Kid Rock cuts Nashville performance short, storms off stage after audience won't clap
Singer and rapper Kid Rock stormed off stage at a Nashville performance this weekend, cutting the show short when the audience didn't clap along.
On Saturday night, the "All Summer Long" artist appeared as a special guest at the birthday party for David Bryan, Jon Bon Jovi's keyboard player, at Bon Jovi's Nashville bar.
Kid Rock came onstage for a cover of "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival alongside a band that included Bryan himself, but stopped the song halfway through due to a lack of audience participation.
"F*** them," he said. "Hey, hey, stop ... if you ain’t gonna clap, we ain’t gonna sing. That’s how it’s gonna go.”
Kid Rock started clapping his hands over his head, showing the audience how he wanted them to participate. After resuming the performance, some audience members clapped along, but the amount of crowd participation wasn't up to par for Rock.
He cut off the song again, saying, “You know what, f*** y’all. You ain’t gonna clap, I’m gone.”
After Kid Rock left the stage, the band resumed the show.
The 54-year-old musician recently hit the stage in January as a part of President Trump's inaugural events to perform a four-song set.
He's headed out on tour in March alongside Chris Janson and Uncle Kraker and will embark on his "Rock the Country" tour with Nickelback in April.
To learn more about Kid Rock, head to kidrock.com.
Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter with The Tennessean. You can reach her at agibbs@tennessean.com.