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Kid Rock Out Of 'Bite Outta Rhyme'
9/8/2000, USRN
Kid Rock has backed out of plans to contribute a song to Republic Records' upcoming various-artists collection, Take A Bite Outta Rhyme: A Rock Tribute To Rap. As LAUNCH...
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Kid Rock Does 'Deep Porn'
8/25/2000, USRN
Kid Rock and funkmaster George Clinton are among the artists who have teamed up with adult-film actresses to create the hip-hop and electronica collection Deep Porn. The...
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Hank Williams Jr. To Join Kid Rock During Nashville Concert?
8/17/2000, USRN
Fans attending Kid Rock's concert at
AmSouth Amphitheater in Antioch, Tennessee, on Saturday (August 19) might be
in for a treat: Hank Williams Jr. is expected to join Kid...
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Kid Rock's Ex Sues For Defamation
7/27/2000, USRN
Kid Rock has been slapped with a lawsuit from former girlfriend Kelly Russell in which she claims the rock-rapper's lyrics damaged her reputation.
Russell, Rock's...
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Kid Rock Ordered To Reach A Compromise In Custody Case
7/24/2000, USRN
Kid Rock (Robert Ritchie) and his former girlfriend Kelley South were ordered by a Macomb County (Michigan) judge on Wednesday (July 19) to come to a compromise regarding...
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Kid Rock's 'Devil' Goes Nine Times Platinum
7/18/2000, USRN
Kid Rock's Atlantic debut album, Devil Without A Cause, has now surpassed the nine-times-platinum mark, just as his time on Metallica's Summer Sanitarium Tour 2000 came to...
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Kid Rock Boosts Uncle Kracker At Hometown Show
6/27/2000, USRN
Kid Rock was on hand -- and on stage -- Sunday (June 25) in Pontiac, Michigan, for the first proper concert performance by Uncle Kracker, the DJ in Rock's Twisted Brown...
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Kid Rock And Eminem Rock Experience Music Project Concerts
6/26/2000, USRN
"Paul Allen Certainly knows how to throw a party," shouted Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas from the stage Saturday night (June 24). Thomas was likely expressing the thoughts...
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Limp Bizkit's Durst, Kid Rock & Others To Bring The Rap Noise
6/20/2000, USRN
Limp Bizkit's frontman Fred Durst and Kid Rock top a list of rock acts that are contributing their own versions of classic hip-hop songs to a project due in October from...
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Kid Rock To Try New Approach On Metallica Tour Plus August Tour Dates
6/13/2000, USRN
Metallica's "Summer Sanitarium Tour" starts June 30 in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where fans can expect Kid Rock, Powerman 5000, System Of A Down, and Korn to put on one of...
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Kid Rock, Bob Seger Party At Detroit Bash
6/12/2000, USRN
Kid Rock, Bob Seger, and members of their bands were among the high-profile guests at a party in Detroit over the weekend. The bash was in honor of local radio disc jockey...
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Kid Rock, Sugar Ray Honor Lava President At UJA's Visionary Of The Year Award
6/9/2000, USRN
Lava Records president Jason Flom was presented with the Visionary Of The Year Award by The Music Group of the Entertainment, Media & Communications Division of the United...
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Kid Rock Backs Up Troubled Eminem
6/8/2000, USRN
Kid Rock's History Of Rock is right behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP at Number One and Number Two, respectively, on the Billboard album charts. Rock is also right...
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Kid Rock Is On A Great Run
6/7/2000, USRN
Just as Kid Rock's Rolling Stone cover hit the newsstands comes word that his new album, History Of Rock, will land in the Number Two spot on Billboard's album chart, right...
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Kid Rock Makes Strong Debut But Can't Topple Eminem
6/7/2000, USRN
A pair of Detroit-based musicians top this week's album sales chart. For the second straight week, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP leads the way in album sales, according...
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Hank Williams Jr. Surprised By Kid Rock At Concert
6/6/2000, USRN
The audience at Hank Williams, Jr.'s recent Detroit concert was surprised by a guest appearance by "Motor City" native Kid Rock. Williams was performing at Pine Knob...
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Kid Rock Hooks Up With Pantera Axeman For New Songs
6/5/2000, USRN
A month ago Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell had a productive writing session with Kid Rock, during which they came up with four songs and recorded them in two days.
Rock...
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Kid Rock To Make Sales 'History'?
6/2/2000, USRN
From early reports it looks like Kid Rock's new album, History Of Rock, will be more successful than the Detroit artist first thought. Reports indicate that by the end of...
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Kid Rock, Atlantic Records, And Others Honor Music Exec
6/2/2000, USRN
The Music Group of the Entertainment, Media, and Communications Division of the United Jewish Appeal, UJA, will be honoring Atlantic Records executive Jason Flom on...
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Kid Rock Discusses New Movie Role
6/1/2000, USRN
Kid Rock is currently wrapping up filming scenes for an upcoming movie called The Adventures Of Joe Dirt. The Detroit rap/metal king told LAUNCH about his role in the...
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Kid Rock's 'History' Released Today
5/26/2000, USRN
Kid Rock releases his new album, History Of Rock, a compilation of his independent recordings, today (May 30). Tracks on the new collection were culled from 1992's The...
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Kid Rock And James Hetfield On Next Damn Yankees Album
5/11/2000, USRN
Kid Rock and James Hetfield of Metallica are lined up as guests for the upcoming third album by Damn Yankees, the supergroup-of-sorts that features
Ted Nugent,
Styx's...
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Metallica, Kid Rock And Others To Get Experienced
5/5/2000, USRN
A dizzying array of rock talent has been assembled for the grand opening of the Experience Music Project in Seattle from June 23-25. The lineup rivals those of some of the...
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Kid Rock To Get Dirty On Big Screen
5/4/2000, USRN
Kid Rock the rap-rocker is set to become Kid Rock the movie star. The multiplatinum-selling artist will make his feature film debut in the comedy The Adventures Of Joe...
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'The History Of (Kid) Rock' Continues With Two New Songs
4/20/2000, USRN
Kid Rock's The History Of Rock will be out May 30, and he's penned two new songs for the retrospective: "American Badass" and "Abortion." The rest of the album comprises...
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Metallica, Korn, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000 Tour Is Official
4/19/2000, USRN
Metallica, Kid Rock,
Powerman 5000,
Korn, and
System Of A Down will embark on a tour starting June 30 in Foxboro, Mass. The outing will compete with Ozzfest 2000 for...
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Detroit Music Awards Winners
4/17/2000, USRN
It was a big night for Kid Rock at the annual Detroit Music Awards, held Friday at the city's State Theatre.The multi-platinum rock impresario not only hosted the ceremony...
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Buckcherry, The Sequel -- 'Louder, Faster, Funner'
4/13/2000, USRN
Buckcherry has written a new set of tunes and will head into the studio on May 8 to record a follow-up to its brisk-selling self-titled debut. The album will be produced...
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Metallica, Korn, Kid Rock Tour In The Works
4/10/2000, USRN
Metallica's Kirk Hammett has confirmed that his band might be going on the road with
Korn and
Kid Rock this summer.
The guitarist tells LAUNCH that they're working on...
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