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Kid Rock storms off stage after slamming audience for not clapping during performance

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Published 14:56 11 Feb 2025 GMT

Kid Rock storms off stage after slamming audience for not clapping during performance

A video has gone viral of Kid Rock's performance and people are not happy

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/zpierre509

Topics: Celebrity, Music

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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Kid Rock made a surprise appearance at JBJ’s Nashville over the weekend and is now likely thinking he probably shouldn’t have bothered.

He headed down to the venue owned by Jon Bon Jovi on February 8 for a birthday celebration in honor of his band’s keyboardist David Bryan.

Bryan seemed to enjoy his birthday all the same, taking to Instagram to share a video of him in the middle of a solo.

He captioned the video: “THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES! Rocking at @jbjsnash last night with @bigkennytv!”

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Kid Rock stormed off the stage after not getting the response he wanted(Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
Kid Rock stormed off the stage after not getting the response he wanted(Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

With that said, Rock walking off probably didn’t help the festivities.

After arriving on stage, there were cheers from the crowd and he and the other musicians on stage did a rendition of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1969 hit 'Proud Mary'.

About a minute into the song, Rock began to clap his hands and encouraged the crowd to do the same. However, not enough people seemed to be joining in, much to Rock’s frustration.

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In a video of the performance, he can be heard saying: “no f*** that, f*** them.”

He then ushered the performers to stop and added: “If you ain't gonna clap we ain't gonna sing, that is how this is going to work.”

Warning: contains strong language


This did result in some cheers from the audience and the group began to sing again, with Rock clapping his hands encouraging those in attendance to do the same.

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But the clapping died down again, and Rock said: “You know what? F*** y’all. You aint gonna clap? I’m gone.”

He then stormed off stage.

A video has already started spreading on social media with people laying into Rock for walking off stage.

People online took aim at Kid Rock for his reaction (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
People online took aim at Kid Rock for his reaction (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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One user Twitter wrote: “Tina he ain’t. They were clapping. Maybe if he packed some energy into that rendition people would’ve gotten more excited."

Another jibed: “That says a lot more about him than the audience. It's not 1998 anymore, what does he expect?”

UNILAD has contacted Kid Rock’s representatives for comment.

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