Kid Rock, Foreigner team for $20 ticket tour
Kid Rock had such success with his 2013 Best Night Ever Tour, where tickets cost $20 and beers just $4, that he'll be doing it again this summer.
Only this time, he's bringing Foreigner along.
"You get to see Kid Rock and Foreigner for 20 dollars — if you don't like that, go (expletive) yourself," Rock says of the tour, which starts June 24 in Hartford, Conn., and continues through early September. "You can't go to the movies for 20 dollars."
Rock will sell 1,000 tickets from each show via LiveNation.com's Platinum ticketing program, in an effort to cut down the market for scalpers. And nobody will be able to buy a front-row seat. Those, Rock's people will give away at the venue as upgrades. "Maybe we see an old concert T-shirt or a 'Made in Detroit' shirt. Maybe it just looks like they're having a bad day, and we'll be like, 'Hey, sit in the front."
Rock will perform in Florida Sunday before the start of the Daytona 500 and release new album First Kiss on Feb. 24. First Kiss is now streaming in advance of its release on iTunes Radio.
The scheduled dates for the Kid Rock/Foreigner tour follow:
June
24 - The Xfinity Theatre, Hartford, Conn.
25 - Xfinity Center, Mansfield, Mass.
27 - The Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton, Penn.
28 - First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, Penn.
30 - PNC Banks Arts Center, Holmdel, N.J.
July
2 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
3 - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, N.Y.
7 - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, N.J.
8 - Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, Va.
10 - Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Va.
11 - Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, N.C.
14 - PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, N.C.
16 - Coral Sky Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, Fla.
18 - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater, Tampa, Fla.
19 Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood Atlanta
22 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Woodlands, Texas
23 - Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas
25 - Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, Miss.
26 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheater, Tinley Park, Ill.
30 - Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
August
1 - Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, Ind.
2 - Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati
4 - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien, N.Y.
7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15 – DET Energy Music Theater, Clarkston, Mich.
26 - Ak-Chin Pavilion, Phoenix
27 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, Calif.
29 - San Manuel Amphitheater, San Bernardino, Calif.
30 - Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, Calif.
September
2 - Sleep Train Amphitheater, Marysville, Calif.
4 - Amphitheater Northwest, Ridgefield, Wash.
5 - White River Amphitheater, Auburn, Wash.