Kid Rock says he's "on fire" in the studio, which has led him to scuttle plans to tour this spring in order to finish work on his follow-up to 2007's double-platinum...
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It's been more than five years since Apple's iTunes store changed music retail by introducing single-track digital downloads. But it wasn't until 2008 that most...
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Kid Rock is upset that he can't pick the good deed that will serve as his punishment for a brawl at a Georgia Waffle House. In a post on his Web site, the rocker blasts a...
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It wasn't hick-hop but real hip-hop at the CMA Awards as Lil Wayne joined Kid Rock onstage during country music's biggest night. Kid Rock brought the prolific and...
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A decade into his major-label career, Kid Rock is riding his biggest wave yet, powered by his worldwide hit tune "All Summer Long." It's an old-school success story...
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Kid Rock is returning to the Video Music Awards for another hit performance — and this time it doesn't involve a fistfight with Tommy Lee. The boisterous rocker is...
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An encounter with some (former) fans may have left Kid Rock feeling a little punchy, but it also left his onetime worshippers more than a little litigious. The trio of...
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A court sentenced musician Kid Rock to 12 months probation and six hours of anger management counseling for his involvement in a post-concert fight at a restaurant near...
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No more waffling over Kid Rock's punishment. The Detroit rap-rocker's battery case is a done deal, with the 37-year-old pleading no contest Monday in a DeKalb...
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Minutes before he was to hit the stage, Kid Rock pulled out of a performance in England Friday afternoon and was rushed to a hospital and treated for dehydration. The...
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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 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'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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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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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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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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"I was in complete and total shock and so was he." — Jamie Lynn Spears, 16, on learning that she's pregnant with her first child and the father is boyfriend Casey...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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"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 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 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 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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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 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 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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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 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 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, 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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, 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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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 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 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 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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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 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 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, 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 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, 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 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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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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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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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, 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 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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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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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 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 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 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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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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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 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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"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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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 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 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 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 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 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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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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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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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 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 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, 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 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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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, 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 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 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 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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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, 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, 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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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 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 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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(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, 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 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 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 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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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 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 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 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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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'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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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'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'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 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 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 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, 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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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, 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 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 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 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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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 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 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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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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"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 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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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 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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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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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 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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"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 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 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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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 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 (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 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 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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"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 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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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, 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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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 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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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 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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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, 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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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 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'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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LAUNCH has announced the integration of music videos to its popular streaming music service LAUNCHcast, available only on LAUNCH.com (www.launch.com). The new service...
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The new Ready To Rumble movie soundtrack, due out April 11, features the Offspring's previously unreleased cover of the Agent Orange track, "Bloodstains." It also includes...
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One of the highlights of Wednesday (Feb. 23) night's Grammy Awards telecast was young rap/metal artist
Kid Rock working the
Grand Funk Railroad classic "We're An American...
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Monday (Feb. 7) at the Macomb County Circuit Court in Michigan, Judge Donald G. Miller heard a statement from
Kid Rock's lawyer, Lori Finazzo, as well as from Kathy Vogt...
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Judge Donald G. Miller of the Macomb County (Michigan) Circuit Court will hold a motion hearing today (Feb. 7) to determine if there needs to be an investigation regarding...
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The mother of
Kid Rock's son, Kelley South, has filed a motion in the Macomb County Circuit Court to get custody of the six-year-old boy while Rock (Bob Ritchie) is on...
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Kid Rock is currently in the studio working on his version of the
Metallica song "Sad But True" for his next release, a partial career retrospective called The History Of...
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The next album by
Kid Rock will be something of a retrospective, as Atlantic Records plans to release tracks from two of the rock-rapper's early albums, plus some other...
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It looks like
Kid Rock will pick up in the year 2000 right where he left off in 1999 -- selling albums, and lots of them. Devil Without A Cause, the Detroit rap-rocker's...
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Among the new action figures that artist-animator Todd McFarlane's McFarlane Toys is currently developing are miniatures of Rob Zombie and Kid Rock. While it may be every...
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Kid Rock and Oleander are scheduled to headline an Atlanta concert on Saturday (Dec. 11) to benefit the non-profit Atlanta Community Food Bank. Johnny Hyde is also on the...
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The nomination press conference for the American Music Awards was held yesterday (Dec. 6) in Los Angeles, and Kid Rock was the leading nominee from the alternative world....
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You know it's the holiday season when Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band start playing "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," which is what they did at the end of their show...
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A record company spokesperson for Kid Rock tells LAUNCH that rumors stating that small man Joe C. was fired from the Twisted Brown Trucker band are false. Joe C. is not on...
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At the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000, Metallica will hit the road with Kid Rock. The pairing may seem a little bit bizarre, but it makes perfect sense to Metallica...
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Sugar Ray, Edwin McCain, and Kid Rock are set to join forces for a concert at New York's Roseland Ballroom on Oct. 26 to benefit the Families Against Mandatory Minimums...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
Late Night With Conan O'Brien - Eve is the musical guest. (To read an Eve feature, click here.)
A&E:
The Equalizer - McCall...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
VH1:
Tommy - Directed by Ken Russell, the film version of Pete Townshend's rock opera features the Who's Roger Daltrey as Tommy,...
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For the soundtrack to the forthcoming film Scream 3, due some time this winter, Creed has been asked to get a few of its favorite bands to contribute material, and has...
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The much-rumored WCW Mayhem The Music, featuring Limp Bizkit's "Faith" remix with Everlast, as well as tracks by Metallica, Deftones, and Kid Rock, is due Nov. 16.
The...
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Kid Rock has hit the double-platinum mark with his Devil Without A Cause, for sales of 2 million copies sold.
Kid Rock previously was a little more hip-hop, and a large...
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With only eight days left until Woodstock '99, artists and fans alike are beginning to get psyched about the festival. In the past, acts ranging from the Who and Crosby,...
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Red-hot white rapper Kid Rock and alternative rock veterans the Violent Femmes will appear on Bigger, Longer & Uncut: The South Park Soundtrack, which is due June 22, while...
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Kid Rock was one of the most surprising artists on the Atlanta Music Midtown Festival bill last weekend, winning over the crowds in a big way, according to reports.
With...
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Rocking rapper Kid Rock has a hit with "Bawitdaba," was recently added to the Woodstock '99 lineup, and isn't about to let his new fame go to waste.
"I didn't work for 10...
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In an exclusive chat with myLAUNCH this afternoon, rocking white rapper Kid Rock chatted with fans about plans for his record label, his recent beef with alternative...
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