George Jones Farewell Concert Lives On As Tribute Show : May 08, 2013

November 22 was on the schedule at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to be the farewell concert for country legend George Jones. And though Jones’ April 26 passing prevents that fa ...

Kid Rock Schedules $20 Tour with ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker : April 09, 2013

Kid Rock is heading out on tour this summer with ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker and Kool & the Gang. And he wants you to know the show is only going to cost you 20 bucks. First off a ...

Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Kid Rock Help George Jones at Farewell Concert : February 27, 2013

George Jones has just announced the final dates of his farewell tour, which will culminate with a star-studded event in Nashville. On November 22, Jones will appear at the Bridg ...

Detroit’s Finest Rockers Kid Rock, Bob Seger Join for St Paul, Fargo Concerts : January 18, 2013

Detroit Rock City, indeed. Two of Michigan’s most famous rock artists will team up for two shows in March. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band will play with Kid Rock and his ...

Album Review: Kid Rock ‘Rebel Soul’ : January 05, 2013

Kid Rock had a strangely structured rise in rock music, starting off somewhere between genres and making the most of it with enormous sales to match his ego and image. In recent ye ...

Kid Rock Launches World Tour for ‘Rebel Soul’ in February : November 28, 2012

Kid Rock will hit the road next February for the first leg of his worldwide “Rebel Soul Tour.” The first leg will be in the U.S., and will kick off at the Sprint Center in K ...

Republican National Convention Features Kid Rock, Zac Brown, Journey : August 28, 2012

Kid Rock, Zac Brown and Journey are among the artists slated to play events related to the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week – though not all are actively support ...

Kid Rock Goes Cruisin’ to Redneck Paradise : July 31, 2012

Music cruises seem to be all the rage right now, and Kid Rock has been conducting annual festival cruises for three years now, and he has announced that the fourth installment of t ...

Concert Review: Kid Rock at BamaJam Music Festival : June 17, 2012

Kid Friggin' Rock It seems like the entire weekend was building up to this moment. Kid Rock is the undisputed king of BamaJam. He may not be a native son of Alabama but his Detr ...

Kid Rock, Sugarland Featured at Jazz Aspen Festival : May 07, 2012

The name of the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival may be slightly misleading, as it is definitely not only a jazz festival. A newly released lineup for the festival includes s ...

Killers, Kid Rock, Pixies Headline Orlando Calling : July 21, 2011

The mystery has been cleared up. The lineup has been announced for Orlando Calling. The music festival will take place at Citrus Bowl Park in Orlando on November 12 and 13. Accordi ...

Kid Rock Visits Detroit’s Comerica Park in August : June 03, 2011

The not so well-kept secret is now official. Kid Rock has announced he will be performing a concert in his hometown of Detroit at Comerica Park on August 12. Opening the show wi ...

Kanye West, Britney Spears, Kid Rock Headline Milwaukee Summerfest : June 02, 2011

Summerfest considers itself to be the largest music festival in the world. Back in 1999 they even got Guiness to certify that for them. The 11 day event based in Milwaukee, WI feat ...

Comedy Central Roasts Kid Rock in August : May 10, 2011

The newest celebrity to be roasted on Comedy Central will be Kid Rock. He follows in the footsteps of Denis Leary, Jeff Foxworthy, Bob Saget, Pamela Anderson and Donald Trump, amon ...

Kid Rock, the NAACP and the Confederate Flag : March 10, 2011

This May, the Detroit chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People intends to bestow Kid Rock with the Great Expectations Award. Kid Rock, though, i ...

Kid Rock Kicks Revival Tour into High Gear : July 30, 2008

Kid Rock has added more shows to his current “Rock and Roll Revival Tour.” The trek will now stretch into the middle of September. The rap rocker from Detroit returned from ...

kid rock Biography

The American rapper and singer-songwriter Kid Rock was born on January 17, 1971 by the name of Robert James Richie in Romeo, Michigan. Several studio albums were released by Kid Rock that went unnoticed for the most part before “Devil Without a Caused was released in 1998 by Atlantic Records. The set sold 11 million copies behind the hit songs “Only God Knows Why,” “Cowboy” and “Bawitdaba. In 2000 “The History of Rock” was released, which is a compilation of remastered and remixed version of Kid Rock's songs off his earlier albums in addition to “American Bad Ass” a hit single. “Cocky” was released as a followup in 2001.

After starting slowly, “Cocky” was resurrected with his country style hit song with Sheryl Crow called “Picture.” The album went gold and sold over 5 million copies. In 2003, Rock followed up with a self-titled released. However, the set failed to produce any major hits. A live album titled “Live Trucker” was released in 2006. “Rock N Roll Jesus” was released in 2007. The set produced the hit single “All Summer Long.” It was Rock's first smash worldwide hit and charted at the No. 1 spot in eight countries over Australia and Europe. “Rock N Roll Jesus” sold 5 million worldwide albums was in the US was certified platinum. In November 2010 Rock released “Born Free.” Kid Rock has been nominated for five Grammy Awards.